Men questioned after street seizure of €20,000 worth of heroinGardaí say seizure part of an operation to dismantle criminal networksWed Feb 18 2015 - 12:17
Sudden Adult Death Syndrome: the genetic screening that saves young livesIreland’s capacity for cardiac genetic testing must improve, says Dr Joe GalvinTue Feb 17 2015 - 12:00
‘Charlie Hebdo’ cartoons linked Islam to terrorism, academic saysProf Neville Cox questions the motivations behind the Je Suis Charlie campaignMon Feb 16 2015 - 21:50
Rural Ireland needs better broadband to compete globally‘To me broadband is as important to rural areas as electricity,’ says TD Stephen DonnellyMon Feb 16 2015 - 07:45
Ger O’Sullivan: ‘It’s like being in the Stone Age in 2015’Coomhola- Borlin valley in west Cork is home to 380 homes and about 1,000 peopleMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Lack of availability causing rental flight from Dublin, Daft report suggestsRents are accelerating in commuter counties as Dublin reaches the limit of affordabilityMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Jason Coyle: ‘I have to put it to a window at an angle’Manufacturer has satellite broadband which he says is worse than useless for businessMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Eoin Ó Riain laments poor service in electronic communicationsFrustrated publisher of technical periodical and online resource in the same areaMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Historians call for commemoration of ‘forgotten Irish’ in American civil warAt least 170,000 Irish emigrants were involved in the war to end slaveryMon Feb 16 2015 - 00:04
Ireland’s broadband black spotsOur cities have world-class internet speeds and distribution, but rural areas rank among the worst-served regions of Europe. Will the national broadband plan finally change that?Sat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
Guerin’s family ask for flyover naming idea to be droppedJimmy Guerin says making ‘political football’ out of name would be ‘inappropriate’Fri Feb 13 2015 - 22:52
Wikipedia editing class to build knowledge of Irish role in WWI‘Edit-a-thon’ will help show public how to contribute to the online encyclopediaFri Feb 13 2015 - 16:00
Major conference announced in Ireland for Gallipoli centenaryEvent will discuss military disaster that claimed lives of thousands of IrishmenFri Feb 13 2015 - 15:58
Fianna Fáil to host its own Easter Rising commemorations next yearÉamon Ó Cuív says party ‘drew its inspiration from the ideals of the Proclamation’Thu Feb 12 2015 - 18:15
U2’s new single ‘Every Breaking Wave’ released as short filmSong part of teenage love story set against the background of the TroublesThu Feb 12 2015 - 16:17
Tributes paid at funeral of mother of Dublin acting family, Daphne Brennan‘Strumpet City’ actor described as a woman with great love for words and familyWed Feb 11 2015 - 21:20
President Michael D Higgins releases text of his new poemThe Prophets are Weeping tackles extremism and is first poem since assuming officeTue Feb 10 2015 - 09:29
It is right that British royals won’t be at 1916 events‘The invitation to foreign heads of state is problematic’Mon Feb 09 2015 - 15:32
Government ‘embarrassed’ by 1916 Rising, Adams saysSinn Féin launches its own programme to mark Easter Rising centenaryFri Feb 06 2015 - 17:13
Seized puppies cannot be adopted yet due to criminal investigationDSPCA says pups are in good form and ‘pooping beautifully and in large quantities’Fri Feb 06 2015 - 16:26
Cinema says church did not object to ‘50 Shades of Grey’Buncrana cinema rubbishes claims of Church veto on steamy filmThu Feb 05 2015 - 15:01
President cites youth unemployment as Europe’s biggest challengeHiggins says it would be ‘very wrong’ to marginalise young peopleThu Feb 05 2015 - 01:02
Joe Duffy to publish book on children killed in Easter RisingBroadcaster says 40 children are forgotten victims of Easter Week 1916Wed Feb 04 2015 - 17:08
The original Michael O’Leary, fighting man and propaganda giftCork man awarded Victoria Cross was feted as a war hero but struggled with civilian lifeSat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00
Shortlist announced for Ireland’s best loved poemKavanagh, Yeats and Heaney among contenders in A Poem for Ireland projectFri Jan 30 2015 - 21:25
The life and troubled times of an authentic Irish war heroMichael O’Leary VC will be remembered 100 years on from his celebrated act of braveryFri Jan 30 2015 - 16:38
Ireland’s latest centenarian celebrates his birthday in the pubBorn in 1915, George Smith worked as a docker until his retirement 35 years agoThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:00
Willie Penrose lambasts RTÉ for ‘failing’ Irish musicFormer minister says French-style quota system should be introduced by broadcasterWed Jan 28 2015 - 21:29
Ray D’Arcy’s salary covered by sponsorship, RTÉ chair saysOireachtas committee hears how Volkswagen will help cover cost of new programmeWed Jan 28 2015 - 15:51
Rare photographs of Gallipoli in Collins Barracks exhibitionDr Andrew Horne’s first World War pictures of international interest in centenary yearWed Jan 28 2015 - 08:08
Irish veteran of D-Day gets France’s highest military honourMichael d’Alton given Légion d’Honneur by French ambassador Jean Pierre-ThébaultMon Jan 26 2015 - 20:05
Micheál Martin’s family history: from old IRA to the British armyFianna Fáil leader’s background shows Irish family connections can be complicatedMon Jan 26 2015 - 01:00
Irish D-Day veteran to get Légion d’Honneur, France’s highest military honourMichael d’Alton joined the royal navy to ‘try and stop that awful German monster’Mon Jan 26 2015 - 01:00
1916 Rising an event of world importance, conference toldRussian Bolsheviks and Indian nationalists among those inspired by seminal revoltThu Jan 22 2015 - 16:35
Pre-school animation show nets worldwide distribution dealIreland’s Nelly and Nora to air on RTÉjr, CBeebies and broadcaster ZDF in GermanyThu Jan 22 2015 - 08:01
Harvey’s Point in Donegal tops TripAdvisor Irish hotel rankingsInfluential travel website lists four Irish properties in world top rankingsWed Jan 21 2015 - 17:14
Social welfare officer told immigrant to ‘go back home’‘Person or Number?’ study cites incidents of rudeness to immigrants accessing servicesTue Jan 20 2015 - 01:00
Two new planets bigger than Earth ‘found’ in our solar systemScientists say discovery would be ‘truly revolutionary for astronomy’Mon Jan 19 2015 - 22:03
Fears about future of Quinn Glass at meeting of 1,000 peopleCavan meeting organised by Concerned Irish Citizens wants local group to take on companyTue Jan 13 2015 - 01:00
Funerals for last of four Athy crash victims held on bleak mid-winter day‘We are not our past, we are not our future, we are the present. With our dreams we [can] transform the world from the mundane to the beautiful, from the grey to the gold’Sun Jan 11 2015 - 21:58
Eurovision winner recalls homeless brother who drownedCharlie McGettigan said his brother Declan ‘wasted life’ on drug addictionSun Jan 11 2015 - 18:18
Charlie Hebdo: Solidarity rally in Dublin over Paris terror attacksJe Suis Charlie signs and French tricolour held by members of crowd outside GPOSun Jan 11 2015 - 14:07
Fourth funeral in wake of Athy car crash takes placeOnly child Ashling Middleton remembered as a ‘creative free spirit’Sat Jan 10 2015 - 17:40
Funeral of third Athy crash victim takes place in CarlowNiamh Doyle (19) one of four friends to die in Tuesday’s tragic collision on the N78Sat Jan 10 2015 - 14:14
Irish Muslims hear fierce denunciation of Islamic extremistsImam tells congregation Prophet Muhammad regarded extremists as ‘gods of hell’Sat Jan 10 2015 - 08:25
Irish imam highlights issue of extremists hijacking Muslim faithMuhammed would never have condoned people killing in his name, Dublin congregation toldFri Jan 09 2015 - 20:37
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor on Paul Gray, the new tour, and staying in for the long haulFour years after the death of founding member Paul Gray, Slipknot are back at the top of the charts and the top of their game. Lead singer Corey Taylor speaks to Ronan McGreevy in advance of their first Irish show in 10 years next weekFri Jan 09 2015 - 12:14
Carlow mourners in ‘unwanted place of grief and sorrow’Some 960 girls from St Leo’s College in Carlow pay respects to four friends who diedThu Jan 08 2015 - 22:25
Memorial service for four women who died in Athy collisionService was for pupils and teachers of St Leo’s School, where all four had been pupilsThu Jan 08 2015 - 15:14
