The overwhelming majority of examiners correcting last year's Leaving Certificate papers were qualified teachers, but more than 11% of those assessing Junior Certificate papers were not, according to data released this evening by the State…
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said an orderly Brexit was in everyone's interest, but that the European Union needed to be prepared for the possibility that that would not happen.
The Taoiseach has said that an expert group currently considering the decriminalisation of cannabis is examining the systems in jurisdictions in which cannabis has been decriminalised for recreational use.
The jury in the trial of Independent TD, Michael Lowry and his refrigeration company Garuda, on tax offences, has gone home for the night and will resume its deliberations on Monday.
The Minister for Justice has said he welcomes the fact that gardaí have set up an internal review to look into the circumstances around the collapse of a trial in Belfast.
Members of the Oireachtas Public Accounts committee have received a dossier containing allegations regarding the sale of NAMA's Northern Ireland loan book known as Project Eagle.
Ryanair says it is being forced to cancel up to 100 flights across Europe over Saturday and Sunday due to a strike by French Air Traffic control staff.
The Special Criminal Court has heard how gardaí intercepted two men on their way to a shooting after using a secret listening device during a surveillance operation.
Minister for Health Simon Harris has signed an international agreement aimed at securing affordable and timely access to new medicines for Irish patients.
House of Fraser has been given the green light from creditors to axe more than half of its store estate in the UK, resulting in up to 6,000 job losses.
Security measures have been put in place to ensure that tickets for the visits by Pope Francis to the Phoenix Park and Knock Shrine are not sold on by touts.
Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has described the world as at "a global tipping point" where "even facts and reason are under assault like never before".
It took 85 days for Olivia Caceres to get her baby boy, pulled from his father's arms at the US border, a traumatic experience many more parents face to reunite with children separated under President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
More than 34 stores in the Lloyds Pharmacy chain were hit by a two-hour work stoppage as around 220 staff belonging to Mandate went on strike over union recognition.
US President Donald Trump has said Republicans in Congress should drop their efforts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation until after the November elections.
Iarnród Éireann says it is increasing security at certain north Dublin stations due to concerns raised by DART drivers about increased violence and anti-social behaviour.
St Canice's Kilkenny Credit Union has been fined €210,000 and reprimanded by the Central Bank for eight breaches of the Credit Union Act after an investigation.
Residents in south Galway who are campaigning against plans to replace traditional stone walls with wire fencing have reported some progress after a meeting with Galway County Council.
Washington Correspondent Brian O'Donovan looks back on a week when Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at putting an end to the controversial separation of migrant families at the border.