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Lisa Thompson was murdered at her home in Ballymun in May 2022

Life sentence for man over murder of Lisa Thompson

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a woman in her home in Ballymun in Dublin almost three years ago.

The action is likely to initially take the form of a work-to-rule which would begin on 31 March

Planned action by health staff 'regrettable' - HSE

The alarm for the incident was raised shortly before 10am (File photo)

Oil tanker and cargo ship collide in North Sea off UK

Micheál Martin's first engagement will be in Austin, Texas

Taoiseach to highlight business, economic links with US

Martin Foley was given 18 months to pay the outstanding tax (File: RollingNews.ie)

Martin 'The Viper' Foley ordered to pay nearly €1m in tax

Clive and Samantha Ryan say they will have to foot the bill if the insulation has to be removed

Couple told to remove home insulation over planning rules

Palestinians queue for food and other supplies in Khan Younis

Israeli team due in Qata for Gaza ceasefire talks

The Court of Appeal found the decision to amend the indictment against James Flynn was a breach of his right to justice

Conviction in relation to fatal Louth robbery overturned

Mark Carney delivers his victory address after being elected as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

Mark Carney wins race to become Canada's prime minister

The prosecutions were brought after online sweeps conducted over the 2023-2024 winter sales season (file image)

Shops plead guilty to breaking sales pricing legislation

Samantha Cookes received a total of €36,250 in Arts Council grants in 2021 and 2022 (Credit: Kerry's Eye)

Cookes' grant applications were based on 'artistic merit'

Regional

Fire crews from Bray, Greystones and Dún Laoghaire attended the blaze

Nine treated in hospital after fire at building in Bray

Nine people were taken to hospital following a fire at a building in Bray, Co Wicklow, early this morning.

Christian Rasmussen was a popular member of the Devil's Disciples Motorcycle Club

Tributes to motorcyclist killed in M50 collision

Little Angels is the only school in Co Donegal catering for children aged between three and 18 years old with profound and severe learning disabilities

Donegal parents call for additional special school places

Trinity College Dublin's main library was denamed in 2023

Trinity to mark renaming of library after Eavan Boland

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The WHO's announcement spurred countries around the world into action

Five years since WHO's Covid call shook world into action

Mark Carney's path to the top job in Canadian politics has been unusual

Carney: Canada's 'boring' but 'reassuring' prime minister

Analysis and Comment

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday afternoon

'Charm the best defence' - How Martin can approach Trump

Analysis and Comment

'I won't be swapping the parade ring for the pool, thanks'

Mullins to reign supreme as Cheltenham buzz descends

In December, Israel closed its embassy, decrying the Irish Government for engaging in anti-Israeli policies

Long diplomatic road after tense Irish-Israeli relations

Analysis and Comment

Samantha Cookes claimed over €60k in supplementary welfare and disability payments, by fraudulently claiming she was terminally ill (Credit: Kerry's Eye)

Number of remarkable features to Samantha Cookes case

Analysis and Comment

The Department of Finance placed a cap of €500,000 on banking executives' salaries in 2009

Are bankers' pay packets about to get a huge bump?

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Couple told to remove home insulation due to planning rules

Couple told to remove home insulation due to planning rules

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Couple told to remove home insulation due to planning rules

Couple told to remove home insulation due to planning rules

Donegal parents call for additional special school places

Donegal parents call for additional special school places

What is your advice for the Taoiseach ahead of his visit to the White House?

What is your advice for the Taoiseach ahead of his visit to the White House?

Man scales building holding Palestinian flag

Man scales building holding Palestinian flag

Irish honey bee under threat from imported species, say keepers

Irish honey bee under threat from imported species, say keepers

Hackman died of heart disease a week after his wife

Hackman died of heart disease a week after his wife

Sarah Lavin: 'I didn't do it the easy way - but we're in, we have a spot'

Sarah Lavin: 'I didn't do it the easy way - but we're in, we have a spot'

Waves from cyclone transform beaches into cliffs on Gold Coast

Waves from cyclone transform beaches into cliffs on Gold Coast

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Photographers have been turning out daily to see the kingfishers at the River Dodder

Watch: Kingfishers the star attraction of River Dodder

The proposal would fix into European Union law a change to lower wolves status to 'protected' from 'strictly protected'

EU proposes ending wolves' 'strictly protected' status

Art historian Euphrosyne Doxiadis claims the painting displayed at London's National Gallery is a copy

'Fake' Rubens masterpiece debate reignited by new book

Shitsui Hakoishi says she wants to keep cutting hair until she's 110

108-year-old Japanese woman crowned world's oldest barber

The crater was discovered in the Pilbara area of northwestern Australia

World's oldest meteorite crater discovered in Australia

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said smacking children should be consigned to the history books (Stock image)

UK doctors call for ban on smacking children

The Cullin Hills as viewed from Elgol on the island of Skye

Fossil found in 1973 finally extracted from cliff on Skye

Winter in the Oulanka National Park in Finland

Finnish space centre monitors climate change

A helicopter is pictured as smoke rises due to a wildfire on a mountainside near the city of Ofunato

Rain, snow offer hope in Japan's worst wildfire

Yeezy shoes were particularly popular in the US

Adidas cuts ties as last pair of Yeezy trainers sold

The Notre Dame cathedral nearly burned down in 2019, but was fully renovated and re-opened last December

Fundraiser offers chance to win piece of Notre-Dame

The colossal iceberg A23a iceberg has been drifting north from Antarctica towards South Georgia island since 2020

World's biggest iceberg runs aground near wildlife haven