How many people died violent deaths in the Irish Civil War? Two historians have come up with as definitive a figure as can be estimatedMon Apr 29 2024 - 06:00
Family of Minister for Justice evacuated following hoax bomb threatHelen McEntee’s husband Paul Hickey and the couple’s two children were removed from their home in Co MeathSat Apr 27 2024 - 18:15
Pharmacists claim absence of advocate at Government level is hurting their profession Representative body calls for the appointment of a chief pharmaceutical officer as exists in other countriesSat Apr 27 2024 - 16:38
How did the unfounded claim that the Stardust fire was caused by arson take hold?The original findings from the 1982 report that the fire was started deliberately have been debunkedFri Apr 26 2024 - 17:30
Four charged in court following disturbances at proposed international protection centre in Newtownmountkennedy Three men and a woman appeared at Bray District Court in relation to the events on Thursday nightFri Apr 26 2024 - 15:45
Greta Price-Martin ‘will live in the hearts and minds of her many family and friends’. Tributes for cyclist killed in Dún Laoghaire crashDangerous junction in south Dublin where Greta Price-Martin was killed was due to be upgraded this yearThu Apr 25 2024 - 17:48
Motorcyclist (30s) killed in hit-and-run, with car involved found burnt out at the sceneThe occupants of the car failed to remain at the scene, gardaí say in an appeal for witnessesThu Apr 25 2024 - 10:13
RTÉ being ‘held to ransom’ for taxpayer funding, Oireachtas committee hearsBroadcaster ‘starved of necessary funding for decades’, union representative tells politiciansWed Apr 24 2024 - 16:27
Cyclist (20s) and motorcyclist (40s) killed in road collisions in Dún Laoghaire and CorkBoth people died from injuries following incidents involving trucksWed Apr 24 2024 - 15:04
Record number of women candidates running in local elections562 women have registered to stand in the local elections so far but that represents only a third of all candidates declaredTue Apr 23 2024 - 11:45
Limerick store that sold €115m Lotto ticket to Dolores McNamara sells €9m winning ticketManager of G.O Stores in Garryowen, Co Limerick, says it is the ‘luckiest shop in Ireland’ after weekend sale of latest Lotto-winning ticketTue Apr 23 2024 - 11:12
How AI and ChatGPT are bringing the voices of forgotten Irishwomen in history to life Trinity College project will use artificial intelligence to identify and transcribe documents from the 16th and 17th centuryThu Apr 11 2024 - 00:01
The Jamaican poet who settled in 1930s DublinFerdinand Levy arrived to study medicine at Trinity College and became a notable and respected figure in the city’s artistic sceneMon Apr 08 2024 - 06:00
Garda Síochána rejects claim that members of force engage in racial profilingGardaí challenge authors of report to produce examples and says it’s one of most trusted police forces worldwideFri Apr 05 2024 - 12:35
Irish man killed in helicopter crash in Swiss Alps namedJames ‘Jimmy’ Goff (34) was part of well-known auctioneering familyFri Apr 05 2024 - 09:35
Wet weather: major potato shortage looms due to persistent rainfallMinister says ‘nothing is off the table’ in terms of support following heavy rainfall in MarchThu Apr 04 2024 - 12:47
Cannabis valued at €1.1m found in van arriving at Dublin Port from UKMan arrested after drugs discovered in consignment of bottled water and garden suppliesThu Apr 04 2024 - 11:06
Rights groups call for Garda report on racial profilingNew report suggests lack of figures allows An Garda Síochana to claim there is no racial profiling in IrelandThu Apr 04 2024 - 09:33
Why a site in a sought-after area of Dublin remains derelict after 20 years of inactivity Site opposite Coombe Hospital is an example of how long-term dereliction is toleratedThu Apr 04 2024 - 06:00
Workers seeking to establish unions ‘fearful of harassment and victimisation from employers’ - SiptuRespect to Work campaign hopes to boost union membership in tech and finance sectorsTue Apr 02 2024 - 17:18
Heavy downpours expected this week as exceptionally wet year continues‘There is no long dry spell forecast. Most days will see showers’, says forecaster as low pressure remains in control of Irish weatherTue Apr 02 2024 - 16:37
Only one in 30 applicants for vacant and derelict property grant received payment by end of last yearMore than 6,000 applications received through the Crói Cónaithe scheme by end of 2023Tue Apr 02 2024 - 06:00
Four people arrested over asylum arson attack released without chargeFile prepared for the DPP in relation to arson of Ross Lake House Hotel in Co GalwayFri Mar 29 2024 - 19:25
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators review: treat of an encore brings night of foot-to-the-floor rock to an endWolfgang Van Halen’s support act adds to night of musical pedigree in the 3Arena with just a little nod to Guns N’ RosesFri Mar 29 2024 - 12:16
Nine months of rain is creating a mounting crisis for Irish farmers'It’s just a disaster – water lodging everywhere' - farmer Stephen McCormack on the persistent wet weather which has left Irish farmers in despair.Fri Mar 29 2024 - 10:05
Wet weather leaves farmers in despair: ‘I have never seen it this bad. Everything is compounded together’Nine months of wet weather is creating a mounting crisis for Irish tillage farmers in particularFri Mar 29 2024 - 06:00
Number of people homeless in Dublin rises to over 10,000 for the first timeDepartment of Housing figures show a 17 per cent annual increase in the number of people without a homeThu Mar 28 2024 - 14:12
Mayo crash: Further tributes paid to ‘multitalented’ family with ‘beautiful big smiles’ Deaths of Una, Ciara and Saoirse Bowden in crash on N17 in Mayo bring shock and grief to Moycullen, Co GalwayThu Mar 28 2024 - 09:17
Road cyclists: ‘We are flesh and bone on a carbon frame against somebody in a cube of steel’Imogen Cotter was Irish national champion when her life was changed when she was on a training cycle in 2022Wed Mar 27 2024 - 19:00
Rain, rain and more rain: What is driving the recent wet weather Ireland has been experiencing? Met Éireann says record rise in sea temperatures in the North Atlantic caused by climate change is a factorTue Mar 26 2024 - 14:51
Slash: ‘I always enjoy coming to Dublin. It is exciting when it is the first gig on the run’Slash, who plays Dublin this week, on recording with AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, his new blues album and the future for Guns N’ RosesMon Mar 25 2024 - 06:00
Upended car leads to long tailbacks on M7 in KildareIncident occurred on the busy road between junctions 13 and 14 northboundSat Mar 23 2024 - 18:01
Music entrepreneur Vince Power’s funeral hears of a man who made the world a better place Founder of the Mean Fiddler Group was buried in his native Co WaterfordSat Mar 23 2024 - 14:32
‘Nothing can ever justify such horrific violence’: World leaders react to Moscow attack Tánaiste Micheál Martin says nothing justifies the attack on innocent civiliansSat Mar 23 2024 - 11:58
Funeral for garda killer Pearse McAuley takes place in StrabaneProvisional IRA member who shot dead Det Gda Jerry McCabe buried in StrabaneThu Mar 21 2024 - 16:28
Mother and baby home redress: Taoiseach defends compensation scheme against sharp criticismIndependent TD Catherine Connolly says compensation based on business and cost and ‘absolutely nothing to do with justice or what is right’Wed Mar 20 2024 - 19:57
Happy now? Ireland becoming a more unhappy country, says global surveyIreland has fallen from 13th to 17th place in the rankings of the annual World Happiness ReportWed Mar 20 2024 - 08:28
IRA killer Pearse McAuley found dead at Co Tyrone homeMcAuley was sentenced in 1999 to 14 years in jail for manslaughter of Detective Garda Jerry McCabeTue Mar 19 2024 - 11:57
Man charged over discovery of nearly 8kg of cocaine at Dublin Airport Revenue officers found drugs to value of €546,000 hidden in baggageTue Mar 19 2024 - 11:08
St Patrick’s Day: Parades across Ireland are bathed in glorious sunshine - as they happenedCelebrations from New York to Newbridge take place as people take to the streetsSun Mar 17 2024 - 18:03
Judas Priest and Saxon live in Dublin review: Kings of heavy metal roll back the years in thundering fashionGig review: Elder statesmen of British heavy metal Judas Priest and Saxon are still in spectacular formSat Mar 16 2024 - 11:22
‘You are really looking at evil’: Paedophile Bill Kenneally makes himself out to be the victimPeople abused by the notorious paedophile sat just feet away from him at at the Hickson Commission of Investigation this weekSat Mar 16 2024 - 06:00
Fifth case of measles confirmed in the State as HSE steps up vaccination programmeNewest case confirmed on Thursday evening, with another suspected case being investigatedFri Mar 15 2024 - 13:02
Paedophile Bill Kenneally refuses to accept he ruined the lives of his victims‘I don’t know why they took 30 years to come forward,’ Kenneally tells Commission of InvestigationWed Mar 13 2024 - 19:37
‘He’s an evil man’: Victims of paedophile Bill Kenneally come face to face with his depravityKenneally’s flippant response to many questions put to him during commission of investigation enraged his victimsWed Mar 13 2024 - 19:23
Measles: HSE issues urgent appeal to passengers on Abu Dhabi-Dublin flight following confirmed casePregnant women, immunocompromised people and parents of children under age of 12 months advised to come forward as soon as possibleTue Mar 12 2024 - 20:18
How Ireland’s first satellite was almost lost a short time after launchRotation of Eirsat-1, which is no bigger than a brick, righted by ground teams after being ejected from SpaceX rocketTue Mar 12 2024 - 15:54
Heavy rain and risk of flooding in Cork and Kerry this week as weather warnings issuedYellow and orange warnings are in place for both counties from now until ThursdayTue Mar 12 2024 - 13:19
50 years on: Murder of Senator Billy Fox is remembered by his then girlfriendMarjorie Coulson was waiting for her boyfriend to turn up when he was murdered by the Provisional IRA near her homeMon Mar 11 2024 - 19:37
‘Ireland is crying’: Saoírse Ruane’s funeral takes place in Co GalwayGirl (12), who captured hearts during Late Late Toy Show appearance, was ‘far too special for this life’, mother saysSun Mar 10 2024 - 18:00
