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The family of murdered IRA spy Denis Donaldson have launched legal proceedings against the Irish state over ongoing delays in holding an inquest. The development emerged after another adjournment in the long-stalled coroner’s probe into the shooting of the MI5 agent by dissident republicans 10 years ago.

Diplomats have been criticised by a leading human rights body for accepting the word of Egyptian authorities over the incarceration of an Irish teenager. Ibrahim Halawa was transferred between prisons in recent days without the knowledge of embassy staff in Cairo, Department of Foreign Affairs chiefs in Dublin or his family.

A new frontline health minister is needed to improve the country’s well-being, medics and patients have said. An umbrella group of doctors, nurses, other healthcare professionals and patient groups has urged a new Cabinet post be set up by the next government.

Two suspected burglars have been arrested after cars they were in crashed into the Liffey. Gardai said they were detained after they fled from a reported break-in on the Weston housing estate in Lucan, Co Dublin, shortly after 4am.

Another 85 families became homeless last month, a leading charity has revealed. Focus Ireland said its records show the housing crisis left 293 families, with about 600 children, with no home in the first three months of the year.

An Irish drinks giant has been urged to find a buyer for one of Britain’s oldest cider plants. The Shepton Mallet mill in Somerset is to close in the summer with 120 jobs on the line and the threat that it will bring a 246-year-old tradition to an end.

Irish homes have the third largest household debts in Europe, a report shows. Latest official figures reveal that, on average, every man, woman and child in Ireland has 33,555 euro in borrowings.

The UK must remain in the EU to reduce the number of strikes by air traffic controllers (ATC) on the continent, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has said. He insisted that the good aspects of Britain’s EU membership – such as the single market – “far outweigh the bad”.

U2 front man Bono has testified before a Senate appropriations sub-committee on the refugee crisis and violent extremism. Before sitting at the witness table on Tuesday, Bono posed for photos with three members of Code Pink – which works to end US wars and militarism and support peace and human rights initiatives – who wore… Continue reading U2's Bono testifies before Congress on violent extremism

A mixed martial arts fighter has died after sustaining injuries during a weekend bout in Dublin. Portugal’s Joao Carvalho, 28, lost his fight for life in the city’s Beaumont Hospital three days after a technical knockout in a match at the National Stadium on Saturday.