Gambling bodies are concerned an increase in the maximum wager allowed on betting machines would lead to increased money laundering, according to correspondence seen by the Sunday Independent.
Ireland would not co-host next year's European Football Championships in Dublin if Uefa and Fifa take the nuclear option to suspend the FAI's membership over claims of political interference...
Barrister and political commentator Noel Whelan's passion for fairness and the love he shared with his family were remembered at his funeral Mass yesterday.
A young Paul McCartney woke up, fell out of bed and dragged a comb across his head in the Beatles' classic A Day in the Life, but had the song been...
The Green Party has issued a coalition come-and-get-me plea to Fine Gael and Fianna Fail after its members voted in favour of forming a coalition government after the next election at its annual...
Agriculture Minister Michael Creed has defended European Commissioner Phil Hogan’s role in the Mercosur trade agreement as he moved to blame Fianna Fail’s European Group for a deal that threatens Irish beef exports.
Telecoms firm Eir has been accused of throwing “figures around like confetti” and confusing taxpayers in a row over the cost of the National Broadband Plan (NBP).
The GAA has tried to reassure members their data is safe after the company responsible for managing its information on memberships, fixtures and competitions was placed into administration.
A community have expressed their shock after a two-year-old boy was injured in a hit-and-run incident in Cork.
The actor Tom Jordan, best known for playing Charlie Kelly in RTE drama Fair City, has died.
Landlords will face fines under proposed new laws if they fail to deal with complaints about tenants making lives a misery for neighbours.
New laws to clamp down on insurance fraud would see people found guilty of perjury face up to 10 years in prison and fines of €100,000, under proposals by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan.
Energy providers will be forced to tell customers how to reduce household bills under measures in the Government's new Climate Change Action Plan.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has insisted he “has the measure of” US president Donald Trump after their meeting in Co Clare earlier this month.
Former Ireland international Paul McShane tied the knot with his sweetheart Gemma Shreeves at a special ceremony at St Patrick’s Church, Kilquade, in his native Co Wicklow today surrounded by...
Businessman Peter Casey said he will offer €1m this week to buy the unoccupied homes in Tipperary that led to the Traveller row which dominated last year's Presidential election.
President Michael D Higgins was among those who paid their respects to barrister, campaigner, writer and political advisor Noel Whelan at his funeral mass in Dublin today.
The gaming industry has hit out at new laws allowing stakes on addictive betting machines 333 times more than is currently permitted, saying it will devastate families.
Agriculture Minister Michael Creed has defended European Commissioner Phil Hogan's role in the Mercosur trade agreement as he moved to blame Fianna Fail's European group for a deal that threatens Irish beef exports.
Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty has weighed in strongly behind the introduction of online verification codes for using adult websites and social media platforms.
The Government is coming under pressure to oppose a new EU trade deal which would cut food prices for consumers but have potentially disastrous implications for Irish farmers.
High summer temperatures will continue this week but without the blistering sun that blazed the country at the end of last week, according to Met Eireann.
Former Lord Mayor of Dublin Nial Ring has defended spending by State-owned Dublin Port Company after it paid for him to travel to the US to speak at a fundraiser for his local GAA club.
Fishermen in Greystones, Co Wicklow, took to the water around the town's marina yesterday in protest over a decade-long dispute about access to the harbour.
Free public transport initiatives and schemes to reduce the number of journeys taken by people every day should have formed a key plank of the Government's new Climate Action plan, according to a leading researcher.
Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl said it was up to individual members of the Dáil's Public Accounts Committee to decide whether they wanted to apologise to former Rehab boss Angela Kerins.
Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey has returned as chairperson of the Oireachtas Housing Committee, while the party awaits the outcome of an internal review into a personal injuries claim she took against a hotel.
FINE Gael TD Maria Bailey is back at work amid controversy over her personal injury case.
Banks need to change how they lend money to customers seeking to renovate homes so climate change targets can be met, according to EU officials.
We do things differently in Kerry. A question gets answered with a question. People hold on to traditions of the past to milk dollars from tourists with horses and carts while they bemoan the lack of a good road network and decent broadband.
Homelessness organisations warned against complacency as they fear increases in the number of people in emergency accommodation will make the public believe the issue cannot be solved.
Council staff are to be used to monitor Airbnb homeowners to make sure they do not flout new planning laws to clamp down on short-term letting.
Homelessness increased again last month with almost 10,400 people in emergency accommodation, according to new figures from the Department of Housing.
A Brexit limbo means new Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Andrews faces a wait before he can take up his seat in the European Parliament after he was elected yesterday.
Independent TD Clare Daly has won Dublin’s third seat in the European Parliament after the counting of votes finished at the RDS count centre.
SITTING TD Clare Daly is on course to secure the direct flight to Brussels amid recounts and legal rows in Dublin.
With all the talk of the Green Wave, it was easy to overlook the fact that the tide also came in for women in the local elections.
Two candidates who ran in a European and local election will be able to fall back on city or county council seats after failing to secure a ticket to Brussels.
A legal row erupted at the European Election count centre in Dublin last night as Barry Andrews and Clare Daly battled it out for the last certain seat and to avoid taking the extra "cold storage" seat created by Brexit.
A legal row erupted at the European Election count centre in Dublin tonight as Barry Andrews and Clare Daly battle it out for the last certain seat and to avoid taking the extra ‘cold storage’ seat created by Brexit.
Dublin City Councillor Mannix Flynn has compared People Before Profit to Isis and the Taliban, following a tense battle with the party to retain his seat.
The Greens European candidate Ciarán Cuffe has topped the poll in Dublin, but had yet to be elected when counting was suspended last night.
Cathal Haughey, the grandson of former Taoiseach Charlie Haughey, has failed to secure a seat on Dublin City Council after a number of Fianna Fáil votes in the area were spoiled.
Ballymun-Finglas councillor Noeleen Reilly, who left Sinn Féin last year amid allegations of “physical assaults, verbal abuse, total isolation, smear campaigns”, said she feared the decision would cost her her council seat.
More than 200 homes worth more than €1m each were sold in the first three months of this year, new figures show.
Fine Gael's first election under Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's stewardship was an underwhelming one, with Climate Action Minister Richard Bruton saying the party is coming under increasing pressure to address environmental concerns.
A cacophony of barking fills my mother's house in Killarney and is swiftly followed by her, exasperated, asking: "What's riled the dogs now?"
An Irish car company has signed a €40m deal to produce electric versions of Jaguar's classic E-Type cars.
The schoolgirl who confronted Taoiseach Leo Varadkar last week about the National Broadband Plan said she felt obliged to do so after seeing how improved internet access has changed her life.
The Government has spent €1.2bn throughout the housing crisis buying up almost 7,200 privately built homes, directly competing with first-time buyers in the property market, the Sunday Independent can reveal.
A major housing survey shows renters under the age of 50 feel they are worst hit by the housing crisis because they live in insecure and unaffordable accommodation.
TÁNAISTE Simon Coveney insisted the €5bn National Broadband Plan would not prove another National Children's Hospital costs debacle for the Government.
The government has been accused in the Dáil of dragging its heels in tackling the insurance crisis after the European Commission launched an investigation into industry practices here.
Nigel Farage has shown the "warped and damaging" impact individual politicians in Brussels can have on domestic issues, according to MEP candidate Clare Daly.
THE European Commission has opened a formal competition probe into Insurance Ireland.
Concern is growing in Government that Uefa will need to take an active role in the running of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), the Sunday Independent can reveal.
Parents whose children "run riot", tormenting neighbours by engaging in anti-social behaviour, should face fines or have social welfare payments cut to tackle the issue, according to a former defence minister.
FIFA officials are set to visit FAI headquarters next Wednesday to discuss corporate governance at the association.
New powers allowing gardaí to seize motorbikes and quad bikes are needed to stop communities being plagued by young people abusing them in housing estates and parks, according to Fianna Fáil TD John Curran.
Labour wants to ban €45m worth of school payments made by families to fund school trips and extra-curricular activities that leave hard-pressed parents feeling “shame” and embarrassment.
Voters pleaded with ministers to intervene in the saga surrounding former FAI chief executive John Delaney's €100,000 loan to his employer, new documents reveal.
Public patients must be guaranteed access to expensive new drugs to prevent pharmaceutical giants gaming the system at the expense of those at the bottom of the health service, according to a leading academic.
The daughter of murder victim Bobby Ryan has said the pain of losing her father forced the family to leave their home and community in Tipperary.
Michelle Ryan, the daughter of slain murder victim Bobby ‘Mr Moonlight’ Ryan, has spoken about the pain of losing her father and leaving her home in Tipperary to try and cope with his death.
Locals in the Black Valley, Co Kerry, have had to get used to the delayed arrival of new technology.
A massive clean-up operation began yesterday after Storm Hannah's gusts which topped 120km/h hammered coastal areas, knocked trees and left thousands of homes without power.
Locals in the Black Valley, Co Kerry, have had to get used to the delayed arrival of new technology.
Being close to a Luas stop, rather than a Dart station, leads to greater house price increases in the capital, according to a new analysis of the property market.
A worrying rise in anti-social behaviour in communities around the country last year was fuelled by a surge in thuggery and harassment in the second half of 2018.
Renewed efforts to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland were supported by the White House yesterday, with political leaders encouraged to engage further following the death of journalist Lyra McKee.
A massive clean-up operation began yesterday after Storm Hannah's gusts which topped 120km/h hammered coastal areas, knocked trees and left thousands of homes without power.
Gardai are to launch a new plan to tackle anti-social behaviour and crime on public transport following a meeting with a leading safety agency.
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has said the killing of journalist Lyra McKee demonstrates work is needed to preserve Northern Ireland's "fragile" peace.
Easter egg hunters will have to keep their stash in the shade today with meteorologists expecting chocolate-melting high temperatures for Easter.
The minister responsible for regulating the betting industry has claimed he is powerless to address gambling addiction, saying it is a health issue.
The widening of approach roads to Dublin such as the M7 has been labelled “crazy”, “incompetent”, “insane” and will be used as an example of poor planning practice for future generations, according to the Green Party.
Former Ireland international Niall Quinn has proposed a renaming of the FAI under root-and-branch measures to reform the embattled association.
Former Ireland international Niall Quinn has proposed a renaming of the FAI under route and branch measures to reform the embattled association.
The Government has been accused of ignoring the needs of soldiers as new figures show the Department of Defence has made savings of almost €140m over the past five years.
A second club was left waiting for prize money and grant payments owed to it by the FAI when former chief executive John Delaney gave a €100,000 loan to the embattled association, documents seen by the Sunday Independent show.
Sheikh Samir Mirdad - or 'yer man from Dubai' as he is known in Annagassan - was once appointed as a strategist at the FAI but remains relatively unknown in Irish football circles.
Sponsors have turned the screw and increased financial pressure on the FAI as the association is expected to meet with key backers in the coming weeks.
A State grant to the Football Association of Ireland of up to €5m towards the cost of upgrading the Aviva Stadium for Euro 2020 is under threat as pressure mounts on the FAI to fully account for the €100,000 loan from its former chief executive John Delaney.
The Government has launched a staunch defence of the Children’s Hospital project as it faces increased to calls for accountability for the overspend of the St James’s site.
Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has defended the increasing numbers of homes being bought by so-called 'cuckoo funds' and institutional investors.
Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has defended the increasing numbers of homes being bought by so called ‘cuckoo funds’ and institutional investors.
Farmers have accused An Taisce of undermining rural life after the national trust encouraged students to eat less meat.
The Government has been warned a new wave of homelessness will be sparked by policies incentivising institutional landlords and forcing individuals out of the rental market.
First-time buyers have been told they can expect the cost of buying a home to become more affordable over the next 18 months as wage increases continue to rise faster than property prices.
Sport Ireland remains unhappy with the lack of clarity the FAI has provided about former chief executive John Delaney's bridging loan to the association and has sought more information from it this weekend.
Independent News and Media (INM) has initiated a High Court action against its former chief executive Robert Pitt.
An independent review of the Football Association of Ireland is under way as it looks to address public concern about corporate governance and payments at the organisation.
The Government has conceded it will be very difficult for Ireland to simultaneously protect a hard border and the Good Friday Agreement, ahead of crunch meetings with EU leaders this week.
Property price increases remain "well above healthy levels" and are predicted to keep growing, according to an analysis of the housing market.
John Delaney may have started his football life as a volunteer but since rising to the top of the FAI ranks, he has been handsomely rewarded for his contribution to the game.
Russ 'Rusty' Keaulana is a gifted and talented surfer capable of showing his prowess on his board on an international stage. You may not realise it, but most of us have seen him or his brother on TV at some point.
Transport chiefs have insisted the revised MetroLink project will be value for money, despite not concluding a cost assessment of the plans.
A corporate governance expert will be asked to help TDs investigating the loan provided to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) by former chief executive John Delaney.
The FAI will not meet with the Oireachtas Sport committee until April 10 after it failed to respond to requests for information about corporate governance structures and a loan made to the association by former CEO John Delaney.
The FAI declined to outline the salary that John Delaney will now earn at the association after he stepped down from his role as chief executive last night to take up a new post.
Saipan did more than spawn one of the most intense debates in Irish sport; it also presented us with one of football's most divisive characters - John Delaney.
Negative equity will finally end next year, sparking a new "wealth effect" and increasing consumer spending on luxury goods.
The FAI is the subject of an official complaint lodged with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) about the €100,000 bridging loan it received from John Delaney.
Country music star Cliona Hagan says she is planning to introduce dance elements into her new tour after she finishes on Dancing With the Stars tonight.
Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has accused the United Kingdom of trying to force the EU to impose a hard border with Northern Ireland.
The former chair of the new Children's Hospital Board, Tom Costello, told colleagues he was reluctant to step down from the role last month, amid controversy surrounding the cost of the project, new correspondence shows.
The human toll from the massacre at two mosques in New Zealand became clearer last night as loved ones shared stories and remembered the 50 victims who were killed as they prayed last Friday.
Scouting Ireland said its staff or case records have "not been interrogated" about allegations it is mishandling complaints about historical abuse at the organisation.
Scouting Ireland and Tusla will meet with gardai to discuss the management of abuse allegations under the terms of a new action plan agreed between the organisations.
New laws to block killers benefiting from their crimes will be tested against cases where the killer may have been a victim of domestic abuse.
Evidence gathered during a major probe in to a taxi scam has led to 25 people being issued with deportation orders for having no legal status in Ireland.
Visits to refugee camps are routine for journalists stationed in Syria or near its borders. Rarely do they meet women who are willing and able to speak in English about life under Isil's control.
Borrowers trying to buy a home this year are under increasing pressure to secure mortgages as banks are expected to meet annual caps within weeks.
Snow and ice are expected to return to our shores for a second Sunday in a row, with fans flocking to Ireland's Six Nations clash with France told to wrap up warmly.
Motorists have been urged to contact their insurers as more than one million green cards are expected to be issued so drivers can cross the Border after Brexit.
