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A drive to recruit more prison guards has been opened for the first time in eight years. The Irish Prison Service plans to appoint up to 120 new officers each year for the next three years.

Jim Carrey has said it is a “shame” that details of his ex-girlfriend’s private life have been released to the public in the wake of her suicide. The Hollywood star issued a statement following the publication of a coroner’s report into the death of Irish make-up artist Cathriona White.

A viable home-made bomb has been made safe in Co Louth. A controlled explosion was carried out on the improvised explosive device (IED) left at a house on Dundalk’s Blackwater Estate.

Football fans from across Ireland have been honoured for their sportsmanship during Euro 2016 by the mayor of Paris. Anne Hidalgo offered the city’s most prestigious award – the Grand Vermeil – to fans from Northern Ireland and the Republic in a ceremony at the Eiffel Tower fan zone on Thursday evening.

Ireland must consider breaking diplomatic ties with Egypt over the detention without trial of a young Irishman for the past three years, Dublin’s parliament has heard. Trade sanctions against Cairo were also urged over the “nightmare” treatment of Ibrahim Halawa, who was arrested aged just 17 as he sought refuge in a mosque during a… Continue reading Breaking of diplomatic ties suggested over Irishman's detention in Egypt

Enda Kenny has been accused of overseeing a “scandalous” 45% rise in hospital waiting lists over the past two years. The jump includes 4,500 children on hospital waiting lists – almost half of them waiting for more than a year, said Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin.

Football fans from across Ireland are to be honoured by the mayor of Paris today for exemplary sportsmanship. Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced plans for supporters from Northern Ireland and the Republic to be given the city’s most prestigious award, known as the Grand Vermeil, because of the way they had behaved.

Enda Kenny is coming under parliamentary pressure to set up an all-island forum to deal with Brexit despite a “humiliating” rejection from Northern Ireland’s First Minister. Mr Kenny said his invitation for an “island conversation” remains open to political parties and other organisations north and south but warned it would be divisive without cross-party agreement.

House prices have increased by 6.3% in the last year, according to a new report. Although they remained stable in Dublin, rising just 1.1% compared to the 10.2% jump elsewhere, there is still a persistent divide between the capital and the rest of the country.