Disabled people wanting to go into politics are hindered by cost, negative attitudes and even fear of violencePolitical parties urged to consider greater diversity when proposing candidates for election and co-optionTue Feb 25 2025 - 06:00
Taoiseach expected to invite Trump to Ireland during St Patrick’s Day White House visitInvitation for Trump will be extended as a normal courtesy, says Government sourcesMon Feb 24 2025 - 19:49
Ukrainians in Ireland fear cut in ‘vital’ accommodation payment - Red CrossPayment to hosts worth €800 a month is due to expire on March 31stMon Feb 24 2025 - 12:02
Racing motorcyclist’s wife and children left in ‘shock and despair’ after fatal crash, inquest toldDarren Keys (34), of Ballyclare, Co Antrim, died at Walderstown in Co Westmeath in July 2019 while taking part in a road racing event Fri Feb 21 2025 - 18:35
Any reduction in EU-US trade would result in job losses and higher global prices, Paschal Donohoe saysDonohoe claims US president’s comments have ‘consequences’, and he profoundly disagrees with Trump’s analysis of recent events in EuropeThu Feb 20 2025 - 19:52
Builders engaging senior counsel at outset of projects in anticipation of substantial legal challenges – IfacEconomist Niall Conroy says ‘big step change’ needed to double number of homes being deliveredThu Feb 20 2025 - 15:57
New deal for Go–Ahead buses despite criticism of service National Transport Authority signals intention to sign contract after tender processThu Feb 20 2025 - 06:00
State will be ‘buying seats’ on deportation flights run by EU Frontex border agency, O’Callaghan saysMinister for Justice says there ‘has to be a consequence’ for people refused asylumTue Feb 18 2025 - 23:42
Taoiseach says he used Irish to accuse Mary Lou McDonald of ‘untruths’, not ‘lies’Michéal Martin said SF leader ‘ag insint bréaga’ in DáilTue Feb 18 2025 - 19:09
Changes ‘likely on way’ to monthly €800 payment for hosting Ukrainian refugees Minister signals intention to deal with issue that requires Department of Justice engagement Tue Feb 18 2025 - 17:15
National children’s hospital may not fully open until 2026 due to ‘clinical risks’Dublin facility may not fully open until spring next year due to ‘clinical risks’ Mon Feb 17 2025 - 13:07
Dublin stabbing: Gardaí seized 2,150 knives last yearJim O’Callaghan condemns city-centre violence that led to the death of an asylum applicantMon Feb 17 2025 - 06:00
‘Too many’ unentitled asylum applicants, says Minister, signalling cut in supportsCutting Ukrainian hosting payment will ‘push people into homelessness’, say advocacy groupsMon Feb 17 2025 - 06:00
Man (34) killed in Dublin stabbing is named as asylum seeker from NigeriaMinister for Justice says those responsible for fatal attack on South Anne Street will be tracked downSun Feb 16 2025 - 17:14
‘Too many people’ not entitled to International Protection applying in Ireland, Minister for Justice saysSome 14,000 applications processed last year, with more than 65 per cent of these rejected in first instanceSun Feb 16 2025 - 16:17
Infrastructure issues cannot explain trolley figures when numbers jump after weekends - Minister for HealthJennifer Carroll MacNeill says aim as Minister for Health is to get waiting times down to three monthsThu Feb 13 2025 - 20:31
Cost of Valentine’s Day on the rise, CSO findsCouples will spend 30% more on a meal out than they did in 2020 while flowers are 12% more expensiveThu Feb 13 2025 - 20:00
Issue of ‘ghost buses’ on agenda for Minister’s first meeting with National Transport Authority Darragh O’Brien to raise complaints about listed services not appearing or abruptly being cancelledWed Feb 12 2025 - 20:23
‘Finder fee’ for new landlords entering State rental scheme proposed Government report also recommends increasing payments to landlords in rental accommodation schemeWed Feb 12 2025 - 12:15
More than 80% of primary school-aged children have smartphones in their bedroomHalf of children acknowledge they spend too much time online, with 28% saying they could go online whenever they wantedTue Feb 11 2025 - 06:00
‘There’s a blurring of boundaries’: Workers and managers on remote working in the civil serviceSome readers point out negatives of lack of office time: ‘I believe that working from home is eroding what it means and feels like to be part of a team’Sun Feb 09 2025 - 06:00
Bus operators hit with €5m in penalties as Go-Ahead draws fresh complaints over ‘ghost buses’Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead faced performance-related deductions of €4m and €761,000, respectively, for first three quarters of 2024Thu Feb 06 2025 - 15:53
‘It was my first time seeing it’: how photographer captured this murmuration of starlingsBrian Arthur says he got ‘very lucky’ with striking Co Limerick snap of birds in flightThu Feb 06 2025 - 12:28
Connemara woman left without power says Storm Éowyn should have prompted national emergencyOn Tuesday more than 25,000 homes and businesses remained without power as ESB Networks and international crews worked to restore supplyWed Feb 05 2025 - 06:00
‘I feel forgotten about’: Galway wheelchair-user nearly two weeks without power after storm‘I haven’t really been able to charge my power chair. I got it charged a few days ago but it was really difficult'Tue Feb 04 2025 - 20:24
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
‘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
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
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
