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Gardaí have confirmed the arrests in a statement Thursday afternoon

Man and woman arrested in connection with arson attack in Waterford

Garda investigation after man’s body found in Co Cork

Floral tributes outside the scene of the house fire

Man and woman arrested in connection with Waterford house fire

Chairman of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, Lord Turnbull

‘No evidence’ RUC investigated any terror links in Omagh call, inquiry told

Jack Chambers

Hope for progress on public sector talks ‘shortly’, Jack Chambers says

12 food businesses forced to close last month

12 food businesses ordered to close across Ireland in September

Industrial strike

Taoiseach hopes ‘behind-the-scenes work’ results in talks with unions

Dr Sara Burke

Committee hears calls for right to healthcare

Gardaí are treating the unsettling email as a hoax

Breaking ‘Death awaits you’: Bomb threat email sent as 150 schools targeted

Floral tributes outside a house

Drug-related intimidation must be confronted ‘head-on’, says Cullinane

An Garda Siochana X account hacked

An Garda Síochána asked to explain ‘extremely worrying’ social media breach

The security breach emerged on Wednesday night

Gardaí issue urgent warning to public after official accounts hacked

A man seen from behind walking inside data centre

Data centre energy use questioned amid AI summit

Social media stock

Report recommends legislation to limit predatory design features online

John James English, who is the son of Philip English from his first marriage

Son of victim claims Waterford arson attack was over €20k drug debt

Graham Linehan

Met Police confirms complaint over Graham Linehan arrest will be reopened
Conservative politicians and Harry Potter author JK Rowling had criticised Mr Linehan’s arrest.
Jordan Reynolds and Jessica Coates, Press Association

Ireland stock

Garda social media accounts taken over and posting about cryptocurrency

Floral tributes outside the house

Son claims arson attack victims killed over another person’s drug debt

A picket line at Mater Hospital

Government will face ‘test of sincerity’ over pay deal dispute comments

Gardaí in the Birchwood area

Murder investigation continues into fire that killed four in Waterford

Philip and Kim English, along with their children Callum and Jayden, died in the house fire on Tuesday morning

Victims of Waterford arson attack had car set on fire last month

Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney’s books withdrawn from UK over her support of Palestine Action

Nuala O'Loan (left)

Flanagan told me Omagh report would destroy the peace process – Nuala O’Loan

US import tariffs

EU ‘satisfied for now’ on AI regulation, says justice commissioner

Sinead McCarville, senior housekeeper in the high dependency unit at the Mater Hospital, Dublin, takes part in a 24-hour strike outside the hospital over delays in agreeing a new public sector pay deal

Hospital staff speak of hardships facing health workers amid strike

The CCPC is encouraging families to purchase costumes from reputable retailers

Irish Parents warned over serious safety risks of Halloween costumes

International Artificial Intelligence Summit 2026, Dublin

Government does not ‘envisage’ public sector job displacement because of AI
The International Monetary Fund has warned that 40% to 60% of jobs will be ‘exposed’ to the technology in advanced economies.
Cillian Sherlock, Press Association

Customers are advised not to eat the implicated batches

Tesco recalls popular breakfast food that may contain insects

Waterford City house fire deaths

No arrests as multiple searches took place in investigation into Waterford fire

Nuala O'Loan (left)

Getting information from RUC about Omagh like pulling teeth – Nuala O’Loan

The late Callum (12) and Jayden (9) English

Two boys who died in suspected arson attack named locally

Oireachtas staff staging a strike outside Leinster House

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers staging 24-hour strike

More than 300,000 public sector workers are expected to take part in the 24-hour strike

Disruption expected as weather warnings issued amid nationwide strikes

Henna Virkkunen at the RDS

EU tech chief refuses question on US livestreamed execution plan

Blurred figures of doctors and nurses walking in a hospital corridor

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers to stage 24-hour strike

Emergency Services at the scene of an overnight fire in the Birchwood estate in Waterford City

Murder probe launched after four people die in arson attack on Waterford house

A paramilitary mural in Northern Ireland

Governments urged to establish paramilitary transition mechanism

The late Kim and Philip English

Breaking Couple who died in suspected early morning arson attack named locally

Customers are advised not to eat the affected batches

'Do not eat' - Aldi and Supervalu issue recall of popular foods

Patrick O'Donovan

Media minister taken to hospital after becoming unwell at EU event

Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity

AI linked to ‘churn’ and redundancies in recent months, minister says

DCI Neil McGuinness departs Bradford Court in Belfast after giving evidence at the Omagh Bombing Inquiry

Significant failings in RUC use of database at time of Omagh bomb, inquiry hears

Jennifer Murnane O’Connor and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Gardai to make decision to refer personal drug users to health services

Two other children have been removed from the scene and are receiving hospital treatment for critical injuries

Murder investigation following death of two adults and two children

It's understood the fire occurred at around 5am this morning in the Birchwood area of the city

Two adults and two children die in devastating house fire

Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Taoiseach urges unions for further talks on eve of public sector strike

Emergency services at the scene of an overnight fire in the Birchwood estate in Waterford City

Man, woman and two children die in Waterford house fire

Three vans and a car were involved in the incident

Three in hospital following multi-vehicle collision in Co Sligo

Waterford ‘plunged into utter devastation’ following fatal house fire

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow wind warning for Donegal, Galway and Mayo

Double disruption as weather warnings issued ahead of strike

Garda

Fatalities reported in Waterford fire

Sir Chris Bryant

Chris Bryant rejects claims he bowed to ‘mob rule’ over Drumcree parade

A PSNI vehicle at the Garvaghy Road

‘Orange state is gone forever’, Michelle O’Neill tells Assembly

Riad Bouchaker court case

‘In a way she died’ – Court hears from Parnell Square stabbing victims’ parents

Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan (centre) speaking at the union's headquarters in Dublin

Public sector strike to go ahead after bid for talks rejected

Ellie Reeves

UK Attorney General to decide if Troubles prosecutions go ahead under new law

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