RTE NEWS
Michael Gaine investigation upgraded to homicide |
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| The investigation into the disappearance of Kerry farmer Michael Gaine last month has been reclassified as a homicide inquiry, gardaí have said. |
Court told Satchwell changed story when wife's body found |
| The trial of 58-year-old Richard Satchwell for the murder of his wife in Cork eight years ago, has heard that he claimed she died after attacking him with a chisel, and that he buried her in a grave under the stairs in their sitting room. |
'Grace' report: Questions after unprecedented statement |
| Two weeks on from the publication of the near decade-long Farrelly Commission investigation into the 'Grace' foster home abuse case, and questions are still being asked about its findings, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith. |
Kneecap manager defends group in wake of criticism from UK MPs |
| The manager of the Irish rap group Kneecap has said the band is being targeted by a "concerted campaign" designed to silence artists who speak out about the situation in Gaza. |
Trump celebrates first 100 days with campaign-style rally |
| Donald Trump promised that he is just getting started as he marked the radical and vengeful beginning of a presidency that has shaken the world and destabilised the United States. |
Boy given eight years' detention for stabbing chaplain |
| A 17-year-old boy who repeatedly stabbed an Army chaplain outside a barracks last year has been sentenced to ten years detention with the final two years suspended. |
Paul Mescal and Nicola Coughlan to take to the stage |
| Paul Mescal and Nicola Coughlan are due to return to the stage in separate productions in Dublin and London. |
Calls for changes in customer access to smart meter data |
| The Climate Change Advisory Council is calling on the Government to make the legal and regulatory changes needed so customers can easily access their smart meter data to help lower electricity bills and reduce peak electricity demand. |
What can be expected from Govt's overhaul of asylum laws? |
| The Government has announced a major overhaul of asylum laws, billed as the most significant reform of the area in the history of the State. |
Liberals to fall just short of overall majority in Canada |
| Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals will have a minority government in Canada's next parliament after falling just short of the 172 needed for majority control, according to the public broadcaster CBC. |
Calls on Govt to view offshore wind farms as investment |
| An Irish businessman, whose company is installing the largest offshore wind farm in the world at Dogger Bank in the North Sea, has said the Government should see supporting the offshore wind industry as an investment rather than a cost to the State. |
MEP speaks of 'relief' after former partner jailed |
| Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion has spoken of her relief after her former partner was jailed yesterday, adding that she wanted to make people aware of coercive control. |
Irish woman detained by ICE in US faces court delay until August |
| An Irish woman detained by US immigration authorities while returning to Washington State after a trip home to Cork may not now see her case brought to court for months, her family has said. |
Questions over power supply remain after Spanish blackout |
| With a huge blackout in the Iberian Peninsula yesterday that crippled transport networks, shut cash machines and switched off thousands of computers, RTÉ's Europe Correspondent Tony Connelly looks at what is being done in Spain and across the contintent to protect European power supplies |
Govt accused of watering down remit of security committee |
| The Government has been accused of watering down the remit of the new Oireachtas Committee on Defence and National Security in order to reduce oversight. |
Minister to meet 'Grace' solicitor on report concerns |
| Minister for Children Equality and Disability Norma Foley is to meet the solicitor who represents the interests of 'Grace', the woman at the centre of the Farrelly Commission of Investigation report. |
Temperatures forecast to near April record tomorrow |
| Tomorrow's temperatures will near the April record, Met Éireann has said, as high pressure continues to bring warm and settled conditions. |
Hospital apologises to family over death of baby girl |
| A hospital has apologised to the family of a girl who died shortly after her birth. |
Amazon denies it planned to disclose tariff cost on site |
| Amazon has said its low-cost Haul unit had considered listing import charges for goods in light of new US tariffs but denied looking at such a plan for its main website, after the White House accused it of a hostile political act. |
Kneecap's Eden Project gig in Britain cancelled |
| Rap trio Kneecap's performance at the Eden Project in the UK has been cancelled. |