Ken took the seat and was re-elected at every election up until ascending to a Dáil seat in 2024. This was, in effect, a recapturing of the family seat Noel O’Flynn had lost in 2011. In a statement to the Irish Examiner, O’Flynn said about this issue that people were entitled to raise concerns. He is currently the chair of Independent Ireland, while Cork South West TD Michael Collins is the leader. The Irish Examiner contacted Ken O’Flynn to request a few minutes of his time over the phone in connection with this piece.

Nearly 200 people could not be immediately discharged from hospitals last year because they were homeless. Figures show that in 2024 and 2025, five children had their discharges delayed because they had no fixed abode. The figures show that 191 people had their hospital discharge delayed last year because they were homeless. The number of delayed discharges due to homelessness rose in four of the six HSE regional health areas between 2024 and 2025. One child receiving care in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) Crumlin, three children in CHI Tallaght, and one child in CHI Temple Street had their discharges delayed because of homelessness.

Let us call it an Iranian Woman’s Diary. People clean debris from their apartment damaged when a nearby police station was hit Friday in a US-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran. Read More Middle East latest: Iran hits Kuwaiti refinery and explosions sound over Tehran from Israeli attackKhamenei gone... but“That moment was monumental. Posters featuring the portraits of Iranian leader Ali Khamenei are displayed across the streets of the Iranian capital Tehran following his death in US-Israeli airstrikes. “I don’t remember exactly what happened next; I only remember myself involuntarily sitting on my legs.

A catch-up meningitis B vaccine campaign is not currently planned for Ireland despite concerns it could be needed to protect young people here. Similarly, in Ireland, the meningitis B vaccine has only been offered for babies and young children since 2016. "They’re in big lecture halls, all crowded in together, they’re in nightclubs, they’re sharing vapes, they’re close together.”Ms Lynch is also an author who offers advice to parents on her Instagram account. The vaccine campaign in Kent is “mitigation” against spread as well as offering protection to students, he said. “It would be similar to sharing a glass or sharing a toothbrush.”Ireland has seen 12 cases of meningococcal disease this year, including nine of meningitis B.

The federal courts are swamped with immigration hearings, not just Massachusetts but all over the country. Even in terms of the judges who hear these immigration cases, it’s all been a political exercise, according to Mr O’Neill. “We had 30 immigration judges [in Massachusetts] on 21 January 2025, the day Trump steps into office,” he said. However, he added federal judges have been standing up to these efforts in numerous instances in an attempt to hold authorities accountable for abuses of due process and other laws. The most tangible example of the immigration crackdown that international audiences have seen was the recent events in Minneapolis.

The organisers wanted me to share my life story. They wanted me to stand on the stage and inspire the room, tell them how I got from where I started to where I am now. I said yes, I would love to do it – for a fee. The person on the other end sounded taken aback. She told me that another professor had done it for free the year before.

Adrian Weckler: What AI ‘hallucinations’ are and how they can fool us with made-up answersFormer Mediahuis Ireland boss Peter Vandermeersch fell victim to AI hallucinations despite his years of experience in journalismPeter Vandermeersch in Dublin. Photo: David ConachyAdrian Weckler Today at 06:30This week, one of Ireland’s most senior media figures was suspended for using artificial intelligence (AI) that made up quotes that were then used in articles and newsletter posts.

Finding Heimir – A journey to Iceland’s remote Vestmannaeyjar islands to discover the origins of the Ireland managerThe Irish Independent travelled to a distant part of Iceland to find out how a windswept volcanic island forged the career and the character of the Ireland manager Heimir HallgrimssonFinding Heimir: An exclusive Irish Independent documentaryDaniel McDonnell Today at 06:30Early next week, a 71-year-old man living in Heimaey, the only inhabited island in Vestmannaeyjar, an archipelago off the south coast of Iceland, will go looking for his Irish tricolour.

Police were eventually given the hat by citizen detectives, which was later given to Mr Littley by cops who determined Hart was no longer a suspect. Mr Littley met Mr Kilmartin in 2023, who now drives trucks. When Mr Littley took the hat out of his bag, he said Mr Kilmartin 'went ghost white and burst into tears'. Independent testing organised by Mr Littley revealed traces of blood without haemoglobin, which is present in all blood samples from humans and animals. The tank has a distinctive rust pattern on the inside, which Mr Littley said could be consistent with the leaching of body fluids.

'We should have had another penalty,' Carrick said at full-time, referencing his team's opener which saw Fernandes peerless from the spot. 'I can understand that decision (to send off Maguire) but we should have had another penalty and the game would have been different. 'But it's either one is a penalty and the other one too, or none of them is a penalty.' I do think on Harry's situation it is a penalty, and on the Amad situation it is a penalty, and that could have changed the game.' 'He does sort of man-handle him a bit, but I just don't think it's enough for it to be a penalty.'

Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Doonbeg will host the Amgen Irish Open in September, with Trump telling the Taoiseach he is “going to try” to make it to Clare for the event. With Trump’s controversial presidency dividing opinions across the globe, the Irish Independent asked the people of Clare for their opinions.

AWARDS season likes to present itself as a kind of cultural weather: Something that gathers, builds, and breaks of its own accord. But films do not win awards by accident. For Irish audiences, in particular, the moment carried an added charge: Jessie Buckley’s win felt, in the language of awards season, ‘inevitable’. To the viewer at home, awards season appears to unfold naturally, as critics’ lists give way to guild nominations, which give way to the Oscars. “It didn’t work,” Anderson notes.

Manchester United are today set to make a formal complaint to refs’ body PGMO after they were controversially denied a second penalty in last night’s draw with Bournemouth. Daily Mail Sport understands Old Trafford officials have been left furious at what they believe is ‘yet another VAR blunder’ which has cost their Champions League chasing side. The view within United is that Maguire’s foul was similar to that committed by Bournemouth’s Adrien Truffert on Diallo, which went unpunished. As Daily Mail Sport has previously reported, United have already made representations to PGMO boss Howard Webb following what they see as ‘numerous errors’ which have cost them valuable points. The draw leaves third-placed United looking over the shoulders at the chasing pack of Liverpool, Aston Villa and Chelsea.

Andoni Iraola has emerged as a leading target for Athletic Bilbao who want the 43-year-old as their new head coach. He has also been discussed by Crystal Palace and Tottenham as they consider appointing new managers this summer. Current Athletic head coach Ernesto Valverde will step down at the end of this season and Iraola is the favoured choice to replace him. Asked about the links after last night's 2-2 draw with Manchester United, he said: 'No, it doesn't have anything to do with me. Probably as a supporter because it is my club but no it doesn't affect the situation.

Spurs could drop into the relegation zone this weekend if they lose at home to Forest and West Ham win away at Aston Villa. Spurs have been told they don't have the mentality for a relegation battle‘The fans are not used to fighting relegation battles there, and they don't want to watch it. ‘I think the season before that, the board were planning on taking some power away from Daniel Levy. ‘Whether hiring him was a mistake or not, I really don't know. The fans would know that, and I think that's what was needed.’