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- Nearly €220m of Climate Action Fund yet to be drawn down May 21, 2026The Public Accounts Committee has heard that almost €220 million which has been allocated from the Climate Action Fund has yet to be drawn down.
- Man jailed for Dublin hit-and-run which killed couple May 21, 2026A man has been jailed for five years for a hit-and-run incident in Dublin on St Stephen's Day 2024, which led to the death of a husband and wife.
- Pioneering upper limb surgery changing lives May 21, 2026A major international conference in Dublin has heard how pioneering upper limb surgery here is changing the lives of people with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury and stroke.
- Garda treated his wife like his property, court hears May 21, 2026A garda who pleaded guilty to coercively controlling his wife has been described as having an old-fashioned attitude to marriage and treating his wife like his "chattel", his property.
- Levies on departments over education overspend outlined May 21, 2026Several Government departments including Transport, Foreign Affairs and Culture, Communications and Sport will be worst affected by the planned cuts to their budgets to pay for overspending in the Department of Education.
- Garda inspector believed he may die during dog attack May 21, 2026A garda inspector has told a court that he feared for his life and believed he may die during an incident in Co Longford eight years ago, during which a Belgian Shepherd dog was set on him.
- €50m write-off of Iarnród Éireann IT project a 'scandal' May 21, 2026The Dáil Public Accounts Committee has heard that a €50 million write-off by Iarnród Éireann of a failed IT project is an "absolute scandal".
- Airbus, Air France guilty of manslaughter over 2009 crash May 21, 2026A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228 people, including three Irish women.
- Judge rules on 'trial of facts' for Eleanor Donaldson May 21, 2026A judge has ruled that a trial of facts for the wife of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson will take place as part of his trial on sexual offences charges.
