Gordon Wilson snubbed by Paisley over Catholic church attendance to remember massacreWilson’s call for no loyalist reprisals following Enniskillen bomb atrocity made world headlines, and he was later appointed to the SeanadThu Dec 29 2022 - 00:25
Sinn Féin complained of ‘excessive’ policing after Garda Jerry McCabe killingParty’s vice-president Pat Doherty accused gardaí of harassing supporters while IRA was on ceasefireThu Dec 29 2022 - 00:01
Prince Andrew predicted the rise of Sinn Féin... and eight other curious tales from the State papersAn RTÉ camera crew who told Americans to “f*** off” and a British submarine that towed an Irish trawler backwards feature in this year’s releaseWed Dec 28 2022 - 05:15
Tension between Mary Robinson and government over role of presidencyThen president’s analysis of war in Somalia described as ‘somewhat emotional’ and ‘full of value judgements’Wed Dec 28 2022 - 00:01
Irish man dies after falling from train in ThailandPatrick Ward (45) fell down a slope during visit to ‘death railway’Tue Dec 27 2022 - 21:20
Appeal to trace relatives of Irishman who died in Birmingham last monthRemains of of John Joseph Gill (86), originally from Co Roscommon, have yet to be claimedTue Dec 27 2022 - 17:18
Thousands return post-Covid to Leopardstown for St Stephen’s Day festivalRace meeting was suddenly closed to the public last year because of escalating Covid-19 numbersMon Dec 26 2022 - 18:49
Sun lights up Newgrange burial chamber on winter solsticeThe sun has illuminated the burial chamber at Newgrange in the first public winter solstice since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.Wed Dec 21 2022 - 17:49
Winter solstice: Sun lights up Newgrange burial chamberThousands are drawn to Co Meath site for first public winter solstice event there since pandemicWed Dec 21 2022 - 13:24
Civil War commemoration will ‘finally heal the wounds and scars from that time’ — VaradkarNew Taoiseach says it is time to ‘finally move to reconciliation’ during acceptance speech in DáilSat Dec 17 2022 - 18:42
Two soldiers who received ‘minor injuries’ in Lebanon attack released from hospitalA team of eight Defence Forces personnel is on its way to Lebanon to help determine how Pte Seán Rooney diedSat Dec 17 2022 - 15:56
Green councillor says sorry for ‘stupid’ tweet about Dún Laoghaire Baths statueOisín O’Connor apologises over joke about Roger Casement statue which ‘hurt people I would never want to hurt’Sat Dec 17 2022 - 14:55
Weather set for dramatic change with unseasonable highs of 13 degrees expectedTreacherous conditions overnight led to crash by lorry in Co MayoSat Dec 17 2022 - 13:27
Dame Street blaze causes traffic diversions in Dublin city centreFour units tackle blaze over well-known pub in city centreSat Dec 17 2022 - 12:33
Elderly pedestrian dies in Co Wexford road collisionMan in his 80s died from his injuries in hospital after being hit by vanSat Dec 17 2022 - 10:43
Weather: Ireland sees ‘coldest day’ in 12 years as freezing temperatures set to continueKatebridge in Co Down records -9 degrees on Monday while average across the country was -2 degreesMon Dec 12 2022 - 22:06
'The idea that Ireland is full, is laughable': Ukrainian refugees welcomed to Ireland31 Ukranian refugees who were trapped in Kherson and Kharkiv until now have arrived in Ireland and are being housed by familles across the island.Sun Dec 11 2022 - 12:56
Driving to another home for Christmas: Ukrainian refugees meet new host familiesDrivers and hosts team up to provide accommodation for 30 vulnerable refugeesSun Dec 11 2022 - 12:32
Varadkar urged to appeal in Europe if UK Troubles legislation enacted Controversial Bill would halt prosecutions such as that of killer of Aidan McAnespieFri Dec 09 2022 - 18:25
Defence Forces should have honoured dead Free State soldiers, Ring saysThe commemoration was organised by a group of retired army officers and was attended by relatives of the dead soldiersFri Dec 09 2022 - 14:24
Fine Gael leader says Free State executions were unconstitutionalThe executions were ordered two days after the government came into being in retaliation for the murder of TD Sean HalesThu Dec 08 2022 - 11:04
Family of Jean McConville call for an apology from the IRA 50 years after her deathMichael Mcconville, son of Jean McConville, has called for an apology from the IRA for allegations that the mother of 10 was an informant.Thu Dec 08 2022 - 09:27
Family of Jean McConville demand retraction from IRA for allegations she was informer‘I will demand that apology until the day I die’, says son Michael, 50 years on from his mother’s disappearanceWed Dec 07 2022 - 16:40
The Irish State is 100 years old. Why is nobody celebrating? Ambivalence about the date is down to the Civil War and PartitionTue Dec 06 2022 - 05:00
The story of how the Irish State came into being 100 years ago this weekA momentous day was sullied by the violence of the Civil War, WT Cosgrave said when delivering the first speech in an independent StateSat Dec 03 2022 - 05:00
Execution of four prisoners by Free State government was ‘murder’ - Taoiseach Government knew it was breaking the law by executing four prisoners without trial, says Micheál MartinFri Dec 02 2022 - 13:17
‘It’s like yesterday’: Dublin city centre bombings remembered 50 years onThree civilians died when bombs were planted on or near Sackville Place in 1972 and 1973, along with dozens injuredThu Dec 01 2022 - 19:48
Work visas for 1,000 more homecare workers confirmed to tackle recruitment crisis in sectorWork visas for non-EU nationals to be introduced next year to address shortageWed Nov 30 2022 - 19:51
Majority of 16-24-year-olds want internal flight bans and car-free zones in towns and cities, report findsESRI finds that many do not know what are the best behaviours to mitigate global warmingTue Nov 29 2022 - 00:01
Cromwell did more to stain Anglo-Irish relations than any other figure, says British ambassador Paul Johnston launches five volume series on the Lord Protector who carried out brutal actions in IrelandMon Nov 28 2022 - 21:50
Autumn weather brings record rainfall due to rising sea temperaturesSeasonal forecast for winter is slightly warmer than average, Met Éireann saysMon Nov 28 2022 - 15:25
New book series on Cromwell sheds light on the brutality of his Irish campaignFive-volume series lists everything that Cromwell wrote in his life that survives to this daySun Nov 27 2022 - 20:30
‘Cruel’ wait for families of the Disappeared must end, says bishopBishop of Meath calls on republicans to help recover three remaining bodies from the TroublesSat Nov 26 2022 - 21:07
Hundreds gather outside GPO in bid to protect Moore Street 1916 Rising siteActor Adrian Dunbar, Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald among campaign supportersSat Nov 26 2022 - 18:21
Government accused of marking the Civil War in ‘anodyne’ way by not commemorating National Army deadFlag party refused by the Department of Defence for first national commemoration of the National Army in Glasnevin CemeteryFri Nov 25 2022 - 20:24
TCD invites views on dropping Berkeley’s name from library over slave ownershipLegacy group assessing record of Kilkenny man who entered the university in 1700Fri Nov 25 2022 - 17:11
‘Robbed of dignity’: Free State’s Civil War dead remembered, but Government stays awayFlag party refused for 700 members of National Army killed in defence of new StateFri Nov 25 2022 - 16:35
Late Late Toy Show: Theme for biggest TV night of the year unveiled Two hundred children selected as participants in TV extravaganzaFri Nov 25 2022 - 06:00
‘My grandfather was in the firing party that shot Erskine Childers’ Samuel Edmonds chosen because of active service in the British army, says grandsonThu Nov 24 2022 - 05:00
An Post ‘committed’ to free Ukraine deliveries despite change in parcel serviceChristmas rush means parcels over 2kg will be subject to €9 chargeWed Nov 23 2022 - 21:42
‘Mayo, God help us!’: retirees’ syndicate collects €1m Lotto jackpotForty-seven members of active retirement group, which used same numbers for seven years, celebrate their good fortuneMon Nov 21 2022 - 16:56
Eileen Dunne signs off on final bulletin after 42 years in RTÉ Well-loved newsreader thanked viewers and colleagues on last Nine O’Clock broadcastFri Nov 18 2022 - 22:00
Twitter to make 140 of its Irish staff redundant as part of global job cuts Troubled social media platform owned by Elon Musk informs Government of lay-offs, which amount to over one-third of Dublin workforceFri Nov 18 2022 - 21:01
Order that runs Terenure College states 56 people have made allegations of child sexual abuse against it Carmelites reiterate 'unreserved' apology for historical cases of abuseFri Nov 18 2022 - 20:13
Ireland brokers global declaration to stop bombing of civilians during wartime75 countries including the United States, the UK and France sign up to banFri Nov 18 2022 - 07:06
A century on: How the executions of the Civil War scarred many families In just six months 81 men were executed, 100 years agoThu Nov 17 2022 - 15:55
Ex-Olympic champion pays tribute to relative executed in Civil War 100 years ago todayMichael Carruth’s great-uncle John Gaffney was one of the first republican prisoners to be shotThu Nov 17 2022 - 14:50
New Kilmainham Gaol exhibition marks centenary of first Civil War executionsA new exhibition at Kilmainham Gaol marks 100 years since the first four executions of the Civil War took place at 7am on November 17th, 1922.Thu Nov 17 2022 - 11:17
1926 census to be digitised and made available free online Previous online releases of 1901 and 1911 censuses attracted huge interest across world from people with Irish heritageThu Nov 17 2022 - 05:00
Government to call in Russian ambassador after Taoiseach and more than 50 other Irish officials are banned from entering countryRussian ministry says ‘key representatives of the leadership and politicians of Ireland’ have been put on ‘stop list’Wed Nov 16 2022 - 19:54
