Plan to liberalise illegal drugs law ‘contradictory and lacking in logic,’ campaigners sayProposal envisages health interventions but stops short of full-blown decriminalisationMon Jul 15 2019 - 21:53
Coveney fumes as Tory hopefuls continue Brexit blusterBusiness Week: also in the news was spending, jobs, Ryanair and Dublin PortFri Jul 12 2019 - 17:59
Cork hotel will dwarf competitors to become tallest building in the StateDevelopment will create 800 jobs and support up to 400 short term construction rolesFri Jul 12 2019 - 08:06
DCC expecting year of profit growth and developmentDiversified energy and services group is to hold its annual general meeting on FridayFri Jul 12 2019 - 07:43
Cairn Homes group finance director to step downTim Kenny to take up a new senior management position in a private Irish companyFri Jul 12 2019 - 07:20
Government must reduce ‘huge financial strain’ on cancer patientsIrish Cancer Society says patients and families are ‘under siege’ in budget submissionWed Jul 10 2019 - 18:39
Stack family gets apology from Garda Commissioner over handling of caseFamily argue investigation was flawed, evidence went missing, information ‘supressed’Wed Jul 10 2019 - 13:07
Residents in centre for the disabled ‘at risk from each other’Latest inspection reports from health watchdog highlights several shortcomingsWed Jul 10 2019 - 08:38
Ten of the most mysterious aircraft disappearancesFrom Amelia Earhart to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, planes have simply vanishedTue Jul 09 2019 - 11:53
No-deal Brexit would cause major disruption for Irish economy - CoveneyTánaiste issues stark warning to businesses and says political structures will be strainedTue Jul 09 2019 - 11:09
Ryanair passengers forced to spend night on Beauvais airport floorParis flight to Dublin landed more than 13 and half hours lateMon Jul 08 2019 - 20:48
Longitude organiser says ‘no connection’ between festival and Dublin fracasGarda sources say they suspect men who tried to rush club door had been at festivalMon Jul 08 2019 - 17:13
Girl (7) who died in incident involving car in driveway named locallyIt is thought that the vehicle rolled over the child and she was fatally injuredMon Jul 08 2019 - 16:17
Dublin and Berlin move closer as Brexit barney continuesBusiness Week: also in the news were changes in Europe, debt, tax and the banksFri Jul 05 2019 - 16:00
Institutional buyers ‘primary reason’ apartments being builtAIB report finds construction of large apartment schemes outside Dublin unviableFri Jul 05 2019 - 08:32
Insurance industry accused of ‘not giving a damn’ about fraudDoherty tells Oireachtas committee industry is citing fraud to justify high premiumsThu Jul 04 2019 - 21:07
‘Attenborough effect’ praised for reduced use of plasticAlmost all tents taken home after Glastonbury festivalWed Jul 03 2019 - 23:37
Call for lone-parent families to be prioritised for housingPre-budget submission argues problem must be tackled as ‘these families among worst off’Wed Jul 03 2019 - 19:50
Charities call for restrictions on rent rises in high-inflation areas to be nationwideLandlords claim they are being ‘demonised’ for the State’s failure in home-buildingTue Jul 02 2019 - 20:18
Hundreds attend ‘alternative Pride’ on Dublin’s Rosie Hackett bridgeGroup protests the involvement of uniformed gardaí and corporations in marchSat Jun 29 2019 - 17:33
Phil Hogan says compromises had to be made in Mercosur dealBrussels believes deal will wipe out about €4bn in annual customs duties on EU exportsSat Jun 29 2019 - 12:21
Almost 250 nurses assaulted in HSE hospitals in first half of yearINMO says incidents arise due to overcrowded ‘pressure cooker environment’Sat Jun 29 2019 - 10:56
Dublin looks on as Boris Johnson stands at the cliff edgeBusiness Week: also in the news was housing; the budget; INM; and power of social mediaSat Jun 29 2019 - 05:30
Carrick Therapeutics to establish operations in BostonMove will involve transition of leadership from founder Elaine Sullivan to Tim PearsonFri Jun 28 2019 - 09:35
Bank of Ireland to sell UK credit card portfolio for £530mAs of last year, business contributed £35m of total income with £36m operating expensesFri Jun 28 2019 - 08:46
Open Orphan resumes trading on markets following mergerCompany chief executive Cathal Friel says it has ‘a clear growth strategy’ for shareholdersFri Jun 28 2019 - 08:16
Explorer Providence cuts jobs and warns on climate change BillNo bonuses for executives but O’Reilly package rises 18% to €470,000Fri Jun 28 2019 - 07:49
Baby gorilla with ‘big personality’ is named at Dublin ZooZoo part of European breeding programme for endangered western lowland gorillasThu Jun 27 2019 - 16:22
National Library of Ireland unveils new book repositoryImproved safety after devastating fires at Notre Dame and National Museum of BrazilThu Jun 27 2019 - 16:04
Garda cases similar to Majella Moynihan’s identified, says Drew HarrisGarda Commissioner confirms trawl of files discovers cases that ‘bear similarities’Wed Jun 26 2019 - 22:08
Victim of fatal Dublin stabbing named as Skaidrite ValdgeimaInvestigating gardaí suspect arrested man and desceased were known to each otherWed Jun 26 2019 - 22:04
Women smokers at ‘significantly higher’ health risk than menResearch shows that men who smoke can lower sperm count of their sonsTue Jun 25 2019 - 23:00
Luke Kelly statue on Dublin’s Sheriff Street is vandalisedMeeting to take place on Wednesday to discuss removal of black paint from structureTue Jun 25 2019 - 22:41
Eir willing to re-engage with broadband plan if model changedTelecoms firm tells Oireachtas committee it is ‘certain’ plan can be delivered for €1bnTue Jun 25 2019 - 21:05
Rory O’Neill hails HIV treatment advances after ‘death sentence’Dress worn by performer during ‘Noble Call’ speech goes on display at National MuseumTue Jun 25 2019 - 18:38
Impatient, hostile Europe readies itself for Boris JohnsonBusiness Week: also in the news was jobs; houses; economy; and banker accountabilityFri Jun 21 2019 - 16:00
Price of goods leaving factory gates down 6.3% in MayFruit and vegetables were up 8.8%, while dairy products were down 5% year-on-yearFri Jun 21 2019 - 11:36
Losses double at Irish oil and gas explorer Petroneft ResourcesCompany highlights geopolitical uncertainty in Russia as challenge to investment climateFri Jun 21 2019 - 08:50
Households in Malahide enjoy highest incomes in StateSocial welfare makes up more than half of income in a quarter of households, CSO saysThu Jun 20 2019 - 22:24
Minimal disruption to health services as strike talks beginHealthcare support staff called off a threatened strike on Thursday to allow for talksThu Jun 20 2019 - 19:49
Flawed school buildings to be repaired by end of the yearSome 22 schools built by Western Building Systems were found to have structural flawsWed Jun 19 2019 - 23:10
Man-made noise stopping birds from communicatingBirdsong being drowned out, research from Queen’s University findsWed Jun 19 2019 - 02:01
Local authorities ‘not equipped’ for rising horse welfare issuesOfficials tell Oireachtas that seizing horses is a time consuming and high-risk activityTue Jun 18 2019 - 19:49
Body of woman missing since December locatedMary Ryan (54) was last seen at Clonard Park, Waterford, at the end of last yearSun Jun 16 2019 - 21:18
HIV programme ‘will be undermined’ by lack of capacityFianna Fáil says thousands of people are being turned away from sexual health clinicsSun Jun 16 2019 - 18:37
Gardaí not treating discovery of body in Dublin as suspiciousDaughter believed to have found man in his 30s dead at home in Stoneybatter on SundaySun Jun 16 2019 - 18:18
Dublin could yet be left to yearn for days of May’s premiershipBusiness Week: Also in the news was Government spending; tourism; and housingFri Jun 14 2019 - 14:45
Home care health workers suffer ‘frequent verbal abuse’Cramped living conditions, dementia, and unpredictable work schedules identified as risk factorsWed Jun 12 2019 - 10:27
Strobe lighting at dance concerts may triple risk of epileptic fitsResearch published in the British Medical Journal calls for warnings to be issued at gigsWed Jun 12 2019 - 10:18
Homeless man killed on O’Connell Street identified as Peter DonnellySuspect arrested 15 minutes after fatal altercation which was recorded on CCTVWed Jun 12 2019 - 07:40
