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Ireland’s economy is continuing to punch in the fastest growth rates in the Europe Union. The value of goods and services grew by 7% over the last year, making the Republic the best performing country in the bloc – seven years after collapsing in a devastating recession.

Independent TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace have been jailed after refusing to pay fines over an anti-war protest at Shannon Airport. Wallace, a former builder who lives on Clontarf Road in Dublin, spent about two hours in Limerick Prison before being given temporary release.

Irish police have blamed a legal logjam over accessing evidence from another force for the 17th adjournment of an inquest into the death of murdered IRA spy Denis Donaldson. A coroner in Co Donegal granted the garda request to postpone the case until the spring, but described the number of times the hearing has now… Continue reading Irish police blame legal logjam for 17th adjournment of IRA spy inquest

Judges in the non-jury trial of prominent republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy on tax evasion charges have reserved judgment. Mr Justice Paul Butler adjourned the trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin until December 17.

The bright lights of Broadway have been dimmed in memory of renowned Irish playwright Brian Friel. The Tony award-winning writer, who penned Dancing at Lughnasa, which was adapted for a film starring Meryl Streep, died in October at the age of 86.

Five million euro is being made available to provide assistance for small businesses damaged by the weekend floods, the Taoiseach has said. Enda Kenny said measures would also be taken to help farmers whose lands have been waterlogged.

Alleged political misconduct exposed by undercover reporters is “utterly unacceptable”, Enda Kenny has told the Dail. The Taoiseach said the “kind of behaviour” highlighted by an RTE programme on Monday night had “no place in public life”.

Eagles Of Death Metal have shed tears at the Bataclan theatre in Paris where scores of their fans were gunned down in the November 13 terror attacks. The US rock band visited the concert venue – now a shrine to the dead – to lay flowers less than a month on from the indiscriminate atrocities.

Almost half of prisoners released from jail in Ireland reoffend within three years, figures indicate. Recidivism is more common for men than women and is also more prevalent among younger offenders, according to the analysis published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

The government has announced that it will put online millions of documents relating to the Easter Rising and the years that followed. The records that are set to be digitised will detail the actions of around 80,000 people in the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War.