@virginmedianews.bsky.socialThere are calls in Limerick for those involved in thrashing a vacant house to be made pay for the damage. Outrage is growing in the city, as Gardai investigate criminal damage to the property, footage of which has been widely circulated on social media.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialThe RTÉ boss and the media minister have held emergency talks this afternoon after relations between both sides nosedived dramatically in the fallout from the budget.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialUnions have said some public workers are now losing money going to work, because of the government's failure to enter talks for a new public sector pay deal.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialRevenue officers have seized approximately 9,360,000 cigarettes at Rosslare Europort. The cigarettes have an estimated value of over €8.8 million, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of almost €7 million.
One male, aged in his 30s was questioned in relation to the seizure.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialGarda Commissioner Justin Kelly has said a number of officers are receiving pursuit training in the UK with the view to begin the wider rollout across the force from December.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialChrista Pike's legal team has requested that all evidence from her failed execution attempt, be preserved. Pike - who survived two lethal injections last week is now awake and talking. Her lawyers say she's "angry and confused" about what happened.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialThe World Health Organisation and the US government are increasing pressure on Moscow to provide more information on a Russian lab worker who died last week.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialIreland's media regulator Coimisún na Mean has criticised Minister for Media, Patrick O'Donovan's decision to cut funding for RTÉ by €20 million.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialThe 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests has died. Maricarmen Abascal's eviction became a symbol for Spain's housing crisis.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialFamilies of those killed in the Cresslough explosion say they can't afford to wait as long as the Stardust victims for the truth. 10 people were killed in the tragedy on this day 4 years ago. Loved ones of those killed say they're no closer to finding out what happened
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialRussian media is reporting a second death linked to an alleged plague outbreak in Russia. The claim has not been independently confirmed and Russian authorities have not publicly commented on the reports.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social@virginmedianews.bsky.socialUS death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking following her failed execution last week. Pike's lawyers say her arm is severely damaged and she is still handcuffed to her hospital bed.
Pike was sentenced to death for the murder of Colleen Slemmer in 1995.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialHere are some of the key sports takeaways you may have missed in yesterday's #Budget2027 announcement.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialMultiple people have been killed following overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine with one assault targeting a five-storey residential building.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialIt has been three years since the October 7th attack on Israel in which thousands of Hamas-led militants stormed into Southern Israel, killing 1,200 people.
In response Israel launched a military offensive in Gaza which has devastated the strip, and left more than 74,000 people dead.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialA man, aged in his 40s, received serious injuries after he was approached by two males who attempted to take his e-scooter in Dundalk. He is being treated at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, where he remains in a critical condition.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialUS death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking following her failed execution last week. Pike's lawyers say her arm is severely damaged and she is still handcuffed to her hospital bed.
Pike was sentenced to death for the murder of Colleen Slemmer in 1995.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialAre you happy with #Budget2027?
Our News Correspondent Zara King spent the day in Skibbereen Co. Cork with those who were part of April's fuel protest and got their reaction to today's announcement.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialHave you got children in childcare?🎒
Well our reporter Mairéad Cleary has everything you need to know about today's #Budget2027 announcement.