Gardaí release new information concerning baby abandoned in Co Dublin
Gardaí have renewed their appeal for the mother of a newborn baby girl who was found in a plastic bag on an isolated road in Dublin yesterday to come forward.
A passer-by discovered the infant on the Steelstown Road in Rathcoole in South County Dublin yesterday at around 3:30pm.
The child was taken to Tallaght Hospital, where she is now in a stable condition under the care of hospital staff.
The Dáil Bar: Irish parties have lessons to learn from the UK elections
Image: Photocall Ireland
Yes, the UK has a different electoral system to ours. If we had a first past the post system here then overall majorities would be a reality again, and our smaller parties would lose out. Thankfully that’s not the case, but there are lessons on what happened this week in the Westminster Parliament that can be learned by all political parties here.
Taoiseach heckled by anti-water charge protesters during speech in Co Sligo
The Taoiseach has been heckled by anti-water charge protesters as he made a speech in Ballymote, Co. Sligo.
A crowd of around 100 protesters were among an estimated 250 people who turned out to meet Mr Kenny in the town, where he has unveiled a monument to commemorate Irish emigrants who died in the American Civil War.
GALLERY: Look inside the suitcases uncovered in an abandoned New York psychiatric hospital
[Jon Crispin]
20 years ago, the Willard Psychiatric Center in Willard, New York was shut down by the state’s Office of Mental Health. For many of the building's 126 years it had been known by another name, one that today would be considered a galling example of narrow-mindedness – the Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane.
Three reasons why Ireland should fear the UK leaving the EU
The Tories' shock majority victory means that an in/out referendum on EU membership is going to happen
Given Ireland's dependence on both the UK and the EU, the Irish economy is expected to be one of the biggest economic losers if Britain leaves.
