Ellen Kenny

The cost of apartments is rising faster than houses for the first time ever as people try to enter the property ladder. The latest IPAV report shows property prices are up over 5% in the first six months of the year, with apartments leading the way. The four highest in Ireland increases were all for apartments - Westmeath was up 14.44%, Offaly increased by 13%, Donegal was up 12.69% and Kilkenny 12.33%.

From electronic voting to the infamous Dáil printer, the Government has a history of overspending that would put the bike shed to shame. The Government was in hot water last week after it was revealed a bike shed at Leinster House cost €335,000. The shed can store 18 bikes and a breakdown of its cost from the Office of Public Works (OPW) revealed that €3,000 was spent on archaeological services.

Irish people cannot make the same mistakes as generations before and “ignore” historical sexual abuse in religious orders, according to an activist. Gardaí launched an appeal for reports after a scoping inquiry revealed 2,400 allegations against over 800 people across 300 schools. Gardaí received 160 reports of historical sexual abuse relating to schools run by religious orders between September 4th and September 7th.