Plans to strip parental rights from killers are to be pressed ahead with by the Department of Justice despite the State’s child and family agency raising concerns that the legislation was unconstitutional.

The 1970s oil price shocks toppled governments, led to recessions and precipitated dramatic shifts in monetary policy (interest rates were hiked to more than 16 per cent in the United States). We’re not at that stage... yet, writes Eoin Burke Kennedy.

Switching could save you over €10,000 if your mortgage fixed rate is coming to an end.

Tens of millions of euros worth of French red wine and rosé that vineyards cannot sell is to be distilled into ethanol and industrial alcohol, to avoid a collapse in prices for French winegrowers.

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Fear of electricity blackouts has prompted Irish authorities to set down new protocols for data centre operators.

Jet fuel supplies could be disrupted during the summer months if the war in Iran continues, aviation bosses have warned.

The Irish Air Corps is hiring civilian contractors to teach its pilots to dogfight, after losing the ability to conduct in-house combat training.

Make it easier to watch live sport in one place and you’ll do away with dodgy boxes, argues Emmet Ryan.

At a time when investors are piling money into gold, a battle to oppose a potential goldmine in the North is entering its final phase.

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Italy and Spain have blocked U.S. military aircraft en route to Iran from using their air bases causing a rift with the Trump administration.

It could take months for oil production and exports to recover after the war in the Middle East ends.

Last year saw the second warmest year on record, and more drought and higher temperatures than in recent years, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council.

Bloomfield Hospital in south Dublin halted admissions after The Irish Times published an investigation into the mistreatment of patients.

A teenager charged with engaging in sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl when he was 15 has lost a challenge to the constitutionality of a law preventing him from advancing a “Romeo and Juliet” consent defence.

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