Gilmore hardens stance on €3.1 billion budget adjustment planTánaiste acknowledges next month’s budget will be ‘tough’, but insists it will be ‘fair’Tue Sept 10 2013 - 11:59
Lenihan ‘shed tears’ over budgetary cuts, says sonLate minister for finance was deeply affected by financial hardship being suffered around himMon Sept 09 2013 - 17:00
Restaurateurs plan nationwide lobby to keep lower VAT rateReduced tax was introduced in 2011 in bid to boost recession-hit hospitality sectorMon Sept 09 2013 - 13:14
TDs and Senators run up €1,500 bar tab on ‘Lapgate’ nightPoliticians take advantage of Dáil bar’s liberal opening hours during abortion debateFri Sept 06 2013 - 17:01
Young and middle-aged men still dominate suicide statsLatest official figures show slight fall-off in suicide and self-harm ratesFri Sept 06 2013 - 01:21
Alcohol has ‘enormous bearing’ on suicide and self-harm rates, says LynchMinister suggests vested interests resisting change in the area of alcohol reformFri Sept 06 2013 - 01:00
Study of Cork suicide cases reveals over 40% of victims had worked in constructionReport by the Suicide Support and Information System also pinpointed two clusters of suicide in the regionThu Sept 05 2013 - 22:01
Poor hygiene down to resources, says Beaumont consultantHiqa report claims patient safety put at risk by less-than-optimal standardsThu Sept 05 2013 - 15:25
Rat and mouse poisons devastating Irish barn owlStudy of carcasses shows over 85 per cent had traces of common rodenticidesThu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00
ECB expected to keep interest rates on holdIrish jobless total falls by 3,400 in August as euro zone emerges from recessionThu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00
Positive economic data fuel hopes of economic recoveryUnemployment rate drops again as services sector growth hits six-year highWed Sept 04 2013 - 11:20
Activity in Irish services sector grows at fastest rate since 2007Good summer weather and further sign of upswing in economy boost numbersWed Sept 04 2013 - 09:10
Almost €1 billion wiped off value of Ryanair sharesAirline spooks markets by issuing surprise profit warningWed Sept 04 2013 - 08:06
‘We may still have the verse but a lovely man has left us’Hundreds sign book of condolences for Heaney in DublinMon Sept 02 2013 - 18:16
‘Don’t be afraid’ - funeral told of Heaney ’s last wordsHundreds of figures from worlds of arts, entertainment and politics attend moving Dublin serviceMon Sept 02 2013 - 08:56
Have your say: what did Heaney mean to you?As tributes flood in, we’d like to know your experience of the writer’s workFri Aug 30 2013 - 17:23
New ‘virtual’ cancer research centre establishedNational Cancer Research Centre of Ireland is intended to facilitate high quality researchFri Aug 23 2013 - 18:22
Tourism Ireland woos travellers from Middle East with new websiteTourism body unveils new campaign to target tourists from Middle EastMon Aug 19 2013 - 16:09
Are octopuses too intelligent to eat?Staff at Sea Life Centre launch campaign to remove creature from human dietMon Aug 19 2013 - 14:03
McAdam to sue ABP Food GroupMeat trader takes defamation case against Goodman company over horse meat affairSat Aug 17 2013 - 01:00
Clerys to lay off 86 staff on ‘temporary, short-term’ basisDublin outlet ceased trading last month after freak storm caused extensive damageFri Aug 16 2013 - 17:17
Ryanair initiates defamation case against Channel 4Airline is suing broadcaster and several newspapers over safety allegations made in Dispatches documentaryFri Aug 16 2013 - 16:49
Goodman-owned ABP sued for defamation by meat traderMartin McAdam claims group made false allegations about him to deflect horsemeat scandal media attentionFri Aug 16 2013 - 11:03
Pilot group condemns Ryanair for sacking pilot who appeared in documentaryAirline accused of shooting messenger and trying to ‘suppress discussion’ over safetyFri Aug 16 2013 - 01:00
O’Rourke ‘excited’ at prospect of taking over Pat Kenny slotVeteran broadcaster to anchor station’s main mid-morning radio showSat Aug 10 2013 - 11:40
Ormonde rejects approach from Almonty IndustriesExploration group says proposal lacked economic merit for shareholdersFri Aug 09 2013 - 16:24
Irish mortgage interest rates remain well below euro averageAverage rate paid on Irish mortgages stood at 2.92% at the end of the JuneFri Aug 09 2013 - 12:28
Rehab raises the stakes in lottery battleThe organisation’s current High Court case against the Government is just the first throw of the dice in the dispute over the national lottery licenceFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
Rate of inflation remains unchanged at 0.7% in JulyRising transport and alcohol prices offset falls in clothing and footwearThu Aug 08 2013 - 11:47
Consumer sentiment dips as GDP numbers dent recovery hopesKBC Bank Ireland/ESRI Consumer Sentiment Index falls to 68.2 in JulyWed Aug 07 2013 - 12:51
Superquinn brand to be dropped by new ownersOne of country’s best-known retailers to be rebranded as SupervaluWed Aug 07 2013 - 11:56
M&S to close four Irish shops with loss of 180 jobsRetailer cites difficult trading conditions and poor outlook for retail sectorWed Aug 07 2013 - 10:13
Laois ‘bog body’ said to be world’s oldest4,000-year-old remains were discovered on Bord na Móna land in Co Laois in 2011Fri Aug 02 2013 - 17:44
Deadline for student grants extended after system crashesMuch-criticised Susi system crashes due to technical glitch ahead of original deadlineFri Aug 02 2013 - 10:35
Fish passes will allow salmon scale Dodder weirsImproved water quality means fish have begun to recolonise lower stretches of the riverTue Jul 30 2013 - 01:00
Cutting welfare by €440m would ‘deflate’ economy - BurtonMinister says welfare spend remains biggest stimulus in economyWed Jul 24 2013 - 10:40
Kayaker captures footage of large basking sharkGraham Smith was fishing from his tiny vessel when he encountered the fishMon Jul 22 2013 - 12:43
Kitesurfer attempts record-breaking crossing from France to IrelandBruno Sroka left a beach in Brittany this morning en route for Crosshaven in CorkFri Jul 19 2013 - 08:50
Fewer Irish people saving as austerity erodes disposable incomeProportion of people not saving at all increases to 46 per cent as austerity bitesTue Jul 16 2013 - 16:01
Examiner appointed to DIY chain HomebaseCompany says ability to reduce costs restricted by upward only rent reviewsTue Jul 16 2013 - 12:29
Internet security firm to create 400 jobs in DublinSymantec to establish European customer support base alongside existing Blanchardstown facilityTue Jul 16 2013 - 11:24
NTMA to auction €500m in treasury bills on ThursdayAgency has total funding target of €10 billion for 2013Tue Jul 16 2013 - 10:19
Greek MPs vote to indict former finance minister over Swiss bank accountsPapaconstantinou is accused of removing relatives’ names from list of Greeks with accounts in GenevaTue Jul 16 2013 - 08:39
European car sales fall to 17-year low as markets contractRegistrations decrease 6.3% to 1.18 million vehiclesTue Jul 16 2013 - 07:46
Council to remove carcass of large shark from Dollymount StrandRemains of basking shark turns up on north Dublin beachMon Jul 15 2013 - 18:01
RSA to replace thousands of defective high-visibility vestsReflective strip on safety vests fails to meet required visibility criteriaMon Jul 15 2013 - 12:34
Abolishing Seanad ‘would save €100m’ in five yearsBruton says upper house is luxury country can no longer affordMon Jul 15 2013 - 11:20
Next Lottery operator ‘must be based in Ireland’Howlin confident new licensing arrangements will boost annual contribution to good causes by up to €75 million within five yearsMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
Talk hears of ‘lack of thoughtfulness’ in modern discourseSenator John Crown among speakers at inaugural talk at new UCD debating theatreWed Jun 12 2013 - 15:17
Motorway bridge renamed after Mary McAleeseDecision was taken jointly by Louth and Meath councils to honour her work in peace processSat Jun 08 2013 - 19:11
