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Archbishop Eamon Martin, the next Catholic Primate of All Ireland, has said the Church's appalling silence on child abuse makes it all the more important to speak out now against abortion.

A Ukrainian lawyer and an economist are set to challenge a ruling that they were in contempt of court by defying a prohibition on the disposal of eastern European property linked to bankrupt ex-billionaire Sean Quinn.

Searches for a body have resumed in the back garden of a house in Co Cavan.

A Co Down teenager - described by police as a high risk violent offender, who allegedly went on the run in the Republic of Ireland - has been arrested in Dublin.

Customers planning to use cross-border bus services are being advised to check before travelling as a strike by Bus Éireann employees is underway.

Cross-border bus services will be affected by a planned strike by Bus Éireann employees on Sunday, Translink has advised.

A body recovered from the river Foyle has been identified as that of missing Irish teenager Kieran McKeon, police have confirmed.

Two men have handed themselves in to gardaí in Dublin after a statue of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott was pushed over at Harry Street in the city.

A man's body has been recovered from the river Foyle.

The family of the only prison officer murdered in the Republic of Ireland say they are hopeful of getting to the bottom of the killing after meeting Gerry Adams.

Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly are to be banned from double-jobbing in the Irish Parliament, as well as at Westminster.

A man has died after his car crashed with a bus in Ballybofey, Co Donegal.

A Cork man whose toddler son and unborn baby were killed in an horrific road crash has lost his 10-month battle for life, it has been reported.

Two women have died after the car they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a minibus in Co Carlow.

Gardaí are carrying out searches in County Louth on Saturday in relation to the fatal shooting of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.

Ireland's abortion laws are not changing, but they will now provide certainty for women and doctors, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said.

Irish Ministers have not reached an agreement on draft legislation on abortion which could allow women to have a termination if they are at risk of suicide.

Gardaí are seeking fresh information over a shooting which took place a year ago in Co Donegal, close to its border with Co Derry.

Police in the Republic of Ireland are carrying out searches as part of the ongoing investigation into the murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe.

A terminally ill woman suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS) has lost a legal challenge in Dublin for her right to die with assistance from her partner.

A jury at the inquest of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who was refused a termination in a Galway hospital as she miscarried, have unanimously returned a verdict of medical misadventure.

A woman, originally from Co Cavan, has been remanded in custody in America charged with murdering the one-year-old girl she was caring for, authorities have confirmed.

A young Indian woman, who died in a Galway hospital after being refused a termination as she miscarried, had one of the most severe cases of septic abortion ever seen, an inquest has heard.

Four rhino heads and eight horns, estimated to be worth €500,000, have been stolen from the National Museum Archives in Co Dublin.

A young Indian woman, who died after a miscarriage in a Galway hospital, would probably be alive if a termination could have legally been carried out before there was a substantial risk to her life, an expert has said.

A senior Garda member has criticised the PSNI's handling of intelligence on alleged collusion between An Garda Siochána and the IRA at the Smithwick tribunal.

An experienced midwife feared Savita Halappanavar was a "septic abortion" when she saw her the morning she fell critically ill.

A limited edition coin commemorating James Joyce will remain on sale, despite misquoting his most famous work, Ulysses.

The widower of a young Indian dentist, who died following a miscarriage in hospital in Galway, has said he forgives a midwife who said a termination was not possible because of Catholic influence.

Two mobile fuel laundering plants have been raided and vehicles seized in Dundalk, Co Louth.

A midwife manager has admitted telling Savita Halappanavar that she could not have a termination because Ireland was a Catholic country.

Police investigating the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohue are seeking information about a white lorry seen in Forkhill.

The inquest into the death of an Indian woman at a Galway hospital has heard she was told by a senior midwife that her baby could not be terminated as she miscarried because "it's a Catholic thing".

The widower of Savita Halappanavar, who died in a Galway hospital after suffering a miscarriage, has told an inquest of his wife's joy at discovering she was pregnant.

An inquest into the death of a young Indian dentist after she suffered a miscarriage in a Galway hospital will begin on Monday.