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Former OPW worker avoids jail for sending sexualised messages to undercover officer posing as girl
Kevin Smyth (58) used the username ‘Older Guy’ when communicating with what he believed was a 13-year-old girl -
Farmer becomes ‘pariah’ after pleading guilty to ‘one of worst’ animal cruelty cases, court hears
Inspector found large amounts of dead calves as well as some in ‘severe distress’, half-eaten by ‘scavengers’ -
‘Reporting and blocking alone are not enough’: Young people call for action on social media
Advocates spoke of spending ’hours’ on their phones, encountering bullying with lack of action from social media companies -
‘Disgusting and gut-wrenching’: Regeneration of Dublin’s Oliver Bond flats to be scrapped
Ninety-year-old complex has been plagued with social and structural problems for decades -
First project tracking hedgehogs in Northern Ireland aims to help protect their future
Creatures are classified as near threatened across Europe -
Is it you? Winning €8.7m Lotto ticket sold in Applegreen station in west Dublin
The search is on for the owner of the winning ticket -
Boy (15) among three people arrested over bomb attack on Lurgan police station
Dissident republicans have been blamed for the incident in March which saw a food delivery driver hijacked -
Leaving Cert 2026: Tell us about how preparations are going and how you are feeling
There is so much to prepare for, and plenty to digest in the aftermath, too – if you can imagine a world where this is actually over! -
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary calls for ban on early morning preflight airport drinking
Airline boss says measure would reduce the number of passengers who were disruptive on aircraft -
Children’s Rights Alliance calls on Meta to engage with media watchdog investigation
Coimisiún na Meán to investigate if Meta platforms Instagram and Facebook breached provisions of Digital Services Act

