Pope’s meeting with abuse survivors will be ‘sacred moment’, says ArchbishopEamon Martin says meetings with survivors are difficult because ‘they don’t trust us’Thu Aug 23 2018 - 16:33
Exclusion of LGBTI people from WMoF ‘wrong and anti-Christian’Former TV reporter Ursula Halligan calls on Church to ditch language on gay peopleThu Aug 23 2018 - 15:39
Pope in Ireland: It looks like it may lash rain during the Phoenix Park massNo rain for Pope’s parade in Dublin on Saturday, says Met ÉireannThu Aug 23 2018 - 11:25
New Rose of Tralee reflects on a week which she will never forget‘I’m very much half Zambian. It is half of who I am’Wed Aug 22 2018 - 10:33
Rose of Tralee 2018: Waterford Rose takes the crownStudent and part-time model Kirsten Mate Maher (21) wins the competitionWed Aug 22 2018 - 00:35
Rose of Tralee: Story of heroin addiction in contestant’s family kept secretBookies’ favourite Shauna Ray Lacey stunned audience with admission about parentsTue Aug 21 2018 - 20:09
Rose of Tralee: Contestant stuns audience with news parents were heroin addictsCarlow Rose Shauna Ray Lacey (24) says she was not ‘given the best hand of cards’ in lifeTue Aug 21 2018 - 07:51
Old IRA disappearances ‘off the scale’ compared with PIRAResearch calls into into question so-called moral superiority of old IRA, says historianMon Aug 20 2018 - 20:30
Memorial unveiled to the Irish who died at PasschendaelePlaque mounted recalling ultimate sacrifice of celebrated chaplain Fr Willie Doyle SJSat Aug 18 2018 - 19:17
Micheál Martin slates removal of history from core curriculumFianna Fáil leader vows to restore subject as core component in Junior Cert curriculumSat Aug 18 2018 - 18:14
Lemass’s legacy more complex than most assume, biographer claimsFormer taoiseach was an economic moderniser but not socially liberalFri Aug 17 2018 - 21:42
DUP and Sinn Féin accused of ‘abdication of responsibility’ over BrexitAbsence of Stormont institutions is a ‘disgrace’, claims Lisa ChambersThu Aug 16 2018 - 21:05
Ireland’s democratic legacy is taken for granted, academic suggestsCosgrave and de Valera deserve credit for preserving democracy in the new StateThu Aug 16 2018 - 14:21
US propaganda may have convinced Irish to enlist for WW1Nearly 10,000 Irish men joined British forces between August and November of 1918Tue Aug 14 2018 - 20:22
Women’s Council calls for gender quotas for local election candidatesJust 21% of all local councillors are women, Parnell Summer School toldMon Aug 13 2018 - 19:08
Ivana Bacik says #MeToo helped women like her speak outLabour Senator tells Parnell Summer School of being harassed as a waiter in LondonMon Aug 13 2018 - 18:59
Higher election gender quotas need to be considered ‘urgently’, Minister saysJosepha Madigan says 30% gender election rule should be examinedSun Aug 12 2018 - 17:23
The 14-year-old who was probably the youngest Irish serviceman to die in WW1Thomas Woodgate faked his age to join the RAF in 1918 just a month before he diedSat Aug 11 2018 - 16:18
Former senior civil servant remembered at funeral massSean Cromien came from humble origins to become Secretary to the Dept. of FinanceFri Aug 10 2018 - 15:03
Hats off on Ladies Day, though competing does not come cheapBest-dressed winner defends the peculiar Irish summer ritual of Ladies DayThu Aug 09 2018 - 20:51
Neil Jordan donates ‘vast’ archive to National Library of IrelandDonation comes with €2.2m tax break for film director who made Michael CollinsThu Aug 09 2018 - 14:04
Scientists warn that drought could get worse as little rain forecastDespite rains, Dublin experiencing worst drought since records began 168 years agoThu Aug 09 2018 - 01:00
Thousands welcome Irish hockey team home after World Cup successesTeam greeted with a joyous and emotional homecoming as sights now set on OlympicsMon Aug 06 2018 - 18:25
Emotional welcome home for Ireland hockey team after World Cup successesTears as Minister for Sport announces €1.5 million in extra funding for teams preparing for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020Mon Aug 06 2018 - 14:14
Civic reception for Irish women’s hockey team to be held in DublinSports body moves to clarify funding of World Cup campaignSun Aug 05 2018 - 21:25
Sense of pride as Dublin crowd cheers hockey’s rare spectacleLoreto Hockey Club members on Irish team celebrated in Churchtown’s Glenside PubSun Aug 05 2018 - 19:35
Ireland’s all-conquering women’s hockey team go for gold in the World Cup finalUnprecedented odyssey has even united politicians who can’t agree on anything elseSun Aug 05 2018 - 14:12
‘A dream come true . . . anything is possible’: ecstatic reaction to World Cup final placeScramble to get to London starts as hockey fans prepare for Sunday’s historic gameSat Aug 04 2018 - 18:38
Air Corps discover WW2 hillside ÉIRE sign after more than 70 yearsSign on Bray Head was there to warn air crews that Ireland was a neutral countrySat Aug 04 2018 - 14:06
Labour councillors express support for leader Brendan HowlinSixteen councillors say now is not the time to change the party leadershipSat Aug 04 2018 - 13:33
Scramble for hockey tickets as Ireland stick it outProud day for squad of players who pay a levy to supplement their fundingSat Aug 04 2018 - 02:00
Electric Picnic: The Prodigy, Ash, Picture This, Gavin James added to line-upMore than 40 new acts in final announcement for festivalFri Aug 03 2018 - 17:13
‘No scorching’ bank holiday weekend ahead, Met Éireann saysHeatwave not returning but temperatures could hit 23 degrees in south and eastThu Aug 02 2018 - 09:14
Pope yet to confirm he will meet abuse survivors, says ArchbishopDiarmuid Martin says time is very tight for pope to meet cross-section of survivorsWed Aug 01 2018 - 15:34
David Kitt says his Fianna Fáil family link irrelevant to housing debate‘Bloody typical’: Musician criticises reaction to announcement he is leaving DublinWed Aug 01 2018 - 09:09
Fear of natural birth and litigation behind rise in caesarean sections – studyTCD researchers carry out comprehensive review into worldwide increase in procedureMon Jul 30 2018 - 20:14
Singer-songwriter David Kitt exits Dublin due to soaring rentsPerformer accuses Fine Gael of failing the city and repeating mistakes of Celtic Tiger eraMon Jul 30 2018 - 18:12
Angry villagers stop bus in protest at route closuresLocals in Kilrickle, Co Galway, vow to escalate actions against Bus Éireann over serviceMon Jul 30 2018 - 15:59
Dublin coroner delays cremation of Northern Ireland manCoroner admits there are protocol issues around cremations from other jurisdictionsSun Jul 29 2018 - 09:20
‘Male chauvinist’ Ireland: 5 things we learned from latest British state papersObservations about Mary Robinson and Charles Haughey among documentsSat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00
Heavy rain on the way as a typical Irish summer returnsMet Éireann forecasting that the long spell of sunny, dry weather is coming to an endThu Jul 26 2018 - 11:44
Alien killer spider eats native lizard in first recorded Irish caseFalse widow spider was found to have wrapped its prey in silk in south Dublin houseThu Jul 26 2018 - 11:18
Maps reveal scale of economic devastation in 14th century IrelandFamine and war took its toll, with Dublin’s wealth decreasing by two-thirdsThu Jul 26 2018 - 06:53
Boy George: The bits ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ didn’t tell you about singer’s Irish familyThe singer's family struggled with poverty after an execution in the War of IndependenceWed Jul 25 2018 - 22:39
Spectacular blood moon to be visible over IrelandThose seeking to see longest total eclipse of the century will have to go to elevated siteWed Jul 25 2018 - 21:19
IVF’s slow Irish birth: ‘It was not greeted with open arms’In a land where bishops objected to ‘the sin of Onan’, first IVF baby arrived only in 1986Wed Jul 25 2018 - 05:00
Funeral takes place of pensioner who was beaten to deathCongregation told death of Tony Tims had led to ‘tremendous sadness and confusion’Tue Jul 24 2018 - 14:30
Conor McGregor’s father complains coins ruin his ‘slim-fit, hand-fitted Hugo Boss suit’Tony McGregor vents his spleen at Irish Rail ticket machine on YouTubeMon Jul 23 2018 - 13:35
Greater Dublin faces hose pipe ban from MondayIrish Water assessing more than 100 ‘at risk’ supplies around State which may also be affectedFri Jun 29 2018 - 18:40
Gardaí investigate suspected homophobic attack in PortlaoiseMan who suffered serious facial injuries claims he was beaten up because he is gayThu Jun 28 2018 - 19:06
