Irish - Last year 2025
The Government has held multiple exercises to deal with major disasters including rail crashes
Today, The Journal, visited the National Emergency Coordination Centre and spoke to the senior officials who run the facility.
'The most vulnerable are still being exported': Why and how women have to travel for abortions
Hundreds of women travel from Ireland to the UK every year for terminations.
'Welcome’ reprieve as whiskey, wine and dairy left out of planned EU counter-tariffs of up to 25%
The EU plans to hit back at Donal Trump with its own tariffs on US goods including plastics, textiles, make-up and electrical equipment.
National Parks manager says there was a ‘sinister element’ to Co Mayo fires
Firefighters are continuing to battle blazes across the Mourne Mountains, while Kerry Fire Service fought a major gorse fire in Tahilla.
'Children were not protected': Report criticises use of unlicensed springs in spinal surgeries at Temple Street
- The Hiqa review found that governance changes within Children’s Health Ireland meant that a number of policies and safety checks "were not properly applied".
- It found the use of the springs was an attempt to replicate an experimental surgical technique that was still under investigation at a hospital abroad, but in a modified way.
- Children's Health Ireland said it is "deeply sorry" to the children and young people who "did not get the care they deserved".

