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Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey at the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin

Custodial sentence for DJ Carey inevitable, judge says

Former Kilkenny hurler, DJ Carey has been told he faces an inevitable prison sentence for defrauding people by falsely claiming he needed money for cancer treatment.

DJ Carey composite

Inside DJ Carey's con: How a legend deceived and defrauded

Ryan Gibbons

Murder investigation following death of man in Kildare

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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter of Irish woman in US

Halloween is the busiest night of the year for emergency services due to illegal bonfires and firework displays (file photo)

Dublin fire crews respond to over 600 calls

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Over 16,600 homeless last month, including 5,200 children

A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána said that fire services had alerted gardaí about the fire at around 8.15pm yesterday evening

Occupants being medically assessed after fire in Co Louth

31 October 2025; Captain Dan Sheehan during an Ireland Rugby media conference at Soldier Field in Chicago, USA. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Ireland 'ready to rip into Saturday' - Sheehan

The empty Berlin-Brandenburg Airport's Terminal 1

Flights resume at Berlin airport after drone scare

A street sign for Prince Andrew Park in south Belfast, Northern Ireland

Debate over changing 'Prince Andrew' place names in NI

Northern Ireland

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, center, during a presentation at the Green Zone of Parque da Cidade, the main venue for the COP30 summit, in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Brazil prepares to welcome tens of thousands of

Fewer than 60 world leaders confirmed for COP30

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One of the bigger events is the Púca festival centred around Trim and Athboy in Co Meath

Halloween festivities taking place across the country

The Assembly Commission said they are increasing surveillance across all floors in Stormont

Surveillance at Stormont increases after toilets flooded

The incident occurred in An Cheathrú Rua last week

Woman, 80s, dies following Galway crash last week

An appeal has been launched for information on the murder of Arthur Berryman

Fresh appeal launched over 2001 murder of Arthur Berryman

Over 200 people are attending a public meeting in Toomevara this evening concerning plans to build an industrial sized biogas facility in north Tipperary.

Public meeting held over biogas facility in Tipperary

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A view of the aftermath of the Russian air strike on a residential neighborhood in the city of Sloviansk, Ukraine

UN warns of civilian fight for survival in Ukraine

Civilian life on the frontlines in Ukraine is becoming a battle for survival, with attacks on energy infrastructure threatening to spark a major winter crisis, the United Nations warned.

People wait in line prior to a prayer vigil for political activist Charlie Kirk outside the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Prayers and anthems: welcome to Trump-era Kennedy Center

Children walk past a Sudanese army parade in the streets Gedaref in eastern Sudan

Who are the actors in Sudan's devastating war?

There is a sense that Halloween was a time when Oweynagat could open the gates of hell or become an entrance to a magical world." Photo: Gary Dempsey

'Ireland's gate to hell': a Co Roscommon cave and the Otherworld

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Fastway says delivering parcels will take up to two weeks

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Fastway says delivering parcels will take up to two weeks

Fastway says delivering parcels will take up to two weeks

Ceremony held for Irish troops being deployed on one of final UNIFIL missions

Ceremony held for Irish troops being deployed on one of final UNIFIL missions

New vape tax to come into effect

New vape tax to come into effect

Tourists at Buckingham Palace react to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor losing titles

Tourists at Buckingham Palace react to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor losing titles

Claire Byrne signs off from her last show on RTÉ Radio 1

Claire Byrne signs off from her last show on RTÉ Radio 1

What does the sale of PTSB mean for its customers?

What does the sale of PTSB mean for its customers?

Richard Boyd Barrett says cancer treatment successful

Richard Boyd Barrett says cancer treatment successful

DJ Carey arrives at court ahead of sentencing for fraud charges

DJ Carey arrives at court ahead of sentencing for fraud charges

Ireland's car-dependency fuelling health, climate emergency - report

Ireland's car-dependency fuelling health, climate emergency - report

Drone captures damage left by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica fishing village

Drone captures damage left by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica fishing village

Are you expecting a delivery from Fastway over the coming days?

Are you expecting a delivery from Fastway over the coming days?

Children transform Dublin railway arches

Children transform Dublin railway arches

Trump says Gaza ceasefire holds, Israel has right to hit back if attacked

Trump says Gaza ceasefire holds, Israel has right to hit back if attacked

'Gamechanger proved to be a gamechanger' - McDonald

'Gamechanger proved to be a gamechanger' - McDonald

First Irish woman to complete marathon says she told herself to 'keep pushing'

First Irish woman to complete marathon says she told herself to 'keep pushing'

New President

A smiling Catherine Connolly

Watch: Key moments from day of election of new president

Spoil the vote campaign leaders

Who was behind the 'Spoil The Vote' campaign?

A collage of all nine Irish presidents showing Mary McAleese, Eamon De Valera, Douglas Hyde, Michael D Higgins, Cearbhall Ó Dalaigh, Patrick Hillery, Sean T O Kelly, Erskine Childers, Mary Robinson

Ireland's presidents - portraits in history

A young man stands in front of a street art mural in Dublin depicting Catherine Connolly

Watch: Spoken word poet's tribute to Catherine Connolly

Presidential Election

Independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly with supporters, including Mary Lou McDonald

Opposition hoping Connolly win paves way for Govt change

Analysis and Comment

Catherine Connolly

Profile: Connolly's long political road leads to Áras

Presidential Election

Catherine Connolly waves at supporters as she arrives at Dublin Castle

Connolly win will prompt fascinating Galway by-election

Presidential Election

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Barista Serkan Sagsoz, co-founder of Julith Coffee, prepares Nido 7FC Panama coffee that costs 3600 AED

World's most expensive coffee at €850 a cup in Dubai

A silvery gibbon baby climbs in their enclosure of the zoo Hellabrunn in Munich, southern Germany

India seizes endangered primates found in checked bag

A general view of Trix the female the T-Rex exhibition at the Naturalis or Natural History Museum of Leiden on October 17, 2016 in Leiden, Netherlands. The skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex was excavated in 2013 in Montana, USA, by Naturalis Biodiversity Cent

Research may solve T-rex fossil mystery

Donald Trump walks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung with a replica gold crown in the foreground

Trump gifted replica of golden crown in South Korea

Lead singer of pop band Stoptime Diana Loginova in court - GETTY

Russia's case against teen busker stirs anger

Titanic passenger's archive set to be auctioned

A warning sign is seen at the closed walking trail to the observatory in the Shirakawago district

Japanese military asked to help deal with bear attacks

Sydney Aquarium's resident one-metre long Murray Cod

Australian Murray cod wallops swim record

Diamond brooch, which once belonged to Emperor Napoleon

Diamond jewel abandoned by Napoleon to go up for sale

Professional Archaeological excavations

Fossils show dinosaurs thriving just before annihilation

Satellite view of Heard Island

Bird flu likely killed seal pups on sub-Antarctic island

bodybuilder Takuya Usui chats with a resident at a care home

Young bodybuilders lift Japan's ailing care sector