High-speed broadband will be everywhere by 2020 - WhiteMinister for Communications says Government anxious to avoid another Irish Water by doing it rightTue Nov 25 2014 - 06:49
Cautious welcome for Alex White’s rural broadband roll-outDelays in implementing broadband strategy compared to ‘draining the Shannon’Tue Nov 25 2014 - 01:00
Government pledges high-speed broadband for all by end of decadeIssue of rural internet access likened to ‘draining the Shannon’ as successive pledges failMon Nov 24 2014 - 13:47
John Murray releases Christmas CD for mental health charity AwareLisa Hannigan, Mick Flannery, Damien Dempsey featured on ‘A Murray Christmas 2’Sat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
Different Irish experiences of first World War shown through lives of four peopleNational Library shows complicated history of Irish involvement in first World WarFri Nov 21 2014 - 12:46
Movie executive who believes if she builds it they will comeAfter securing the TV production of Penny Dreadful, Ardmore is now turning away big- budget productionsFri Nov 21 2014 - 02:00
Young people praised for ‘courage, determination and a desire for a better Ireland’Abbey Theatre conference hears label of ‘Generation Apathy’ is not deservedFri Nov 21 2014 - 01:00
Exhibition opens on Ireland’s involvement in first World WarNational Library of Ireland exhibition to run for duration of centenary until 2018Thu Nov 20 2014 - 21:34
National Museum seeks to reclaim Celtic festival of SamhainFestival which gave the world Halloween is celebrated in new exhibitionWed Nov 19 2014 - 19:19
What’s coola boola in French? Love/Hate goes internationalLove/Hate to be streamed in France, Germany, the Netherlands and BelgiumWed Nov 19 2014 - 16:34
Bono injuries worse than suspected after New York crashU2 singer left needing 18 screws and metal plates in arm after bike mishapWed Nov 19 2014 - 13:46
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin warns of ‘campaign of fear’ against politiciansAnonymous caller told him: ‘The next time it will be a bullet’Tue Nov 18 2014 - 08:53
Band Aid sales reach €1.2m as Geldof praises the ‘digital age’Musician denies calling Adele 100 times in effort to include her on Ebola charity songTue Nov 18 2014 - 08:45
‘Disgraceful’ treatment of Tánaiste was effectively ‘kidnapping’, says KennyMinister for the Environment condemns ‘deplorable’ bomb threatMon Nov 17 2014 - 19:46
Taoiseach Enda Kenny runs gauntlet of water protestersTánaiste Joan Burton rounds on Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy over demonstrationMon Nov 17 2014 - 10:18
Dublin’s Spire should be renamed ‘An Claidheamh Soluis’Relatives of Easter Rising participants say State commemorations plan a ‘shambles’Sun Nov 16 2014 - 18:22
Joan Burton hints at three-year cap for water chargesTánaiste says new charging structure will be capped for ‘very significant length of time’Sun Nov 16 2014 - 15:11
Psychology profession criticised for stigmatising gay peoplePractitioners should not ‘pathologise differences’, society president Paul D’Alton tells conferenceFri Nov 14 2014 - 20:04
Dublin seen as ‘dusty and dull’ by tourists, report saysResearch to help grow tourism shows lack of awareness abroad of what capital can offerFri Nov 14 2014 - 19:07
Guitar project becomes first to reach Kickstarter targetGuitar designer Rob O’Reilly aims to transform how the instrument is playedFri Nov 14 2014 - 13:10
Again? US radio host wants to know if Ireland plans to leave UKTourism Ireland chief executive Niall Gibbons left bemused after bizarre questionFri Nov 14 2014 - 12:59
Images capture Ireland’s role in first World WarA new book assembles hundreds of images from before the war until Armistice DayFri Nov 14 2014 - 11:59
Elite athletes found to have dysfunctional relationship with sportTrinity College researcher found depressed athletes failed to have balance in their livesThu Nov 13 2014 - 20:27
Is Irish obsession with property a form of madness?Conference delegate ponders why Irish people protest water charges but not new property boomThu Nov 13 2014 - 19:46
What’s it like to be a former Rose of Tralee?2010 winner Clare Kambamettu on what proved to be a ‘really hectic’ and crazy yearThu Nov 13 2014 - 18:51
Ex-British minister visits Dublin for first World War lectureJohn Hutton wrote book on Irish surrender at St Quentin due to family connectionThu Nov 13 2014 - 16:08
What do death metal and opera have in common?Conference on performance art examines operatic ‘elitism’ and female metal’s ‘death growl’Thu Nov 13 2014 - 15:21
Relatives to play key role in 2016 Rising commemorationsProgramme of events will be called Ireland 2016 to mark centenary of seminal eventThu Nov 13 2014 - 09:58
1916 relatives to boycott Rising commemoration launchBid to get information on 2016 programme compared to ‘getting your teeth pulled’Wed Nov 12 2014 - 18:34
Niall Mellon saddened Higgins unable to visit projects in South AfricaCharity organiser disappointed but hails ‘great President’ who is making a differenceWed Nov 12 2014 - 15:43
New exhibition remembers rugby players killed in warLansdowne ‘posh pals’ joined fight but many died in battleTue Nov 11 2014 - 11:16
Spoiler alert: Is Nidge dead? Tom Vaughan Lawlor hints the answerActor ‘hugely grateful’ to Love/Hate and its fans but ‘ looking forward to new challenges’Mon Nov 10 2014 - 18:34
Farmers and meat processors hold talks as protests continueMeat Industry Ireland says IFA’s €350 UK price difference figure misleadingMon Nov 10 2014 - 13:22
Irish animated short Coda makes last 10 for Oscar nominationsHighly acclaimed film won awards at Edinburgh, SXSW and Anca festivalsThu Nov 06 2014 - 16:41
Charities must question senior staff salaries - former AIB executiveCharities controversy ‘devastating’ for sector already dealing with cutbacks, says ICTRThu Nov 06 2014 - 13:25
Is a swathe of poppies at the Tower of London the best way to remember Irish war dead?Opinion: Regrettably, the poppy still remains a divisive symbol in IrelandTue Nov 04 2014 - 15:16
Calvary receives four nominations at British Independent Film AwardsJohn Michael McDonagh nominated for best director, Brendan Gleeson in running for best actorTue Nov 04 2014 - 13:52
Roscommon Hospital adjusting to a new working modelBut any prospect of emergency department reopening fading into the distanceTue Nov 04 2014 - 01:00
Racism claim after DUP member ‘speaks Irish’ in AssemblyGregory Campbell accused of ‘pure ignorance’ by Sinn Féin after Stormont commentsMon Nov 03 2014 - 22:00
Edward Francis Hawe, a boy soldier of the Great WarAn Irishman’s Diary on a Tipperary teenager who died in AfricaMon Nov 03 2014 - 01:00
National Library warns it will have to cut servicesLibrary predicts ‘very unpalatable and unavoidable decisions’ without funding increaseSun Nov 02 2014 - 22:09
‘Hopelessly inaccurate’ record of Irish WWI dead criticisedGathering hears study of national and local archives could give more accurate figureSun Nov 02 2014 - 19:54
Rose of Tralee sees ‘worst of misery and best of spirit’Maria Walsh travels to Kolkata to view Hope Foundation’s work in the Indian citySat Nov 01 2014 - 01:00
GPO’s 1916 interpretative centre gets €7.8m green lightSome 300,000 visitors a year expected at centre which will tell story of Easter RisingFri Oct 31 2014 - 09:48
U2 claim they worked for IDA during recessionBono said band wanted to help country that ‘has been so good to us and that we love’Thu Oct 30 2014 - 01:04
President Higgins thanks public for support on Welsh visitBacking has given President ‘great energy’ in performing duties over first three yearsTue Oct 28 2014 - 18:40
New project hopes to find out how many Irishmen died in the first World WarHumphreys acknowledges Irish War Memorial Records ‘need correcting and cross-checking’Tue Oct 28 2014 - 09:56
Diary reveals Temple Street hospital’s part in 1916 RisingA compelling account of Easter Week found in order of nuns’ archivesTue Oct 28 2014 - 09:35
President Higgins praises work of Dylan ThomasMichael D Higgins opens exhibition on poet in Swansea during official visit to WalesTue Oct 28 2014 - 08:49
Michael D Higgins begins official visit to WalesPresident to open new exhibition on centenary of poet Dylan Thomas’s birthMon Oct 27 2014 - 14:38
