Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said it was "life experience" that changed his mind about the Eighth Amendment. The former Health Minister said that he believes the Eighth Amendment is currently "too restrictive" since 2014.more
Amendments to the provisions on the extraordinary complaint and the appointment of assessors in common courts provides for the amendment of laws on the Supreme Court and the court system which was signed by President Andrzej Duda yesterday.more
Australian authorities are searching for 50 athletes and officials missing a month after the Commonwealth Games ended in the host city of the Gold Coast while another 190 are seeking asylum.more
British authorities have not yet issued a new visa to the Russian oligarch and Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich and it is not clear if or when they will, according to Russian media reports and people who know the businessman.more
Most retail outlets in Poland will be closed today. Poles, according to the law limiting trade on Sundays, will be able to buy, among others, in stores run by owners or at gas stations. Another shopping Sunday - May 27.more
Apple has paid 1.5 billion euros ($1.76 billion) into an escrow account set up by the Irish government to hold 13 billion euros in disputed taxes, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said on Friday.more
Boss of Cambridge Analytica Alexander Nix has accepted a summons from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), and will appear in front of its committee on Wednesday 6 June.more
Bookmakers' share prices showed the impact of the government's announcement that the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals is to be slashed to £2 in a bid to combat problem gambling.more
The prestigious British Medical Journal has called for all drugs to be legalised - pointing out the vast sums the current 'war on drugs' is costing.more
A consultant gynaecologist caused a premature baby to be accidentally decapitated inside as she carried out a delivery on an NHS maternity unit, a medical tribunal heard.more
The deputy head of the KE Frans Timmermans announced today before the meeting of EU ministers for European affairs that at this stage there is no chance of withdrawal of art. 7 launched by the EC in connection with concerns about the rule of law in Poland.more
The deputy head of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, will present the state of talks between Poland and the European Commission on the rule of law tomorrow at the meeting of ministers for European Union countries in Brussels.more
Under the banner "Love Both Vote No," people gathered in the Irish capital's Merrion Square on Saturday ahead of a vote to liberalize some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.more
Facebook has said it will block ads relating to Ireland's forthcoming referendum on abortion that do not originate from advertisers inside the country.more
Transferring to the Border Guards of passengers traveling by air to and from the EU, as well as between EU countries, the establishment of a bill passed by the Sejm on Wednesday. The new law implements the EU directive, which is to increase the safety of airline passengers.more
The deadline to register to vote in this month's referendum on the Eighth Amendment is today. People who aren't sure if they are registered to vote can check online or by contacting their local council.more
We may be enjoying our first heatwave of the year after a long and cold winter, but spare a thought for our four-legged friends. Every year we report on multiple cases of dogs being left in hot cars and dying or being subjected to extreme suffering.more
Wet wipes, used for sticky fingers and removing eye make-up, as well as on other parts of the anatomy, could themselves be wiped out over the next couple of decades.more
