5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (539+ words) The Government is promising an overhaul of the State’s citizenship rules, with Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan set to bring proposals to Cabinet soon. But what exactly is going to change? Under the updated rules, candidates seeking naturalisation will have…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (584+ words) The HSE has met a second family following inquiries into a disturbing video of a healthcare worker and a female patient. It also confirmed that a “preliminary screening” process has been completed, as part of its efforts to investigate if…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (593+ words) An Irish doctor who was jailed in the UK last week for sexually assaulting two patients worked in a centre for people with intellectual disabilities in north Dublin for 22 years. Dr Muhammad Iqbal (64), of Julianstown, Co Meath, was jailed last…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (238+ words) A GP who sexually assaulted two women during examinations after they had been in road crashes has been jailed, police have said. Muhammad Iqbal (64) of Julianstown, Co Meath, was charged in relation to incidents in Darlington and Sunderland in 2023. His…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (660+ words) A trainee pilot has been jailed for six years for raping a college student he met on a night out while she was sleeping. Chris Brady (31) of Cornstown, Ashbourne, Co Meath, was convicted of rape at his home in May…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (825+ words) Double killer Derek Boyd has been jailed for life for murdering a man at his north Dublin home and has been told his sentence for the manslaughter of his sister four years ago will now be referred back to the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (604+ words) A woman who was sexually assaulted as she walked to her local gym on an August morning last year has told a court she feared she was going to be raped. At Ennis Circuit Court, the 19-year-old offender, with addresses…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (635+ words) A man who was in a cannabis-induced psychosis when he stabbed his childhood friend in the back in a “bizarre” and random attack has been given a partly suspended sentence. Neal Brennan (29) of Sutton Lawn, Sutton, pleaded guilty at Dublin…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (563+ words) Allegations that a physiotherapist patted or lightly spanked a young woman patient, when it was clinically inappropriate for him to do so, and referred to her as his girlfriend, have not been proven, a fitness-to-practise committee has decided. The patient,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (547+ words) A man who raped a woman in her own home after he had posed as a taxi driver and picked her up has been jailed for 11 years. Costel Raducan (37) of High Street, Balbriggan, was convicted by a Central Criminal Court…...