O’Brien Press founder Michael O’Brien dies at age of 81Publisher who set up O’Brien Press with his father in 1974 credited with revitalising Irish writing for childrenTue Aug 02 2022 - 14:34
Ronan McGreevy on the life and death of Harry Boland “Can you imagine me on the run from Mick Collins? It is ludicrous.”Wed Jul 27 2022 - 19:11
Ronan McGreevy on the Battle of KilmallockLimerick city and county would be the chief crucible of the Civil War in July 1922Sun Jul 24 2022 - 19:01
Allegations of abuse not acted on at centre for people with intellectual disabilities, Hiqa finds Incidents of physical and verbal abuse took place at centre in Ballygall, Co Dublin, says reportFri Jul 22 2022 - 17:18
Hot weather to return after a weekend of sunshine and showersEarly weeks of August look promising with high pressure building towards the end of next weekFri Jul 22 2022 - 12:26
Further 61 speed cameras to come into operation from next TuesdayLocations are published on Garda Síochána websiteThu Jul 21 2022 - 18:14
Woman charged with murder appears in courtCharge relates to death of Latvian father-of-two Juris Viktorovs in February of this yearThu Jul 21 2022 - 14:32
Electric Picnic 2022: Mindfield line-up revealedBlindboy Boatclub, Panti Bliss, Emilie Pine, Luke O’Neill and Miriam O’Callaghan among highlightsWed Jul 20 2022 - 13:59
Muggy and unsettled conditions set to bring rain across the country Farmers and gardeners will welcome the rain as it has been an extremely dry monthWed Jul 20 2022 - 11:47
Forest fire at Co Wicklow beauty spot brought under controlHot weather and dry conditions have combined to create the ideal conditions for a forest fire to startTue Jul 19 2022 - 14:09
Rolling thunder and lightning mark end of exceptionally hot weather on east coastHeavy showers and possibility of local flooding in Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary and WaterfordTue Jul 19 2022 - 10:17
Ireland records highest ever temperature for July as sweltering conditions continue across EuropeState’s second highest temperature on record comes as heatwave causes wildfires and hundreds of deaths on continentTue Jul 19 2022 - 01:00
Ireland records hottest day for 135 years as temperatures hit 33.1 degrees in Dublin Status yellow warning in place until Tuesday evening, temperatures rise to 30 degreesMon Jul 18 2022 - 15:51
Penny Mordaunt’s Irish roots traced back to Catholic family from Co WexfordGreat-great grandfather jailed for involvement in Land League while grandfather joined anti-treaty IRASun Jul 17 2022 - 17:46
All-Ireland hurling final: Ukrainian children to bring Liam MacCarthy Cup on to field Temperature of 25 degrees is expected pitchside for game between Limerick and KilkennySun Jul 17 2022 - 13:07
Dublin media interested in North only during crises, Taoiseach suggests Two decades of Belfast Agreement have not fostered greater understanding between two parts of Ireland, Micheál Martin saysSun Jul 17 2022 - 11:47
Ireland offers to ‘adopt’ north-west region of Ukraine when reconstruction beginsRivne Oblast, which borders Belarus, has a population of 1.5m and an area of 20,000sq kmSat Jul 16 2022 - 19:44
Hottest weather now set to extend into TuesdayA status yellow weather warning has been issued by Met Éireann from 6am on Sunday to 9pm on TuesdaySat Jul 16 2022 - 19:34
No Ukrainian refugees spent night in old Dublin Airport terminal, says departmentAbout 180 people, who stayed two nights in the building, have now been moved to Citywest and Howth facilitiesSat Jul 16 2022 - 17:00
Eyewitness to history: Sri Lankan novelist calls for generational change in his native landShehan Karunatilaka was among the crowd at the Presidential Palace in the once prosperous Indian Ocean island nationSat Jul 16 2022 - 06:17
Coronavirus: ‘Recipe for disaster’, warn nurses as disease rips through hospitals Patients on trolleys due to virus more like winter than summer, say Irish Nurses and Midwives OrganisationFri Jul 15 2022 - 15:32
Yellow weather warning issued over high temperatures from Sunday to TuesdayIreland could see hottest day since records began on Monday with 34 degrees forecastFri Jul 15 2022 - 11:01
Former Fianna Fáil TD Bobby Aylward dies Taoiseach Micheál Martin leads tributesThu Jul 14 2022 - 22:15
Teenage boy (14) drowns off north Dublin coast Victim was rescued from water but later died at Temple Street Children’s HospitalTue Jul 12 2022 - 09:20
Ireland’s highest temperature of year recorded in Dublin on Monday Monday could be the hottest day of the year to date with hot weather set to return next weekendMon Jul 11 2022 - 19:39
Fire damages well-known Dublin 8 pub Drop Dead TwiceFrancis Street venue extensively damaged by blaze which broke out in early hours of Monday morningMon Jul 11 2022 - 15:47
Andy Irvine’s unique musical instruments go missing in baggage chaos at Dublin AirportSpecially built guitar-bouzouki and mandola have accompanied the world-famous musician for the last 40 yearsMon Jul 11 2022 - 14:57
Woman (70s) dies in Co Sligo collisionThree women and one man take to hospital following two-car collisionMon Jul 11 2022 - 08:29
Cathal Brugha remembered 100 years after his untimely death in the Civil WarFormer Minister for Defence killed by a single bullet fired by a National Army soldierSat Jul 09 2022 - 18:31
Japanese ambassador condemns murder of former prime minister as ‘heinous act’ President Michael D Higgins writes to the emperor of Japan expressing condolences after the assassination of Shinzo AbeSat Jul 09 2022 - 17:35
Eid at Croke Park: ‘We can celebrate our Irish Muslim identity in the most iconic Irish venue’Events to mark the Islamic festival took place at the home of Gaelic games for the third yearSat Jul 09 2022 - 16:47
Rent increases in Ireland since 2010 third highest in EUCost of renting in Ireland rose 76.7 per cent between 2010 and 2022, 4½ times the EU averageFri Jul 08 2022 - 18:10
How the Republic of Ireland has become an ‘incredibly inspiring’ story for Welsh nationalistsPlaid Cymru leader Adam Price believes the Irish State shows how small nations can prosperFri Jul 08 2022 - 15:09
Boris Johnson has brought Welsh independence closer, Plaid Cymru leader saysAdam Price describes resigning British prime minister as ‘ringmaster of a cavalcade of clowns’Thu Jul 07 2022 - 22:21
Effects of Brexit on legal profession wane as new arrangements come into placeRush by England- and Wales-trained solicitors to qualify in Ireland so as to practise in EU abatesThu Jul 07 2022 - 19:21
Services for people with dementia set to get worse, says Alzheimer charityAlzheimer Society of Ireland calls for €19 million investment in dementia-specific care to meet a growing needThu Jul 07 2022 - 15:27
YouTuber relieved after Dublin Airport baggage handler finds tricycleStaff member locates Matt Galat’s custom-made trike after a public plea for helpWed Jul 06 2022 - 18:09
Brexit bureaucracy posing threat to endangered species, say zoo keepersTransfers of animals for conservation schemes involving Ireland, Britain and EU plunged from 1,400 in 2019 to just 48 last yearTue Jul 05 2022 - 00:05
Aer Lingus cancels four return flights on MondayCovid-19 spike among crews continues to hit airline's operationsMon Jul 04 2022 - 16:15
Dublin Airport: 130 soldiers on standby in McKee Barracks to assist with staff shortagesSoldiers will be deployed if there is a 20% rate of absenteeism among airport security staff due to Covid-19Mon Jul 04 2022 - 15:59
YouTuber appeals for help to find ‘one-of-a-kind’ specialist trike lost at Dublin AirportMatt Galat last saw his $13,000 AZUB recumbent trike go through security on June 23rdMon Jul 04 2022 - 09:49
Dermot O’Neill, gardener and broadcaster, dies Horticulturalist from Co Dublin wrote book and restored Clondeglass walled gardenSat Jul 02 2022 - 15:40
Chinese embassy in Ireland taunts Boris Johnson over Brexit and NI ProtocolUK PM’s claim China breaking international agreement over Hong Kong provokes response from embassySat Jul 02 2022 - 15:13
Irish writers dropped from UK school curriculum in move to increase diversityRemoval of white authors from English syllabus condemned by British education secretarySat Jul 02 2022 - 13:48
‘At long last’: Summer on the way as warm weather forecast next week An Azores high will bring fine settled weather to Ireland after a soggy and gloomy JuneSat Jul 02 2022 - 12:12
US ‘at war’ with UK over North protocol - Gordon BrownNo chance of trade deal between the two countries unless Ireland issues are resolved, former prime minister saysFri Jul 01 2022 - 12:59
Headhunters, pirates and transported convicts: the files rescued from 1922 fire at Public Records Office An English captain who brought the heads of five Gaelic rebels to Dublin was awarded £12 for his services to the CrownThu Jun 30 2022 - 12:43
Mental health report warns of gap between public and private standardsResponse to problems at HSE facilities is ‘inadequate’, Mental Health Commission saysThu Jun 30 2022 - 10:46
Some 500 septic tanks deemed to pose threat to human health have not been repaired, EPA saysEnvironmental Protection Agency concerned as more than half of septic tank inspections failed last yearThu Jun 30 2022 - 00:01
Mary Lou McDonald remembers great-uncle who was executed in Civil WarJames O’Connor shot by firing squad in December 1922, in ‘brutal betrayal of the struggle for independence’Wed Jun 29 2022 - 20:16
