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Two men have pleaded guilty to possessing guns and ammunition in suspicious circumstances after they were put under PSNI surveillance following a UVF hoax bomb threat to Simon Coveney in Belfast in March 2022.

JACK WHITE A designated centre for adults with disabilities in Co Waterford run by the Brothers of Charity failed to protect residents from “all forms of abuse”, amid a “very limited” management presence.

JOE BRENNAN

EOIN BURKE-KENNEDY

Donald Trump has declared several times that when he takes office as US president on January 20th one of his immediate priorities will be to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all goods coming into the United States from both Mexico and Canada, and a 10 per cent additional tariff on all goods imported from China.

DANIELLE BARRON

In the end, Eileen Gleeson’s time in charge of Ireland boiled down to a one-off test against a Wales team that was every bit as middling as hers.

Marco Botti has pinpointed the Sheema Classic at the Dubai World Cup meeting as a target for his globetrotting star Giavellotto.

Your morning coffee could become even pricier in the new year after the cost of coffee beans on international commodity markets soared to a record high.

JACK WHITE

Sir, – Myself, and I believe many other people, voted for the Social Democrats with a view for change. In my constituency the Social Democrats got a large transfer of votes as a second or third preference. It’s very unlikely that these transfers would have happened if the voters knew that our prospective TD [Eoin Hayes] had profited from a US company directly involved in supplying Israel and the...

CORMAC McQUINN

A row has erupted over a Co Tipperary land deal involving the local authority, a Clonmel hotel and a large real estate company that later made a big return when selling the property.

In the cafes and lunch spots surrounding the offices which house the EU institutions in Brussels, hundreds of individual lobbying campaigns have been waged over the last four months. The angle is not to influence some law or regulation, but to clinch a job with one of the incoming European commissioners.

Just over three years ago, the first cost-rental homes in the State opened for applications from tenants and were an instant hit.

Back in September, I noted the reappearance in Dublin of The Burton: once again occupying the corner of Duke Street and Duke Lane, 120 years after Leopold Bloom gave it a review that, repeated on Tripadvisor today, would have put the place out of business.

’Tis the season for live albums nobody asked for. Dua Lipa, Katie Melua, Nils Frahm, Laufey and The Rolling Stones are among the avalanche of artists putting out pre-Christmas stocking-clogging concert records this year. As are The Cure, who released their big comeback LP only last month. Yet of all the musicians flogging old songs in a new context, none cuts a more fascinating figure than Tori...

A massage therapist has been charged with sexually assaulting a female guest during a massage session at a Co Donegal hotel.

STEPHEN MAGUIRE

BARRY O’HALLORAN

CIARA O’BRIEN

DAIRE WALSH

For the past six years, researchers at the BiOrbic Research Ireland Centre have been working to enable a vibrant sustainable circular bioeconomy through research excellence, innovation and the development of the bioeconomy leaders of the future. Supported by Research Ireland, BiOrbic works with food producers and industry to selectively separate and extract valuable compounds from renewable...

CORMAC McQUINN

From small beginnings 10 years ago, the Ibec Knowledge Centre has grown to provide employers with comprehensive information, advice and guidance on all aspects of people management. “It started as a service for members who could telephone looking for information,” says Fiona Higgins, head of the Knowledge Centre.

CONOR LALLY Crime Editor Gardaí believe the arrest of a woman on suspicion of the murder of Kyran Durnin, who would be aged

Greenwashing refers to the false claims made by organisations of how environmentally sound their products or services are. This subterfuge has irked investors, consumers and regulators alike and the backlash has made it difficult for even compliant companies to have their green credentials taken seriously.

SANDRA O’CONNELL

GORDON MANNING

CONOR POPE Consumer Affairs Correspondent The liquidators of a Dublin window company, which closed suddenly last month leaving more than 100 customers awaiting deliveries, have been unable to access its premises to establish if any stock can be retrieved.