The nine-year-old who cut her hair to help her cousinAnna Campion (9) has locks shorn to donate to company which makes make wigs for cancer sufferersFri May 12 2017 - 17:44
‘Irish people are only satisfied when I say I’m from China’New to the Parish: When a man born in Guangzhou discovered a Clannad album, it was the beginning of a life fascination with the Irish languageWed May 10 2017 - 06:00
Parents warned of dangers of unregulated bouncy castle firmsLess than 30 per cent of Irish companies comply with the safety standardsTue May 09 2017 - 16:41
Gorse fires rage in Cork, Wicklow, Cavan and Northern IrelandWeekend of fires across country leaves one family homeless, wildlife groups concernedMon May 08 2017 - 16:27
Dublin screening of anti-vaccine film sparks protestsAutism rights advocate calls for legislation to prevent airing of unsound anti-vaccine dataSat May 06 2017 - 16:41
Fear of apocalypse and media coverage of Obama paved way for TrumpTrump’s goal of making US great is creating a deeply prejudiced nation, conference hearsFri May 05 2017 - 20:51
Irish media must not go easy on Trump, UCD conference hearsLiberal women should not attack female Trump voters, another speaker arguesFri May 05 2017 - 20:50
Unlikely cross-Border friendships forged in 2014 tragedy hold strongFaith and politics ‘had no meaning’ during search for man who jumped into ErneWed May 03 2017 - 19:38
Parts of country record driest April in 40 yearsGood weather to continue with rainfall across State below average for time of yearWed May 03 2017 - 15:49
Honduran abortion restrictions putting teenage girls at ‘risk of death’Reproductive rights campaigner draws parallels between Honduran and Irish abortion restrictionsWed May 03 2017 - 13:32
Home Sweet Home surplus to be given to ‘grass roots’ groupsNearly €130,000 raised by group, which occupied Apollo House for homeless, not yet spentWed May 03 2017 - 11:42
‘I call my mum in Argentina and tell her in Ireland TV presenters are normal women’New to the Parish: Marianela Davico first arrived in 2006Wed May 03 2017 - 06:00
Co Leitrim athlete Joanna Duignan dies suddenlyTributes paid to ‘talented’ 20-year-old law student, musician and set dancerTue May 02 2017 - 13:56
Anti-migrant debate and focus on borders causing racist violence, warns reportIrish migrants fear reporting crimes to gardaí, racism group findsTue May 02 2017 - 12:41
Nominations open for carers of the year, young and oldHard work and devotion of family carers saving the State €10 billion annually, says care groupWed Apr 26 2017 - 19:30
Number of people offered asylum in EU doubled in 2016More than half of 700,000 offered asylum across European countries were SyrianWed Apr 26 2017 - 19:21
‘I call myself half-Irish. I can’t see myself living anywhere else’New to the Parish: Anna Pupin arrived from Poland in 2006Wed Apr 26 2017 - 06:00
Ireland should ban microbeads, says top marine biologistGovernment ‘could take lead’ on issue ahead of European Union-wide prohibitionWed Apr 26 2017 - 01:00
More than 75% of student nurses and midwives ‘may emigrate’INMO urges HSE to offer graduates better pay and conditions amid offers from overseasTue Apr 25 2017 - 18:11
Young nurses speak out: ‘Here I’m just being thrown into the muck’Two young Irish nurses say their overseas counterparts get a much better dealTue Apr 25 2017 - 18:02
Hospital criticised for hiding information on babies’ deathsPortiuncula, Ballinasloe, apology did not cover deaths of baby girls, say parentsTue Apr 25 2017 - 11:09
Babies are at risk over vaccination stances, HSE warnsIrish parents urged to avail of measles jab and educate themselves on meningitisMon Apr 24 2017 - 15:39
Police inquiry dropped after Belfast raid for abortion pillsPro-choice campaigner says packages ordered in North being intercepted by policeThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:45
Direct provision resident ‘had to carry’ sick child (8) for two milesGalway-based woman could not afford transport to bring son home from hospitalThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:44
Boy injured in Syria rocket attack hopes to move to IrelandOnline petition calls on Government to provide sanctuary and medical treatmentThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:42
Easter weekend: events on offer across the holidayCruinniú na Cásca, Easter egg hunts, food festivals – there’s plenty to keep us busyThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:42
Call for boat users to always wear life jackets following drowningsLough Erne boating victim named locally as mother of two Luna McKinney (35)Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:41
High insurance costs blamed for drop in young driversThe number of young people applying for learner permits continues to fallThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:37
‘I don’t understand why students need to drive at all’Cáit Ní Cheallacháin says commute by car to UCC would cost same as four months’ rentThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:37
Irish teens find exams more stressful than international studentsYoungsters spend almost 2½ hours on the internet every day during the weekWed Apr 19 2017 - 14:06
'I studied English for 12 years but nothing prepared me for the Cork accent'New to the Parish: An Eritrean refugee advanced rapidly after picking up the lingoWed Apr 19 2017 - 05:58
Dublin foster care service met just one of 26 national standardsHiqa data also shows some foster carers not vetted by gardaí despite 2011 guidelinesTue Apr 18 2017 - 18:19
‘I love you, my life is over’: Mother pays tribute to son Stephen LynchGardaí expected to make arrests following death of hit-and-run victim in TallaghtSun Apr 16 2017 - 13:32
Gardaí close in on killers of hit-and-run victim Stephen LynchOne of the suspects dropped phone as he fled scene after incident involving father-of-threeSat Apr 15 2017 - 18:50
Bus Éireann services ‘back to normal’ after three week strikeStaff will be balloted on proposals that include 200 job cuts and reduced earningsFri Apr 14 2017 - 09:17
Saoirse Ronan to star in Ed Sheeran ‘Galway Girl’ videoTommy Tiernan also features in video filmed in Salthill this weekThu Apr 13 2017 - 21:45
"Mocked as a child for 'singing like a girl' I now perform for sold-out crowds"New to the Parish: An English chorister whose grandfather was born in Dublin felt immediately at home when he moved thereWed Apr 12 2017 - 06:00
Dublin councillor pushes for City Hall to fly Palestinian flagSub-committee has passed motion on issue, full council to make final decision by May 8thTue Apr 11 2017 - 15:49
Bus strike: Unions accuse Government of privatisation agendaLabour Court asked to consider why offer of €18m in savings has not ended €9m disputeTue Apr 11 2017 - 12:58
Smokers should not rely on e-cigarettes to quit, says health bodyHSE spends more than €240m a year on smoking-related diseasesMon Apr 10 2017 - 15:20
‘Not having a car gives you a different type of independence’Student Vito Moloney Burke from Kildare on why driving is a ‘waste of time’Mon Apr 10 2017 - 01:00
Rural businesses pray for the arrival of decent broadbandLongford garage owner says her firm is suffering due to a lack of high-speed internetMon Apr 10 2017 - 00:01
Three people due in court over shop robbery in Co OffalyStaff threatened with knife and hammer during raid in Tullamore on TuesdayThu Apr 06 2017 - 09:24
Two arrested after €500,000 cannabis seizure in KildareGardaí discover 25kg of cannabis herb during search of vehicles at shopping centreThu Apr 06 2017 - 08:17
Calls for Tusla to have no role in child court guardian schemeISPCC warns funding from Child and Family Agency will lead to lack of trust in schemeWed Apr 05 2017 - 14:04
We moved thousands of miles from home but we are happy in IrelandNew to The Parish: Yi Huang arrived from China in 2010Wed Apr 05 2017 - 06:00
Wet and windy March saw worst rainfall on record in ShannonMet Éireann data shows most parts of the country recorded mildest March in five yearsTue Apr 04 2017 - 13:08
Slane 2017: Guns N’ Roses reveal full line-up for concertRoyal Blood, Mark Lanegan and local group Otherkin to join American rock groupTue Apr 04 2017 - 10:56
Ibrahim Halawa must be released for medical tests, says doctorConcerns over health of Irish man who has been in an Egyptian jail for over three yearsMon Apr 03 2017 - 16:24
Ireland not heading for another property boom, says CoveneySinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty calls for help-to-buy scheme to be scrappedMon Apr 03 2017 - 13:06
