9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (275+ words) The Government document says Ireland's failure to participate in key international initiatives is making it 'significantly more difficult' to freeze and confiscate criminal assets. Picture: iStock Ireland’s failure to participate in key international initiatives and conventions is making it “significantly…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (160+ words) Niamh Gallagher, Country Lead for Amazon Web Services in Ireland. A report published by Amazon Web Services on Monday says that Ireland has the highest AI adoption rate in Europe, with 65% of businesses now using the technology, up from 45% in…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (394+ words) The high levels of international investment dominating equity funding for Irish SMEs is a "flashing red warning signal" that Ireland is overexposed to overseas investors, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA). The IVCA report said that while the…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (889+ words) Donald Trump walks through the members' bar of his Doonbeg golf resort on Saturday night. Picture: Claudia Savage/PA Wire From sparking a diplomatic row over Irish unity in Dublin to receiving chants of "USA" at the members' bar of…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1034+ words) People protest during a rally called by Campact and Fridays for Future named 'Time to Act: Stop the AfD!' in Berlin. Picture John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images The gains made by Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party should…...

4+ day, 57+ min ago   (174+ words) Government jet is bringing Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch’s son Jason back to Ireland from Spain as an extradition operation gets under way. Jason Hutch, 37, is being transported from Arrecife Airport in Lanzarote on board the Government’s Dassault Falcon 6X aircraft this…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (445+ words) Paul Murphy has strongly criticised new plans from justice minister Jim O’Callaghan, which will see the residency timeline extended to eight years from five before citizenship can be granted, alongside the introduction of new language tests. File picture: Brian Lawless…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (711+ words) Malta is vulnerable to “repeated instances of high-level corruption” unless it strengthens the rule of law and protections for journalists, the Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti said at the opening of an inquiry into judicial failures following the death of Daphne…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (545+ words) A wildfire burns in a forest in the Gironde department of France in July. For Western Europe, this summer was the warmest on record, surpassing the previous record, which was set in 2003. File picture: Reuters/Stephane Mahe August was the…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (645+ words) A leader of Alternative for Germany taunted Chancellor Friedrich Merz in parliament after it thrashed his party in a regional election. The German leader countered that the far-right party will not win a majority in the country, attacking its stance…...