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Labour Brendan Howlin has played down a potentially damaging rift in the party after he became the new leader unopposed. Former environment minister Alan Kelly, who made no secret of his own ambitions, snubbed his colleague’s unveiling and later warned he had wanted an open contest.

A man shot dead near his flat had sought help in getting a new home just a day earlier because he feared he was a target in a gangland feud. Gareth Hutch, who was in his 30s and the father of a young boy, was murdered on Tuesday morning in the Avondale House complex in… Continue reading Man shot dead in Dublin feared he was gangland feud target

The Garda Inspectorate has been called on to investigate how whistleblowers are treated on the back of alleged attempts to discredit Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Transparency International Ireland, which promotes the fight against corruption, said an independent body is needed to examine the experience of officers who expose wrongdoing in the ranks.

Mobile speed vans and cameras are going to be clocking motorists on another 355 accident blackspots, gardai have revealed. The new locations were identified after stretches of road were analysed for fatal and serious crashes.

Descendants of Lord Kitchener’s personal protection officer are being sought ahead of the centenary of their death during the First World War. Officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Royalty and Specialist Protection Command are hoping to trace relatives of Detective Sergeant Matthew McLoughlin by next month.

Health minister Simon Harris has come under pressure to live up to commitments to ban branded cigarette packets. As a European deadline on plain packaging for tobacco passes, campaigners warned the crackdown was a minor and technical law which should be a priority for the new minority government.

The body of a man has been found off Co Clare by teams searching for a man missing for the last week. The Doolin Coast Guard unit recovered the body in an area known as Doonacore Bay, south of Doolin Point.

The Luas operators have appealed for trade union bosses to call off Friday’s strike and focus on negotiations on a pay deal. Transdev boss Gerry Madden made the public plea to Siptu but warned tram drivers that his company was not going to better a salary increase already given to ticket inspectors and other staff.

Football fans have been given a snippet of the Republic’s official Euro 2016 anthem. Seo Linn, whose Irish translation of Avicii’s Wake Me Up has millions of views on YouTube, will stir passion with The Irish Roar.

Evictions in the Dublin suburb of Tyrrelstown are poised to spread throughout the country, a parliamentary watchdog has been warned. Heartbroken residents say they were ordered to leave their rented homes in February after vulture fund investors called in debts owed by the landlords.