Off-licences deny customers are ‘bulk-buying’ alcohol for house partiesPoliticians have suggested reducing opening hours for off-licences in bid to curb CovidWed Oct 07 2020 - 20:16
Young people have ‘growing sense of hopelessness’, says mental health charityJigsaw has had 25% increase in referrals over past two monthsWed Oct 07 2020 - 15:17
‘You start to question whether you have the fight to open again’Wicklow publican lays off 115 staff as Level 3 restrictions beginWed Oct 07 2020 - 04:30
Assisting in suicide is a ‘false exercise of compassion’, bishop saysPeople Before Profit TD Gino Kenny introduced Dying with Dignity bill last weekTue Oct 06 2020 - 22:01
Dublin girl (9) wins Manchester City kit design competitionLucy Beth Duffy completed the design ‘to keep busy’ during Covid lockdownTue Oct 06 2020 - 20:48
Dating during Covid-19: ‘It’s on pause. It’s like you’re spectating your own life’Restrictions on gatherings and usual meeting places have forced people to adaptMon Oct 05 2020 - 02:15
Irish residents took more than 21m overnight trips last year – CSO€5.3bn spent on holidays abroad in 2019; increase on 2018 in number of domestic trips takenWed Sept 30 2020 - 13:02
Student feels ‘hopeless’ after having six Leaving Cert marks downgradedVictoria Xu missed out on university place after losing 66 points in standardisation processTue Sept 29 2020 - 20:35
Risk of localised flooding as yellow warning issued for several countiesRest of week and weekend forecasted to turn cooler and more settledTue Sept 29 2020 - 16:18
Gardaí investigating Meath death not looking for another person or vehicleMan’s remains discovered in ‘unexplained circumstances’ close to electric scooter in HarmonstownMon Sept 28 2020 - 12:05
St Vincent de Paul charity prepares for tough winter as pandemic bitesLack of face-to-face interaction due to Covid-19 has made volunteers’ work more difficultMon Sept 28 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19: Only 11 lung transplants carried out this year so farIreland has sixth highest rate of lung transplants in the world, report saysSun Sept 27 2020 - 10:17
Co Donegal hotel offers €2 rooms to locals to circumvent Covid-19 outdoor dining rulesThe Beach Hotel, Downings apologises for ‘any unintentional offence’ caused by offerSat Sept 26 2020 - 17:39
Gardaí charge man (30s) in connection to €50,000 cash and drugs seizureThe seizure was made on ThursdaySat Sept 26 2020 - 11:22
Visitor restrictions remain in place at National Maternity Hospital and CoombePartners of pregnant women in these hospitals not permitted to attend certain scansSat Sept 26 2020 - 10:49
People asked not to cross Border as Donegal prepares for Level 3 restrictionsHealth officials appeal to teenagers and those in twenties, thirties reduce social contactsFri Sept 25 2020 - 16:04
Covid-19 cases higher in areas with large proportion of renters, CSO saysA total of 1,503 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed last weekFri Sept 25 2020 - 12:21
Coronavirus: Warning of similar measures for other counties as Donegal moves to Level 3Government’s elevation of Donegal comes after substantial rises in infections in countyFri Sept 25 2020 - 01:26
People leaving Catholic church because they are tired of ‘little old men’ - McAleeseMcAleese says church hierarchy is a ‘small, self-serving hermetically-sealed group of men’Thu Sept 24 2020 - 21:44
Gardaí unlikely to set up cross-Border checks as Donegal enters Level 3‘Total panic’ reported within hospitality sectorThu Sept 24 2020 - 21:43
University and college staff being paid in book tokens, Oireachtas toldPublic Accounts Committee to query impact of gaping deficits in third-level fundingThu Sept 24 2020 - 21:18
Covid-19: Three more deaths and 324 new cases in State as ‘green list’ of countries reduced‘Imperative’ for counties with high numbers to reduce spread of virus - TaoiseachThu Sept 24 2020 - 17:59
Ireland’s top earners ‘do not see themselves as rich’, study findsSome 28% of Ireland’s high earners report experiencing some level of financial difficultyWed Sept 23 2020 - 00:01
Budget 2021: Women’s council calls for increased payments for new parentsNWCI also seeks investment in early years education rising to 1 per cent of GDP over next decadeTue Sept 22 2020 - 05:31
Six Irish charities form alliance to respond to Covid-19 in vulnerable communitiesThe group will assist countries ‘already struggling to cope with the impact of conflict and displacement’Tue Sept 22 2020 - 00:00
'Please limit your social contacts' - Glynn warns of rising coronavirus cases211 more cases and one further death reported by NPHETFri Sept 11 2020 - 19:30
Students should consider not going home at weekends – CAO board chairmanProfessor Ó Dochartaigh said ‘in ideal world’ students should go home ‘only occasionally’Fri Sept 11 2020 - 18:22
Weekend forecast: Mostly dry but rain in the northwestWeather next week is expected to be warmer, with spells of rainFri Sept 11 2020 - 11:53
Mental health services urged to identify Covid-19 risksThere were 17 coronavirus related deaths of residents in mental health facilitiesThu Sept 10 2020 - 18:18
Homeless charity reports 18 per cent rise in demand for healthcare servicesDublin Simon Community says it made two suicidality-related interventions on average per day in 2019Thu Sept 10 2020 - 11:30
Covid-19: Experts call for travel advice to be made into lawDifficult to determine what qualifies as essential travel, Oireachtas committee hearsWed Sept 09 2020 - 14:01
UK should promote Irish in Northern Ireland as ‘matter of priority’ - reportReport by Council of European Ministers calls for implementation of Irish Language ActWed Sept 09 2020 - 07:31
Second Fáilte Ireland board member resigns after foreign holidayBreege O’Donoghue steps down after travelling to Spain during the summerTue Sept 08 2020 - 21:03
Coronavirus: 307 more cases confirmed as public urged to ‘keep distance’Dr Ronan Glynn voices concern over Dublin trend, with 182 new cases in the countyTue Sept 08 2020 - 20:52
Man (70) dies after crash with lorry on M50 motorwayThe incident occurred just before 3pm on Tuesday afternoonTue Sept 08 2020 - 18:59
Man (25) stabbed in Finglas while delivering foodThe man, from India, said he received a stab wound in his leg during the assaultMon Sept 07 2020 - 17:30
Leaving Cert 2020 results: Covid-19 brings anti-climactic end to school yearsStudents feel ‘hard done by’ due to lack of celebration as tame nights plannedMon Sept 07 2020 - 16:59
Coronavirus: Two additional pop-up testing facilities to open in DublinCentres will increase testing capacity by between 180 and 200 tests per day, HSE saysFri Sept 04 2020 - 22:10
Coronavirus in Ireland: 98 more cases and no further deaths reportedSligo, Mayo and Leitrim currently have the lowest levels of Covid-19 infections in the StateFri Sept 04 2020 - 18:20
Dublin Airport reported dullest summer on record this yearUp to 11 stations had coldest summer in five years, says Met Éireann in seasonal reportThu Sept 03 2020 - 17:04
Dublin vigil held for ‘always smiling’ cyclist killed by carThiago Osorio Cortes (28), from Rio de Janeiro, was delivering food at time of incidentThu Sept 03 2020 - 15:06
Covid-19 tracker app: ‘1,500 people downloading a day’HSE says 1.28 million devices have the application downloadedThu Sept 03 2020 - 13:59
Number of poor households escalates in 2019, says CSOAlmost 18% of people endure ‘enforced deprivation’, compared to 15% in previous yearWed Sept 02 2020 - 17:13
Covid-19: Sports clubs and restaurant in Skerries close temporarilyLocal residents have said there has been an increase in positive coronavirus testsTue Sept 01 2020 - 13:44
Male cyclist (20s) seriously injured after hit by carCar failed to remain at crash site on Dublin’s North Wall Quay, gardaí sayTue Sept 01 2020 - 09:05
Ronan Glynn: People aren’t wearing their face masks properlyCoverings should cover the wearer’s nose and go under their chinTue Sept 01 2020 - 08:31
Three senior Fine Gael figures appear to be in running to replace Phil HoganSimon Coveney, Maireád McGuinness and Frances Fitzgerald comment on EU Commissioner roleMon Aug 31 2020 - 21:53
Gardaí believe man (26) may have been in headlock before his death in KerryDeceased was found unconscious outside a hotel in Killarney on Saturday nightMon Aug 31 2020 - 20:35
Waterford IT will deliver lectures, tutorials and classes remotelyInstitute outlines new ‘blended learning’ to protect the welfare of students and staffMon Aug 31 2020 - 17:18
Traffic volume increases up to 16% as schools reopenThe number of vehicles on the road still remains much lower than this time last yearMon Aug 31 2020 - 14:24
