Irish Cancer Society unveils free services to help patients with diets, exercise and welfare issues Charity says it often hears from those “struggling to navigate the financial and practical issues a diagnosis brings”Tue Feb 04 2025 - 00:01
Storm Éowyn: 25,000 premises remain without power amid new warning over restoration timesThousands of homes, farms, schools and businesses remain without electricityMon Feb 03 2025 - 21:13
Queen’s University Belfast launches voluntary job cuts amid €15m deficitFinancial gap remains significant despite other measures taken, management says in email notifying staffMon Feb 03 2025 - 16:42
Surgeons at Beaumont will be able to use AI in new digital operating theatreHospital’s hybrid theatre costing €10m will be used largely for neuro and vascular surgeryMon Feb 03 2025 - 06:00
‘Oh my god, there’s something in my brain’: Alannah Moran’s neurosurgery storyAlannah Moran (31) received ‘shock’ diagnosis just eight weeks after giving birth to her third childMon Feb 03 2025 - 06:00
Homelessness numbers drop slightly in December after record NovemberCharities say temporary decline often seen over Christmas as people find places to stayFri Jan 31 2025 - 14:36
Portiuncula hospital: Hundreds of expectant mothers to be informed by HSE about external reviews into deliveries of nine babiesHealth Service Executive seeks to be ‘open and transparent’ regarding external reviews into delivery at the hospitalWed Jan 29 2025 - 06:00
Portiuncula University Hospital: Not the first time concerns raised about its maternity servicesExternal reviews of delivery of nine babies come in wake of inquiry set up in 2015 around transfer of four newborns to Dublin for neonatal cooling the previous year, a baby’s death and other ‘significant concern’ casesTue Jan 28 2025 - 20:44
Cavan residents say recent days can only be described as ‘a nightmare’ and ‘hell’‘We have a stove in the sitting room so we’re sleeping in there. We can’t sleep in our bedroom because the room is freezing’Tue Jan 28 2025 - 06:00
Storm Éowyn batters Ireland, with one killed and hundreds of thousands without powerExtensive damage to buildings across the country as storm brings record-breaking gustsFri Jan 24 2025 - 20:46
As it happened: Power cuts and widespread destruction in wake of Storm ÉowynESB says some people will face a week without power following ‘unprecedented’ damageFri Jan 24 2025 - 20:38
Storm Éowyn: Widespread damage anticipated as storm is expected to bring 130km/h gustsRed weather warnings across Ireland see public warned to take shelterThu Jan 23 2025 - 22:00
Storm Éowyn: How the day before the red alerts unfoldedStatus Red gale warnings to apply across the country, with storm force southerly winds featuring gusts in excess of 130km/hThu Jan 23 2025 - 21:58
‘I have dyslexia. An exemption from Irish goes some way towards levelling the playing field’Students and parents respond to Department of Education plan to limit issuing of exemptions in study of Irish language in schoolsThu Jan 23 2025 - 06:00
Co Laois tenant granted damages from housing body over alleged anti-Traveller abuse from neighbourIn separate case, tenant told by RTB to pay arrears of €12k on property where electricity had been cut off due to non-payment of billWed Jan 22 2025 - 06:00
‘Nobody took any responsibility whatsoever’: Widow had to pay €70,000 to fix wall damaged by riverLil Fullam (76) was denied assistance under Government scheme while OPW and Cork City Council offered no financial helpMon Jan 20 2025 - 06:00
What are Dáil speaking rights, what is a technical group and what is the row involving Independents?Oireachtas has said it is a matter for Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy, who said legal advice allows for Regional Independent Group members to also ask questions from Opposition benchesSat Jan 18 2025 - 15:45
Legal advice allows for Regional Independent Group members to also ask questions from Opposition benchesVerona Murphy said that there is precedent for any non-party member who is not a minister or minister of State, and has agreed to support government to get speaking timeSat Jan 18 2025 - 15:45
Two arrested on board cargo vessel in Shannon Estuary Gardaí said the men, aged in their 30s and 40s, were arrested on suspicion of facilitating or enhancing a criminal organisation to commit a serious offenceSat Jan 18 2025 - 13:21
‘It’s kind of become our daughter’s cheat meal’: The view on new hot school meals programmeThe scheme now covers nearly 2,200 schools, and 345,000 children, but some parents and teachers have concerns about nutritional standardsSat Jan 18 2025 - 06:00
Hundreds of Dublin homes at risk of damage after partial collapse of house into riverCouncil and Office of Public Works to determine ‘legal and moral position’ in addition to available fundingWed Jan 15 2025 - 19:20
Programme for government as it happened: ‘Fair but firmer’ migration system, tax breaks and regeneration of Dublin’s main streetsFull programme for government agreed, with parties set to meet to review and ratify documentWed Jan 15 2025 - 19:03
Ministers, super juniors and chief whips - what jobs are filled in the cabinet?Explainer: decisions about government policy and proposals for legislation are made at cabinet meetingsTue Jan 14 2025 - 21:46
Woman granted protection order against ‘violent and abusive’ granddaughterIn separate case, mother says ‘in the past week I had a stool thrown at me to stop me going to court’ before getting interim barring order against adult sonSun Jan 12 2025 - 06:00
Council weighs possibility of remedial work on Dublin house that partially fell into river CamacEllen Blehein (32) and husband Robert (30) have vacated home which ‘may not be safe’Fri Jan 10 2025 - 19:00
Ireland weather: Status orange ice warning comes into effect for most of countryDonegal remains on status yellow warning with temperatures forecast as low as -8 degrees in the midlandsWed Jan 08 2025 - 21:10
Dublin couple fear their home will fall into Camac river after wall collapses River wall gives way, triggering failure of garden structure along with patio and wastewater pipesMon Jan 06 2025 - 17:37
Nationwide events mark traditional Nollaig na mBan holidaySwimmers took to the cold January sea for Women’s Aid on Sunday ahead of January 6thMon Jan 06 2025 - 06:00
Almost 60,000 without power as Met Éireann warns cold spell will continue until FridayCountry to remain in grip of icy conditions with snow, frost and bitterly cold conditions to persist until next weekend.Sun Jan 05 2025 - 21:53
Ireland weather: Tens of thousands without power and schools close as cold snap persistsMet Éireann warns of cold nights over the coming days with widespread frost and ice and temperatures as low as minus 8Sun Jan 05 2025 - 21:26
Dublin weather: Snow, sleet and rain due as Met Éireann forecasts freezing temperatures for days aheadSignificant accumulations of snow may fall in parts of Leinster with weather warnings in placeSun Jan 05 2025 - 18:40
Ireland weather update: Met Éireann forecasts ‘significant snowfall’ as orange warnings extended to 10 counties Forecaster predicts sub-zero temperatures and ‘very disruptive and impactful’ over coming weekendSat Jan 04 2025 - 06:20
Man (60s) dies following crash in Dublin’s north inner cityJeep collided with an electricity pole on the East Wall RoadFri Jan 03 2025 - 08:54
What now for the Green agenda after its main political advocate was almost wiped out in the election?The Green Party faces a challenge in pushing policies to tackle climate change with just one TDThu Jan 02 2025 - 06:00
Verona Murphy elected as first female ceann comhairle on first day of 34th DáilSimon Harris condemns Israel's 'amoral onslaught' as new TDs gather for first timeWed Dec 18 2024 - 18:11
Coimisiún na Meán to play key role in European Commission case against TikTok over election integrityCoimisiún na Meán will contribute ‘expertise and analysis to the case’Tue Dec 17 2024 - 11:27
Dart and commuter rail services in Dublin operating with delays of 40 minutesDelays caused by signalling issue between Shankill and KillineyTue Dec 17 2024 - 10:55
Dart services delayed by up to 25 minutes in Dublin after vehicle hits level crossingIrish Rail services was briefly suspended on Monday morning after the collisionMon Dec 16 2024 - 09:16
Woman (70s) in serious condition in hospital after hit and run in Dundalk, Co LouthWoman’s car was struck by stolen SUV on Armagh Road shortly after 1pm on SundayMon Dec 16 2024 - 08:07
Funeral of ‘eternal legend’ Dickie Rock attended by hundreds in Dublin Fr Brian D’Arcy leads Cabra church service and jokes Rock would be ‘delighted to see a full house for his last gig’Thu Dec 12 2024 - 13:51
First Dublin performance of Mary Poppins musical cancelled due to Storm DarraghShipping of large parts of show’s set from UK was delayed and subsequently made ‘impossible’ by closure of Holyhead portWed Dec 11 2024 - 16:17
Part of Dublin pub served with closure order after rodent droppings and ‘gnawed wallpaper’ foundNotice served for kitchen of the The Bankers bar near Dame Street but was lifted after three daysWed Dec 11 2024 - 15:39
Syria: Assad reportedly granted asylum in Moscow after government fallsIsraeli forces seize Golan Heights buffer zone after Syrian government falls in Damascus following sudden offensiveSun Dec 08 2024 - 20:12
No disruption to Irish Guinness supplies for Christmas, Diageo says‘Exceptional consumer demand’ for the stout in recent months has led to distribution issues in England, Wales and ScotlandSat Dec 07 2024 - 06:00
What happens when politicians fall short on Dáil re-election?Twenty-six TDs who lost their seat have two weeks to clear out their Leinster House officeTue Dec 03 2024 - 17:47
Dublin South Central: the story of the countThird time lucky for Fianna Fáil’s Catherine ArdaghMon Dec 02 2024 - 19:10
Election 2024: Things you might have missed, from miraculous medals in ballot boxes to the next Dáil’s young gunsThe religious jewellery appeared in both Cavan and Monaghan boxes, while a wedding ring was found in a ballot box in DonegalMon Dec 02 2024 - 17:24
Dublin South Central: Máire Devine (SF)Senior psychiatric nurse takes seat at second attemptSun Dec 01 2024 - 22:11
Dublin South Central: Aengus Ó Snodaigh (SF)Ballyfermot native has been Sinn Féin TD since 2002Sun Dec 01 2024 - 22:08
Dublin South Central: Catherine Ardagh (FF)First-time TD for Fianna Fáil narrowly missed out in 2016 and 2020Sun Dec 01 2024 - 22:02
