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Gardai have renewed appeals for information about a missing mother and her week-old baby. Officers said they are concerned for the welfare of 23-year-old Paige Holland, who also goes by the name Abbie Goodier or Paige Goodier, and her daughter Nevaeh Goodier or Tighe.

More than 1,000 jobs are being created in a series of investments including plans for new privately run care homes and expansions at technology firms and a leading energy, waste and water company. Some 800 jobs are planned by Nua Healthcare as it builds 20 centres for people with disabilities in the south of the… Continue reading New year cheer as more than 1,000 jobs to be created

The funeral of golf star Christy O’Connor Jnr takes place in his home town today. The 67-year-old, best remembered for a lead role in the Ryder Cup win in 1989, will be laid to rest after a service at Galway Cathedral.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens recorded more than three million euro sales in Ireland in just five days, business analysts said. Cinemas had a blockbuster Christmas and the rest of the economy saw growing consumer spending throughout last year.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has declared his disappointment in Northern Ireland’s new First Minister over her plans to snub 1916 Easter Rising commemorations. Moments after Arlene Foster was appointed Stormont leader, Mr Kenny also suggested it was her duty to represent nationalists as well as unionists in the power-sharing executive.

Pressure is mounting on Britain to return a priceless trove of impressionist paintings to Ireland as the Easter Rising centenary celebrations get under way. In a resurgence of a 100-year-old row, once a nationalist cause celebre, city leaders in Dublin will consider formally demanding the hand-over of 39 world-famous works by the likes of Renoir,… Continue reading Ireland pressures Britain to return pictures in Easter Rising anniversary year

One of the biggest stars of Irish golf, Christy O’Connor Jnr, has died. The 67-year-old from Galway was best remembered for helping Europe win the Ryder Cup at The Belfry in 1989 when he fired a stunning shot with his two iron to within feet of the hole.

A record-breaking British adventurer is expecting a tearful reunion with the ocean rowing boat she abandoned in a hurricane only to be discovered months later off Ireland. An RNLI crew from Castletownbere in west Cork were tasked yesterday to reports of a vessel off Mizen Head only to discover it was the unmanned Happy Socks,… Continue reading Adventurer braced for 'teary reunion' with boat abandoned in hurricane

Tax from big business and cash from the sale of shares in rescued banks have been credited with helping the Government to balance its books. The state collected 45.6 billion euro in tax last year – 3.3 billion euro more than the forecast at the start of the year, the Department of Finance said.

A public inquiry into alleged child abuse will turn its attention today to a residential home run by evangelical Anglican missionaries in Ireland. The Irish Church Missions was established to convert Catholics to Protestantism. The conservative organisation ran Manor House Children’s Home near Belfast in Lisburn, Co Down, and had links to the Church of… Continue reading Home run by evangelical missionaries to come under abuse inquiry's scrutiny