House of WB Yeats’s birth stages harp recital to mark first full moon of 2015Sandymount Avenue house opens doors to public for 150th anniversary of Yeats’s birthTue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
More than 600,000 passports issued in 2014Most applicants opt for express service with May and June the busiest monthsMon Jan 05 2015 - 16:47
Last year was one of warmest on record in Ireland2014 was the hottest in Europe since 1500, preliminary data suggestsMon Jan 05 2015 - 16:46
Cobh begins events to mark centenary of ‘Lusitania’ sinkingA total of 1,198 people drowned when liner was hit by torpedo off Cork coast in 1915Sat Jan 03 2015 - 01:00
Yeats 150 begins with poetry reading for year-long celebrationSome 85,000 overseas visitors expected to honour life and work of the poetThu Jan 01 2015 - 15:54
Festive capital: Dublin begins three-day New Year’s partyOrganisers intend to make event premier year-end celebration in EuropeThu Jan 01 2015 - 10:29
Travel arrangements for New Year’s EveAlterations to all modes of public transportTue Dec 30 2014 - 17:42
Coldest night of year recorded but temperatures to rise againA low of minus 6.9 was recorded in Mullingar but the coldest period of the weather is overMon Dec 29 2014 - 20:49
Mrs Brown’s Boys triumphs again in the Christmas ratingsBrendan O’Carroll’s alter-ego is most watched programme in UK and IrelandMon Dec 29 2014 - 19:25
Drug overdose suspected in death of prisonerJason Morrissey found dead in Limerick Prison cell during routine checkMon Dec 29 2014 - 01:00
The 1914 Christmas truce: fraternisation of an extraordinary kindAnalysis: Impetus for the truce came from men who paid the price for the blundering of their mastersThu Dec 25 2014 - 00:30
An Irishman’s Diary – ‘A dreadful night of carnage’ – the Munster Fusiliers in December 1914‘At dawn, they rose from the sodden ground and charged forward, bayonets fixed’Mon Dec 22 2014 - 01:01
My First Book of Irish Animals, by Juanita BrowneA children’s book about wildlife that adults can also enjoyFri Dec 19 2014 - 16:19
Senator Rónán Mullen asked to apologise to Fr Tony FlanneryAssociation of Catholic Priests accuses Mullen of ‘a gratuitous and ill-informed attack’Thu Dec 18 2014 - 11:06
Chris Hadfield, Ireland’s favourite astronaut, returns to Dublin‘I’ve done the things that are not only in my heart, but are worthwhile doing’Mon Dec 15 2014 - 13:29
Dublin vigil on 19th birthday of Irish man in Egyptian jailIbrahim Halawa could face death penalty after being caught in Cairo protests last yearSat Dec 13 2014 - 19:22
Astronaut Chris Hadfield receives gold medal from TrinityHadfield in Dublin to promote book featuring 150 photos taken from spaceSat Dec 13 2014 - 18:18
Mental wellbeing site set up by woman who attempted suicideAim of workshop to give people skills to monitor and evaluate their wellnessSat Dec 13 2014 - 16:06
‘No demand’ for late night Red Line services, says LuasCouncil committee says citizens should have equal travel services regardless of destinationFri Dec 12 2014 - 15:15
Baby’s organic porridge found to contain traces of harmful drugNumber of baby food brands recalled across EuropeFri Dec 12 2014 - 13:16
Water charge protest attracts 32,000, says CrowdSize AppGardaí and Right2Water give different estimates of numbers at Dublin demonstrationWed Dec 10 2014 - 20:20
Waterford Crystal pensions deal to cost exchequer €180 millionNearly 1,800 former employees to share €41 million in lump-sum paymentsWed Dec 10 2014 - 01:00
Broadcasting watchdog urged to clarify position on marriage equalityNUJ chief Séamus Dooley says letter sent in August by broadcasting authority ‘unhelpful’Tue Dec 09 2014 - 18:27
Sixteen festivals to share almost €2 million in Fáilte Ireland fundingKey projects, including St Patrick’s Festival, seen as ‘backbone to the tourism calendar’Tue Dec 09 2014 - 14:00
Pension deal agreed for former Waterford Crystal workersDeal will see former staff receive a payment equivalent to €1,000 per year of serviceTue Dec 09 2014 - 13:53
Two gardaí in hospital after patrol car hit by stolen vehicleTeenager arrested following incident on Kildalkey Road outside TrimTue Dec 09 2014 - 10:10
One in three trainee doctors report bullyingSurvey of junior medics finds bullying rates three times higher than the UKMon Dec 08 2014 - 21:57
Emergency unit overcrowding still a ‘very serious problem’Leo Varadkar says problems have persisted through ‘boom and bust’ of Irish economyMon Dec 08 2014 - 13:55
New exhibition: postcards from the ‘real’ Ireland‘Greetings from Ireland’ presents alternative impression of countrySat Dec 06 2014 - 01:00
Extra €2m secured for National Library and National MuseumNational cultural institutions receive funding following warnings of reduced servicesFri Dec 05 2014 - 16:50
Jeremy Paxman: Titanic iceberg did Belfast a favourArticle by former BBC presenter ‘offensive’, city’s deputy mayor saysFri Dec 05 2014 - 14:48
Adults who seek to groom children online face 14-year termProposed new criminal offence aims to stop grooming before it gets to physical contactThu Dec 04 2014 - 22:30
Andrew Scott wins role in new James Bond film SpectreIrish actor plays Whitehall boss with Daniel Craig reprising role as 007Thu Dec 04 2014 - 20:04
RTÉ Charles Haughey series a ‘fair reflection of the man’Three-part €4m series takes ‘Love/Hate’ Sunday night slotThu Dec 04 2014 - 15:56
Saxon’s wheels of steel keep on rolling“Sometimes we’re proggy, sometimes dark metal, sometimes we are really melodic. We spend time trying to write and craft our music properly” - Biff Byford talks metal longevity with Ronan McGreevyWed Dec 03 2014 - 17:17
U2 to play at least one Dublin gig next year as part of new tourBand planning first major tour for almost four years, will play concert with young Irish musiciansWed Dec 03 2014 - 15:42
Candle-lit vigil held to remember Jonathan CorrieCeremony to turn on Christmas tree outside Leinster House postponed as a mark of respect to homeless man who died in doorwayWed Dec 03 2014 - 08:09
‘It took a man dying to get it on the front pages of the newspaper’The death of Jonathan Corrie could have been prevented, says another homeless manTue Dec 02 2014 - 19:16
Teenage Kicks are so hard to beat for BressieNew RTÉ2 reality show to highlight attempts to put a band together in LimerickTue Dec 02 2014 - 16:25
Do boarding schools foster independent thinking or are they psychologically damaging?While the more extreme regimes in boarding schools are disturbing, any blanket condemnation is wrongTue Dec 02 2014 - 06:00
UAE ambassador to Ireland to be replacedKhalid Nasser Rashid Lootah, who kept domestic servants ‘as slaves’, ordered to pay €240,000 by Employment Appeals TribunalMon Dec 01 2014 - 22:30
Fr Brian D’Arcy calls on RTÉ to suspend long wave radio closureEmigrants have multiple ways of accessing radio through internet or TV, RTÉ saysMon Dec 01 2014 - 22:29
Eurovision winners perform song for lost loved ones at Console serviceMore than 1,000 bereaved attend Console’s remembrance Celebration of LightSun Nov 30 2014 - 21:08
UAE recalls ambassador who treated women ‘like slaves’Employment Appeals Tribunal awarded three workers €80,000 eachSun Nov 30 2014 - 13:46
Going out: Something for the weekendFrom Christmas markets to flamenco, our guide to what to do on November 28th and 29thSat Nov 29 2014 - 01:00
Barnardo furriers given cold shoulder by angry protestersShop owner Caroline Barnardo laments truculent behaviour of anti-fur demonstratorsFri Nov 28 2014 - 18:49
All systems go for this year’s Late Late Toy ShowPerennial favourite strikes right note with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang musical themeFri Nov 28 2014 - 09:27
Kevin Myers launches his first book about Irish involvement in the Great WarAuthor praises ‘extraordinary’ change in Irish attitudes towards remembranceThu Nov 27 2014 - 20:48
