Sinéad Gibney appointed Irish human rights chief commissionerNew head of IHREC has previous experience in fields of equality and digital inclusionWed Feb 19 2020 - 14:28
A Russian cruiser with ‘cannibal rats’: What other ‘ghost ships’ could be out there?Beleaguered MV Alta on rocks in Ballycotton not the first mysterious ship to haunt our shoresWed Feb 19 2020 - 02:30
Marine surveyors to inspect ‘ghost ship’ in Cork todayCoastwatch calls for ‘international help’ for ecological bird sites of ‘immense value’Tue Feb 18 2020 - 06:35
Galway homeowners have spent years living under the threat of CPOs‘If they can get horses and bats replacement homes why can’t they deal with humans?’Sat Feb 08 2020 - 01:57
Oral hearing into plans for €600m Galway ring roadBord Pleanála gets 300-plus objections over road to cut congestion with demolitions neededSat Feb 08 2020 - 01:00
Rival protesters clash at Dáil rally against hate speech lawA smoke bomb was thrown and three people were arrested by the GardaSun Feb 02 2020 - 15:05
Q&A: We answer your questions after part of NCT test suspendedCars will 'fail' the NCT test over the coming weeks regardless of the mechanical condition of the carFri Jan 31 2020 - 13:50
Ireland to get its first ‘zero emission’ diesel-electric hybrid busesOrder for so-called ‘clean’ vehicles has been placed with Scottish firmThu Jan 30 2020 - 20:47
Teenager airlifted to hospital after being ‘hit by bus’ in Arklow, Co Wicklow, gardaí sayEmergency services, heavy lifting equipment were at scene of incident on town’s Main StreetThu Jan 30 2020 - 19:06
Cars undergoing NCT to be failed automatically due to equipment issueParts of test suspended after cracks found in similar lifting machines in use in NorthThu Jan 30 2020 - 18:53
Motorists urged to take care after snowfalls in west of IrelandHazardous conditions reported as Met Éireann advises cold spell to continue until TuesdayMon Jan 27 2020 - 18:54
Body of a man found in LetterkennyGardaí are treating the incident as suspiciousSun Jan 26 2020 - 23:53
Snow expected as Met Éireann issues status yellow weather alertVery cold start to the week will see sleet and some snow on low ground in the westSun Jan 26 2020 - 21:45
Exhibition marks Jennifer Johnston’s 90th birthdayAward-winning author donates books to Dún Laoghaire librarySun Jan 26 2020 - 19:57
Man in his 40s dies in apartment fire in CavanFirefighters rescue two adults and a child after alarm was raised on Saturday eveningSun Jan 26 2020 - 09:16
Issues of domestic violence and abuse affect ‘hundreds of thousands’Women’s Aid calls for domestic violence to be a central theme of party manifestosFri Jan 24 2020 - 19:26
Council ‘held to ransom’ by Government over €182m paymentAudit shows money owed to Dublin City Council for housing and homeless servicesFri Jan 24 2020 - 02:00
Call for improved rent collection as 61% of Dublin council tenants in arrearsLocal Government Audit Service warns the financial situation ‘is not sustainable’Fri Jan 24 2020 - 02:00
January 29th confirmed as date for opening of New Ross bypassNew route incorporates Ireland’s longest bridge – 887m Rose Fitzgerald KennedyThu Jan 16 2020 - 22:00
M7 upgrade: Speed restrictions to be lifted on new three-lane carriagewayRoad-widening scheme at Naas to be finished by mid-February, after multiple delaysTue Jan 14 2020 - 16:10
‘Significant weaknesses’ in council overtime accounting paymentsDún Laoghaire Rathdown criticised in audit for non-compliance with national guidelinesMon Jan 13 2020 - 20:48
British holidaymakers assured of no travel controls after BrexitTourism Ireland ramps up effort to convince likely tourists of common travel area pledgeMon Jan 13 2020 - 00:10
Permission sought for 11-storey block to enclose Dart line in central DublinBuilding in airspace above railway between Tara Street and Pearse Street would be a firstTue Jan 07 2020 - 02:25
Gardaí foil cash in transit robbery in Co MeathNumber of men arrested and imitation firearms seized during incident in CloneeMon Jan 06 2020 - 20:48
Gardaí appeal for witnesses to gang asasult on two boys in LucanTeens attacked on footbridge over N4 between King’s Hospital School and Liffey ValleyMon Jan 06 2020 - 20:31
Gardaí appeal for information on attempted abduction of womanMan tried to bundle victim in her 60s into the boot of a car in north DublinMon Jan 06 2020 - 18:42
Man dies in collision between truck and a van in Co KerryVan driver in his 50s killed in crash on the N21 Castleisland to Abbeyfeale roadMon Jan 06 2020 - 15:19
Wide disparity in inspections of private rented housingCo Clare outstrips Dublin City for legal actions initiated against private landlordsMon Jan 06 2020 - 02:32
School secretaries plan one-day nationwide strike on FridaySecretaries from across country protest over ‘two-tier’ system of pay and conditionsSat Jan 04 2020 - 18:45
State’s first baby of 2020 born at Rotunda hospital in DublinGirl weighing 3.23kgs born at 12 minutes past midnight, mother and baby doing wellWed Jan 01 2020 - 18:44
Record 900,000 passport applications in 2019 – 94,000 from UKLowest number of applications from a county in Ireland was 627 from FermanaghFri Dec 27 2019 - 00:01
Gardaí say drug driving is becoming as prevalent as drink drivingFour of the 16 arrests yesterday were in relation to suspected drug impairmentThu Dec 26 2019 - 13:44
Insurers paying out on ‘spurious’ claims rather than going to courtHospitality businesses worried about impact of some insurance firms pulling out of their sectorFri Dec 20 2019 - 19:58
Met Éireann defends timings of warnings given over Storm Elsa‘Weather is weather,’ says spokeswoman after Galway hit by flooding and fallen treesFri Dec 20 2019 - 09:46
Woman in her 90s dies after car and van collide in Co CorkWoman’s death brings to 140 the number of people killed on Irish roads so far this yearFri Dec 20 2019 - 09:22
Galway-Dublin motorway opened 10 years ago todayState was ‘insulated’ from losses over construction of road which opened 10 years ago todayWed Dec 18 2019 - 15:25
State advised on further events in ’decade of commemorationsWar of Independence dead to be recalled but questions arise over ’Black and Tans’Wed Dec 11 2019 - 22:01
‘Pristine’ waterways: Ireland’s best riversEPA report highlights 22 locations where conditions were among the ‘best of the best’Wed Dec 11 2019 - 08:32
Call for funds for environmentally-friendly farmers to protect rivers and lakesIFA president claims ineffective waste-water treatment plants are causing more damage to water courses than farmersTue Dec 10 2019 - 20:42
Just 20 of Ireland’s rivers are ‘pristine’, down from 500 in 1980sEPA report says water quality in rivers and lakes ‘of very significant concern’Tue Dec 10 2019 - 01:04
Where are Ireland’s most polluted rivers and lakes?Water quality report lists the worst of the Republic’s rivers, lakes and estuariesTue Dec 10 2019 - 00:30
ESB eCars advises electric vehicle owners to ‘disregard’ its own appApp and website publishing conflicting maps of working and available network chargersSun Dec 08 2019 - 20:53
Retained firefighters look to Belgian case in pay disputeFirefighters argue they should be compensated for ‘on call time’ that is onerousFri Dec 06 2019 - 14:03
Dublin Bay still at risk from wastewater overflow following pump failuresIrish Water says two pumps at Ringsend water treatment plant remain out of actionThu Dec 05 2019 - 15:56
Demand for Simon Communities’ services rises by more than a quarter in one yearHomeless charity says housing crisis should not be ‘accepted as normal’Thu Dec 05 2019 - 10:02
Novice gardaí to add to numbers on roads duty in DecemberOperation Open City in Dublin, Cork and Limerick aims to keep traffic movingMon Dec 02 2019 - 17:13
New work hub in Edenderry offers chance to ‘cut the commute’Hopes that Co Offaly high speed broadband eHive will encourage rural developementSun Dec 01 2019 - 21:01
Greystones plan proposes new town square, a boardwalk and less car dominanceCo Wicklow town commissions study to improve the ‘public realm’Fri Nov 29 2019 - 14:10
Government will not resume funding FAI in ‘near future’Ross insists ‘alternative mechanisms’ will support clubs while Garda investigatesThu Nov 28 2019 - 21:21
‘Death is not the worst thing that can happen in road accidents’People who sustained life-changing injuries speak at Christmas road safety campaignThu Nov 28 2019 - 20:49
