The war in France 1916: ‘No village now, only a hole in the ground’The 16th Irish Division paid a terrible price for its heroics in the capture of the Frenchvillages of Guillemont and Ginchy in 1916Wed May 18 2016 - 00:00
Luna wins best restaurant award less than a year after openingRestaurants Association of Ireland awards gives top prize to Italian-American themed eateryTue May 17 2016 - 19:23
Medical professionals to call for permanent ban on fracking‘Strong evidence’ that controversial gas extraction process causes medical problemsTue May 17 2016 - 18:56
Refugee crisis and Rising centenary to feature at Bloom 2016Largest Irish garden festival expected to attract 100,000 over bank holiday weekendMon May 16 2016 - 21:44
Taoiseach to attend Easter Rising commemorations in WashingtonOpening of the “Ireland 100” festival at John F Kennedy Center starts three-week festival of Irish arts and cultureMon May 16 2016 - 21:00
Irish Water says households are still liable for billsUtility states customers must pay outstanding balances despite suspension of chargesMon May 16 2016 - 19:35
Glorious sunny spell to end on Tuesday, unsettled weather aheadSpare a thought for Star Wars film crew, they had to use water tankers due to lack of rain!Mon May 16 2016 - 12:35
Leitrim conference aims to encourage inward investmentCounty uses business showcase to display its strength in food, tourism and creative sectorSun May 08 2016 - 21:00
Easter Rising executions remembered at Kilmainham GaolThe only surviving child of an executed rebel leader was honoured at the Dublin serviceSun May 08 2016 - 14:03
Fate of Irish man who inspired Zorro has been revealedWilliam Lamport was one of the Irish victims of the Spanish Inquisition, new book claimsSun May 08 2016 - 13:32
Lion King and Book of Dreams scoop student theatre awardsAlmost 3,000 entries received from nearly 250 schools in pursuit of prestigious honoursThu May 05 2016 - 17:50
Do Danny Healy-Rae’s climate claims pass scientific scrutiny?Independent TD told a climate change committee ‘only God controls the weather’Thu May 05 2016 - 14:35
Four more executed Rising leaders remembered at KilmainhamPlunkett, Daly, O’Hanrahan and Willie Pearse all commemoratedWed May 04 2016 - 18:49
Executed Rising rebels honoured at Kilmainham GaolFirst three killed, Pearse, Clarke and MacDonagh, commemorated on centenaryTue May 03 2016 - 19:02
Cloughjordan remembers ‘thoughtful’ Thomas MacDonaghTipperary community unveils life-size statue of Rising leader and poet executed in 1916Tue May 03 2016 - 17:19
1916 courts martial and executions: making of martyrsThe executions of the leaders turned an insignificant rebellion into the defining moment of our historyTue May 03 2016 - 05:59
1916 courts martial and executions: Patrick PearseLetter to his mother used as evidenceTue May 03 2016 - 05:55
1916 courts martial and executions: Thomas MacDonaghConcerned evidence would suggest appealTue May 03 2016 - 05:52
1916 courts martial and executions: Éamonn CeanntTrial dominated by mistaken identityTue May 03 2016 - 05:44
1916 courts martial and executions: Willie PearseWas he executed because of his name?Tue May 03 2016 - 05:31
1916 courts martial and executions: Seán MacDiarmadaProclamation likely a factor in death sentenceTue May 03 2016 - 05:27
1916 court martials and executions: Michael MallinCharged with assisting Britain’s enemy, GermanyTue May 03 2016 - 05:24
1916 court martials and executions: Thomas KentCaught up in the aftermath of RisingTue May 03 2016 - 05:21
French village remembers 532 Irish killed in 1916A plaque has been unveiled in Hulluch, northern France, to men killed in gas attackMon May 02 2016 - 01:08
Service at Glasnevin Cemetery remembers child victims of 1916Forty children lost their lives through being caught in crossfire during the Easter RisingMon May 02 2016 - 01:00
Relatives of victims of Bowen-Colthurst to seek apologyBritish officer was responsible for deaths of at least five during Rising, including Francis Sheehy-SkeffingtonFri Apr 29 2016 - 21:57
1916 eye-witness: ‘My father accepted Pearse’s surrender’Dorothea Findlater (106) recalls ‘a mass of flames across the sky’ as the Rising unfoldedFri Apr 29 2016 - 21:55
Punchestown: Cold comfort for most as ‘carnage’ continuesBiting northerly wind leaves racegoers huddling for what shelter they can findFri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
Shane Lowry supports €1 homeless fundraising dayGolfer said everybody should support the ‘One for Ireland’ campaignTue Apr 26 2016 - 22:21
Tribute to 1916 British soldiers removed in DublinFloral display had been left to honour those who died in the Battle of Mount Street BridgeTue Apr 26 2016 - 21:17
New Military Archives building opens in DublinThe €5.4m project was one of the flagship programmes of the 1916 commemorationsTue Apr 26 2016 - 19:40
Two men shot dead in Dublin as gangland feud escalatesSecond man shot in Clondalkin after killing at Sunset House pub on Summerhill ParadeTue Apr 26 2016 - 11:40
Touching tribute as 1916 dead remembered across StateGreat granddaughter of 1916 rebel leaves flowers for first policeman to die in RisingMon Apr 25 2016 - 12:51
Households have until midnight to fill out census formsCompletion of document is legal obligation and failure to do so may result in €25,000 fineSun Apr 24 2016 - 21:44
‘Nobility and courage’ of 1916 Rising volunteers rememberedArchbishop tells Arbour Hill event ideals of rebels must not be betrayedSun Apr 24 2016 - 18:38
The Easter Rising family rift that never healedGerald Neilan was the first British officer to die in the Rising; his brother was a rebelSun Apr 24 2016 - 15:47
President honours Casement’s ‘empathy for the oppressed’Wreaths laid at Banna Strand to mark centenary of capture after arrival on U-boatFri Apr 22 2016 - 11:02
Prince reigns at Malahide CastlePrince came, saw and funked out in front of an adoring fanbase at Malahide Castle last night.Thu Apr 21 2016 - 19:11
First fatalities of the Easter Rising remembered in BallykissaneThree Irish Volunteers drowned when their car went off the pier in Co KerryThu Apr 21 2016 - 12:03
Going the distance to prevent fatalitiesCyclist Philip Skelton is campaigning for the introduction of a minimum 1.5m overtaking spaceWed Apr 20 2016 - 07:58
Wheeling out new standards in cycle trainingCycle Right, set up by Cycling Ireland, has developed a programme to improve bicycle safetyWed Apr 20 2016 - 00:00
Love letters from the front inspires 137-part radio seriesLetters between British soldier and Irish lover show full horrors of the warSun Apr 17 2016 - 15:19
Easter Week 1916: the gassing of the IrishMore Irish people died in the Hulluch gas attacks, fighting in the British army, than during the rising against British rule at home. For one family the events brought a double tragedyFri Apr 15 2016 - 12:00
World-renowned Ruzbihan Qur’an to go on display in DublinPresident to open Chester Beatty exhibition of ‘extraordinarily beautiful’ Islamic artThu Apr 14 2016 - 13:29
A third of Irish children grow up in ‘deprived’ householdsOECD figures confound Proclamation claim to ‘cherish children equally’, says UnicefThu Apr 14 2016 - 10:53
Removing children from abuse home can add to trauma, says TuslaAgency chief says priority should be on removing abuse or abuser from homesWed Apr 13 2016 - 19:54
Government ‘should appoint Minister for Primary Care’Healthcare organisation call for consensus approach to develop primary careWed Apr 13 2016 - 13:27
Queen Elizabeth II replies to Dublin pupil’s Easter Rising letterQueen politely declines to get involved in debate about the future of the NorthTue Apr 12 2016 - 15:11
Story of Easter 1916 flag turned into modern fictional caperGrandson of man who raised ‘Irish Republic’ flag over GPO inspired to make comic filmMon Apr 11 2016 - 11:29
George Mitchell says son’s birth drove him in peace processFormer US senator speaks of ‘doubt and despair’ before Good Friday AgreementSun Apr 10 2016 - 19:17
