Yeats’ teenage letters sold at Sotheby’s for more than €53,000Letters written between 1883 and 1885 were expected to sell for €13,300-€20,000Thu Dec 10 2020 - 12:17
Tom Barry said Provos only had ‘themselves to blame’ for losing supportKilmichael commander did not support PIRA bombing of civilian targetsSun Dec 06 2020 - 15:24
Astronaut Chris Hadfield surprises Adam King of the Late Late Toy ShowFormer ISS commander tells boy to pursue dreams of working on space missionsFri Dec 04 2020 - 22:02
New campaign to combat fake news targeted at young people in Ireland#KeepItReal advocates for an Irish social media council to tackle disinformationFri Dec 04 2020 - 16:05
Rare letters from teenage WB Yeats to be auctioned in LondonLetters include encounter with veteran Fenian John O’Leary of September 1913 fameFri Dec 04 2020 - 14:52
Irish people should not stereotype the British, says PresidentHistory of Irish republicanism too often showed disregard for life, says HigginsFri Dec 04 2020 - 14:00
One-to-one dance instruction permitted under Covid restrictions, Minister tells DáilDance teachers protest outside Dáil over exclusion from reopeningThu Dec 03 2020 - 18:53
Anger grows as theatre sector asks why it’s not allowed to openReopening of cinemas but not theatres described as ‘inconsistent and illogical’Wed Dec 02 2020 - 16:50
What happened in the Kilmichael and Narrow Water IRA attacks?Ambushes of British forces referred to by Sinn Féin TD were very different from each otherMon Nov 30 2020 - 18:30
Irish public pessimistic about a return to normal within the next yearMore than half surveyed say it will take at least a year before normal life can resumeMon Nov 30 2020 - 13:42
Some musicians dissatisfied with ‘Lord of the Flies’ Covid-19 funding processSinead O’Connor among artists receiving State help to cope with impact of pandemicMon Nov 30 2020 - 12:50
Role of ‘survivor cannibalism’ during Great Famine detailed in new TV documentaryThe Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine isRTÉ’s first major project on the catastropheMon Nov 30 2020 - 07:20
Coronavirus: 243 more cases, seven further deaths reported in the StateStudy finds that GAA finals were cause of outbreaks of the virus in four countiesSat Nov 28 2020 - 22:17
Late Late Toy Show duet with musical hero ‘absolutely mad’ says delighted teenMichael Maloney (14) didn’t know he would be singing with Dermot Kennedy on the showSat Nov 28 2020 - 18:32
Shot, bayoneted and clubbed: the ruthless lengths the IRA went to at KilmichaelAutopsy reports show how the IRA sought to ensure none of the enemy were left aliveSat Nov 28 2020 - 01:00
Demand for older peoples’ charity services triples due to Covid-19Alone has received 37,000 calls from older people to support line since pandemic hitFri Nov 27 2020 - 20:58
Wild Mountain Thyme director says Irish accents are hard to understandJohn Patrick Shanley defends accents of Emily Blunt, Christopher Walken and Jamie DornanThu Nov 26 2020 - 14:06
Late Late Toy Show 2020: The one that ‘nearly didn’t happen’‘My dream is to make this beautiful,’ says presenter Ryan Tubridy of Roald Dahl-themed showThu Nov 26 2020 - 06:00
Pub owners express dismay at new Covid-19 restrictions for the licencing trade‘We were using entrepreneurial skills and now the Government is shutting the door’Wed Nov 25 2020 - 18:03
Moving back to cork takes premium Irish whiskey in a new directionScrew tops are now the norm for whiskey bottles, but that wasn’t always the case and the makers of Writers’ Tears are reintroducing cork sealsWed Nov 25 2020 - 06:01
Operator rejects claims by Dr Tony Holohan that car parks are full‘We have not got any evidence to support what he is saying, in fact quite the contrary’Mon Nov 23 2020 - 18:12
Bloody Sunday centenary: ‘For my grandfather...it ended in tragedy’James Matthews was one of the Croke Park shooting victims buried in an unmarked graveSun Nov 22 2020 - 10:57
One hundred years after Bloody Sunday, Croke Park remembers those who diedMoving ceremony honours 14 civilians who died as a result of 1920 massacre at groundsSat Nov 21 2020 - 20:52
‘My grandfather was killed by the IRA on Bloody Sunday morning’Des Smith’s grandfather Thomas Smith was shot dead in the boarding house he ownedSat Nov 21 2020 - 12:08
Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle32 people were killed on Bloody Sunday, or died later of wounds received that daySat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle or who died later of their woundsLieut-Colonel Hugh Montgomery was the highest ranked British agent to die, while Tipperary captain Michael Hogan was also captain of an IRA companySat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Bloody Sunday 1920: Who were Michael Collins’s hit team ‘The Squad’?12 regular assassins were assisted by part-timers for ‘jobs’ including Bloody SundaySat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Bloody Sunday 1920: Michael Hogan’s family’s second tragedyThe family of Bloody Sunday’s best known victim experienced another tragedy 21 years laterSat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle or who died later of wounds receivedLieut-Colonel Hugh Montgomery was the highest ranked British agent to die, while Tipperary captain Michael Hogan was also captain of an IRA companySat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Irish people donate €2.5m to Native American tribe devastated by coronavirusNavajo Nation say Irish generosity is the ‘good in all of the bad that is going on’Fri Nov 20 2020 - 17:59
GAA to honour 14 victims of Bloody Sunday on centenaryCeremony to take place on Saturday in a largely empty Croke Park due to Covid-19Fri Nov 20 2020 - 16:32
HSE boss says he does not want to ‘demonise people’ but Covid-19 risks remainPaul Reid said teams are working behind the scenes to see why numbers have stalledFri Nov 20 2020 - 09:42
Bloody Sunday 1920: The IRA ‘got the wrong man’ when they shot my uncle‘For me as a lawyer, murder is murder. I can’t see how he could possibly be a spy’Fri Nov 20 2020 - 06:00
President Michael D Higgins announces series of centenary lecturesPresident’s biggest initiative of 2020 will reflect on the events of 100 years agoThu Nov 19 2020 - 19:57
Ireland had longest lockdown for pubs and restaurants in Europe – reportSpring Covid-19 lockdown lasting 120 days by far the longest of any country in EuropeThu Nov 19 2020 - 19:10
The Crown and the assassination of Lord Mountbatten: fact or fiction?Netflix drama takes liberties with facts and omits significant details, says biographerThu Nov 19 2020 - 11:26
Ardal O’Hanlon on his grandfather’s Bloody Sunday role: ‘He was one of the good guys’‘Thanks to people like him, people like me don’t have to make such difficult decisions’Thu Nov 19 2020 - 06:00
More than €80,000 donated to fundraiser started by young man who later diedConor Cronin hit his head after a fall while running for Movember charityFri Nov 13 2020 - 15:48
More Irish cancer patients to get access to experimental drugsInternational recognition for Dublin institute to bring benefits to patientsFri Nov 13 2020 - 15:13
Covid-19: Ireland heading for under 100 cases a day by December, says Nphet expertHSE: Ireland ‘almost best in class’ in Europe in tackling second wave of virusFri Nov 13 2020 - 11:23
Mother, father and son die of Covid-19 within a fortnightCoronavirus disease claims three members of Doherty family from west BelfastThu Nov 12 2020 - 21:18
Experts to examine case of gallantry medals for Jadotville veteransMinister for Defence Simon Coveney warns against politicisation of medal awardsWed Nov 11 2020 - 16:39
Public warned against illegal sale of puppies by breedersDogs Trust launches Christmas campaign highlighting new legislationWed Nov 11 2020 - 16:30
Charles de Gaulle’s time in Ireland recalled on 50th anniversary of his deathDocumentary recalls the six weeks the French general spent here in 1969Wed Nov 11 2020 - 14:12
Q&A: Everything you need to know about travelling to and from IrelandCan I go on holiday? Can people come home for Christmas? Will I be able to go on summer holidays?Wed Nov 11 2020 - 12:33
Role played by Bertie Ahern’s father in IRA a century ago revealed in military filesCon Ahern turned down for a pension despite involvement in War of IndependenceTue Nov 10 2020 - 15:24
Irish country music legend Brian Coll dies at the age of 79Singer could have been a huge star internationally, says friend Fr Brian DarcyMon Nov 09 2020 - 17:38
Biden win should focus British minds on Brexit strategy, says CoveneyBoris Johnson’s controversial Internal Market bill may face defeat in House of LordsMon Nov 09 2020 - 16:21
60 years on: Why Irish soldiers who died in Niemba did not get medalsDefence Forces head then said being killed is not a reason to get awardSat Nov 07 2020 - 01:00
Covid crisis: 416 new infections bring October total to almost 25,000Public health emergency team’s Dr Mary Favier commends reduced contacts by youngSun Nov 01 2020 - 08:48
