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The number of official reports of child abuse increased by 41 per cent in the space of a month recently.

Restaurants, cafes and pubs that serve food re-open their doors in Wicklow and around the country today, as Covid-19 restrictions continue to be eased.

The Covid-19 vaccine will be distributed to 50 hospitals in the UK in the coming days, after the first batch arrived there.

A man was remanded in custody yesterday on charges relating to the stabbing of his wife at their home earlier this week.

A new report on tackling white collar crime has recommended that the government considers creating an offence of nepotism around political appointments but didn’t  focus on situations where politicians may hire family members for parliamentary assistant roles.

The Taoiseach says it's 'crunch time' in the Brexit trade talks and there could be a deal by the weekend.

A Covid-19 vaccine will be available in Northern Ireland from early next week.

The pension age won't be raised to 67 in January.

A public health expert says Ireland should re-consider implementing compulsory quarantine for people flying into the country.

The State will pick up the liability for any claims resulting from COVID-19 vaccinations.

Tourism in Ireland is has suffered severely during the Covid-19 lockdowns and more long-standing businesses in the sector are heading for collapse in the New Year.

October was the busiest month on record for mortgage approvals.

Almost 500 jobs are at risk in Ireland after Topshop owner Arcadia collapsed into administration in the UK yesterday.

Gardaí will be maintaining checkpoints nationwide as part of the country's move to Level 3.

It has been six weeks since non-essential retailers allowed customers into their stores.

A man has appeared before Dún Laoghaire District Court charged with murdering a woman and two children in south Dublin last month.

50 million euro is being given to primary and secondary schools around the country toward Information and Communications Technology.

A new ferry route direct from Ireland to France is to be announced later - which would avoid trucks having to go through Britain.

Procter and Gamble is selling a Co Kildare toothbrush factory to an Indian company. It’s understood all 400 staff at the Newbridge plant will be kept on under the same pay terms.

Plans for the future of Greater Dublin's transport system for the next two decades have started to be reviewed.

The Taoiseach has dismissed a warning given by the Tánaiste that travel to the North could be stopped because of high Covid levels across the border.

Leo Varadkar told the Justice Minister that Seamus Woulfe would make a good judge in the build up to his appointment to the Supreme Court.

Ireland has signed up for advanced purchase orders for more than 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.

The country's inadequate mental health service is straining under the pressure caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Their bodies were discovered early this morning in separate locations on Leinster Lane and Longford Street.

The US President-elect says the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic must be kept open regardless of what happens with Brexit.

Over 6,000 children are waiting longer than the law allows to have special needs assessments completed.

The committee that decides on what the Dáil debates, looks set to be wound up, after a blazing row over the appointment of Supreme Court Judge Seamus Woulfe.

The Taoiseach has said there's "no big deal" around the way Seamus Woulfe was appointed as a Supreme Court judge.

There was a 36 percent fall in the number of referrals to the Child and Family agency, Tusla, during the first Covid-19 lockdown.

Medicinal cannabis campaigners want the Taoiseach and Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to intervene and remove the need for them to travel abroad for the drug.

The Housing Minister is set to introduce a ban on co-living developments today.

200 jobs are being created by Microsoft in Dublin.

The Vintners Federation of Ireland wants ALL pubs to be allowed open from December 1st.

The number of organ transplants has decreased by almost a third this year.

The HSE is coming in for criticism after it emerged that the state body didn't recall the ViraPro hand sanitiser until two weeks after it was informed there was a problem.

11 projects in rural Dublin are set to benefit from €1.14 million in new funding.

Raw sewage is flowing into the environment from 35 towns and villages every day, including Arklow.

11 businesses in Wicklow have been included in an initiative that encourages people to reduce the amount of goods that they discard every year.

The Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman revealed to the Dail he'll look for Cabinet approval on the week of January 11th.

The allegations range from posting pictures of the two boys to naming them.

There are plans to overturn planning permission for a development at a site linked to a 1916 leader in Dublin.

The city council is adding an extra €22 million to its budget for emergency accommodation and other homeless services.

Dublin City Council is proposing the permanent pedestrianisation of several streets in the city, following a trial several weeks ago which received positive feedback.

The 39a between Blanchardstown and UCD is to get more buses in the daytime, and one every half hour from 11am to 5am.

The €22 million facility near the IFSC was given the go ahead last year.

Pressure on the government's finances continues with the Covid-19 pandemic.

The bank also plans to vacate three head offices in Dublin in the next few years.

The board overseeing the development of the new National Children's Hospital says there's "no expectation" it'll be completed by the latest deadline.