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Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56, just 18 months on from the tragic death of her 17-year-old son, with tributes pouring in for the Nothing Compares 2 U singer

Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56, just 18 months on from the tragic death of her 17-year-old son, with tributes pouring in for the Nothing Compares 2 U singer

Declan Haugney could walk free on Friday after he was jailed last week for a shocking and macabre attempt to claim his uncle's weekly pension by dragging the relative's dead body into a Post Office

A New York dad who grew up here but proudly touted his heritage saved every penny he could for his dream trip to Ireland - only to be attacked and cruelly beaten by a group of teenagers to the point where he may suffer a lifelong disability and lose an eye

Once someone dies, people have twelve years to apply to claim an estate - and hundreds have left fortunes which are yet to be collected by potentially unaware families

TV presenter Patrick Kielty has announced his whopping salary for his new role after controversial undisclosed payments to his predecessor were revealed

Islands featured in the grant scheme include Inis Mór - which was recently featured in the film The Banshees of Inisherin - and Árainn Mhór, a beautiful island off the coast of Donegal

Ireland's government has launched its "Our Living Islands" scheme in a bid to boost the population in offshore communities - and is inviting people to live in seclusion

Liam Byrne, who is considered to be the de-facto leader of the Kinahan cartel in the UK, was arrested last night in the Alcudia area of Mallorca while eating in a restaurant with family members

Joe Biden visited the home of Irish President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina in Phoenix Park, Dublin. However, his Bernese Mountain dog Misneach refused to acknowledge the US President

Kirsty Bohan, 14, and Lukas Joyce, 14, died after the vehicle they were in struck a tree in Galway, Ireland, yesterday. Two others were injured and taken to hospital

It seems 'the luck of the Irish' really could be real - as those across the Irish Sea are nearly 10% luckier than UK adults, a study has found

A 62-year-old part-time taxi driver who murdered his wife and confessed in a mobile phone video had punched her in the face just weeks before he stabbed her with a samurai sword

The court saw CCTV footage which appeared to show Charleen Murphy sitting at a table before being punched from behind and blood pouring from her head afterwards

Irish police are urging anyone with information to come forward as two men died this morning after a car fell into the water at Menlo Pier in Galway city, Ireland

Taking unwanted online shopping to the Post Office is too much effort sometimes but one woman shared her trek to return her ASOS parcel - including a flight over the sea

A worsening homeless crisis has seen a woman in her 20s found living in a tumble dryer at a service station in Dublin as the Republic of Ireland experiences high levels of homelessness just like the UK

The tot, who was just two years old, was pronounced dead at his family home in Skibbereen, in Ireland's County Cork on Wednesday after paramedics were unable to save him

The community in Berrings, Ireland, have paid tribute to Matthew Healy, who was discovered dead at a ward in Mercy Hospital, Cork, as Irish police say this is now a "live" police investigation

Dr Sara Ahmed, 30, worked at the Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar, Ireland, and tragically passed away after the car she was driving ended up in a river after breaching a safety barrier

Animal welfare group Animal Law Ireland encouraged anyone who witnessed the horse-and-carts being raced on the M3 near Dublin to contact Gardai, with video of the incident circulated on social media

Detectives in County Cork, Ireland, were called after council workers discovered a skeleton lying in a bed of a boarded up home - while butter in the fridge dated back to 2001

An Irish man in Australia is alleged to have stuffed six Kinder Surprise eggs full of cocaine inside him. The man, 28, has been charged after he was arrested by police in Melbourne, Australia