No more ‘going through the motions’, warns youth expert

A Government setting up a task force sounds impressive. It’s what the Taoiseach told the Dáil on Wednesday. The task force, he said, will deal with the “local situation” in the north inner city.

French and Italian firms to help search for EgyptAir black boxes

EgyptAir will contract two foreign firms, one French and one Italian, to help search for the black boxes of its plane that crashed in the Mediterranean, the airline’s chairman said.

Nóirín O’Sullivan fails to tackle the key question

We are no wiser today as to Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan’s position on Maurice McCabe, but it’s enough to know she shared counsel with accused, says Michael Clifford

Donald Trump reaches magic number to clinch Republican nomination

Donald Trump has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president.

Security risk at sporting festivals: Prepare to defeat the terrorists

THE challenge faced by gardaí trying to bring Dublin’s murderous gang war under control pales into insignificance compared to the daunting task facing French and European police preparing for the European football championships which begin in 15 days. 

20 bodies recovered as migrant boat sinks off Libya's coast

The EU Mediterranean rescue mission says it has located about 20 bodies in the seas off Libya’s coast after a migrant boat sank. 

Minister lays wreath in memory of British soldiers who died during 1916 Rising

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has laid a wreath in memory of more than 100 British soldiers killed trying to suppress the Easter Rising.

Chernobyl radiation residue found in Belarusian milk

Belarusian milk has been found to contain a radioactive isotope at levels 10 times above the nation's food safety limits.