Support for the Social Democrats has reached a record high, the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll shows, with the popularity of party leader Holly Cairns also rising.

Ireland's 11 billionaires are wealthier than 66% of the country's population, according to a new study from Oxfam.

Some work on Dublin City Council's affordable housing project on the Oscar Traynor Road in Coolock has been paused after a number of defects were identified at the site and due to the failure to compl...