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Northern Ireland’s police are thwarting up to four planned dissident republican attacks for every one the extremists manage to pull off, a senior commander has warned. The officer leading the fight against the violent renegades said a number of murder bids were prevented in the seven days since dissidents injured a prison officer in an… Continue reading 'Vast majority of attacks' stopped in campaign against dissident republicans

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has declared he will resign after a deeply-split parliament could not agree on a new premier. His outgoing Fine Gael/Labour coalition government will remain on in a caretaker capacity as political parties remain in deadlock about the way forward after the most divisive general election in recent times.

Ireland’s economy has grown at the fastest rate since 2000. The 7.8% boost to all business done in the country last year outstrips every other European country and is built mainly around continued demand for exports and resurgent high street spending.

Banks are seizing more than three homes every day across Ireland, latest figures reveal. Towards the end of last year 340 houses were repossessed by lenders after owners were forced by the courts to hand back the keys or they simply gave up the fight to keep a roof over their heads.

Finance minister Michael Noonan has questions to answer after keeping Stormont counterparts in the dark over proposed payments to a former adviser to Ireland’s bad bank, a watchdog claimed. The Assembly’s finance committee said it was unclear why Mr Noonan did not intervene when issues emerged with one of the bidders for Nama’s massive Northern… Continue reading Michael Noonan 'kept Stormont committee in dark over proposed Nama payments'

The operators of the Luas have organised private buses to ferry tens of thousands of people into Dublin during tram strikes on St Patrick’s Day. Amid no sign of a deal on pay claims for drivers, Transdev said it will run special services from its park and ride facilities into the city centre.

Former UK chancellor Kenneth Clarke has said Brexit could pose enormous problems for Ireland. The pro-European Tory joined business leaders in Dublin, warning that British withdrawal from the EU would represent a huge risk to the Republic.

An online shopping company for car buyers is to base its European headquarters in Dublin, creating 100 jobs. CarGurus is establishing its first office outside the US and will take on the staff over the next three years. It aims to be up and running by June.

A massive security operation has surrounded the funeral of a dissident republican whose murdered brother was a Real IRA leader. Vincent Ryan was gunned down on McKee Road in Finglas, north Dublin, over a week ago, four years on from the killing of his brother Alan in a feud with drugs gangs.

Ireland’s 1916 commemorations must make room to remember all those who suffered or were affected by the Rising, President Michael D Higgins has said. At a special State ceremony at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham to honour revolutionary women over the last 100 years, Mr Higgins urged the country to recall the part they played in… Continue reading 'No single narrative' in remembering 1916, says President Higgins