New variant scuppers retired Irish nurse’s plans to reunite with daughterSally Duffy Grobler (80) was ready to fly from her home in South Africa to LondonFri Nov 26 2021 - 22:52
Man dies after car hit by falling tree as Storm Arwen strikesMet Éireann issues warnings for strong winds and low temperaturesFri Nov 26 2021 - 20:36
Dublin City Council pulls out of deal with British arms manufacturerDeal with BAE systems now considered inappropriate, official circular saysFri Nov 26 2021 - 19:30
Ireland’s ‘increased interest’ in European defence cooperation welcomedEuropean defence industry turnover amounted to €259 billion in 2019Thu Nov 25 2021 - 16:33
Actors to role-play sexual assault court cases with judgesCourse aims to ensure judiciary function appropriately around vulnerable peopleThu Nov 25 2021 - 01:00
Delays of up to 10 months found in reporting of suspected child abuse casesReasons for delays not always recorded by Tusla staff according to reportWed Nov 24 2021 - 15:55
No new Covid restrictions recommended this week, Holohan tells TDs as 3,666 new cases reportedHSE says dozens of people had been mistakenly called for vaccine boosters in Co MeathTue Nov 23 2021 - 22:23
DCU lecturer, who called George Floyd ‘another useless criminal’, defends blogDr Mark Humphrys says site where he criticised Black Lives Matter movement is separate to his teachingTue Nov 23 2021 - 20:25
Government approves nomination of Ger Deering to role of OmbudsmanIf accepted, Deering will replace Peter Tyndall who is due to retire at end of the yearTue Nov 23 2021 - 17:33
‘You can’t get a PCR test for love nor money’ – Opposition TDs criticise delaysTaoiseach defends in Dáil the Government’s approach to fourth wave of pandemicTue Nov 23 2021 - 16:12
Irish researchers make significant motor neurone disease breakthroughTeam at Trinity College believes the discovery could help identify optimal treatmentsMon Nov 22 2021 - 17:44
‘Covid crisis is like somebody flew planes into every hospital in the country’Both inpatient and outpatient services have been severely hit, says Dr Francis FinucaneMon Nov 22 2021 - 13:25
Knowth archaeologist Prof George Eogan dies aged 91Meath man and UCD professor well known for his research of passage tomb buildersFri Nov 19 2021 - 15:25
Lack of UK compromise on NI Brexit deal ‘deeply disappointing’ – CoveneyLoyalists see protocol as ‘a trick by the South’ to take over the North, says AhernThu Nov 18 2021 - 23:27
Climate forum hears about State’s precarious data centre agendaHuge electricity consumers may compromise ‘small isolated grid’ and drive emissionsThu Nov 18 2021 - 21:47
Sipo report referral of 25 cases relating to candidates in 2020 general election to DPPOffences that can reported include failure to furnish donation and expenses statementsThu Nov 18 2021 - 21:44
Irish people less comfortable with hate crime than other offences, study showsResearchers at UL believe findings reflect potential power of hate-crime specific lawsWed Nov 17 2021 - 16:36
UK arms firm strikes housing lease deal with Dublin councilBAE Systems pension fund to lease recently-acquired family homes for social housingWed Nov 17 2021 - 04:05
Christy Moore presented with lifetime achievement award at RTÉ Folk AwardsAward winners announced at live event in Dublin’s Vicar Street on Tuesday nightTue Nov 16 2021 - 23:59
Man in ‘serious condition’ after falling from electric scooter in DublinAppeal for witnesses following incident on Herberton Road on Tuesday morningTue Nov 16 2021 - 18:05
Council CEO accused of threatening to pull radio funding over coverageSipo hearing told Tom Enright complained of content he said was ‘biased’ and ‘unfair’Fri Nov 12 2021 - 20:11
Sales of Covid antigen tests expected to rise in run-up to ChristmasGPs see trend in patients treating negative results as confirming absence of Covid-19Fri Nov 12 2021 - 01:00
Unpaid speeding fines running to millions in lost revenueAt least 12% of fixed-charge penalties going unpaid annually, according to Garda dataThu Nov 11 2021 - 19:16
Tougher e-scooter safety measures called for in legislationOrganisations representing disabled pedestrians concerned about silence and speedWed Nov 10 2021 - 00:01
Austin Currie, civil rights leader and SDLP co-founder, dies aged 82Former FG minister died peacefully in his sleep at home in Co Kildare, family saysTue Nov 09 2021 - 23:36
Referees in schoolboy league to stage protest over abuseSome 550 games in NDSL and MGL to be postponed as match officials withdraw their servicesMon Nov 08 2021 - 15:02
Time to say goodbye to ‘I consent’ cookie pop-ups?Belgian data protection authority close to ruling on the tracking consent deviceFri Nov 05 2021 - 19:22
‘I have not taken a flight in three years’: Readers speak of their own climate actionFrom retrofitting to cutting out plastics - what people are doing to help combat climate changeFri Nov 05 2021 - 09:53
Pandemic saw rise in people seeking free legal help, says organisationDemand for services increases, particularly in area of employment and housingFri Nov 05 2021 - 07:50
Rescue 116: Widow of pilot Mark Duffy welcomes pending reportHermione Duffy says there have been ‘many long and lonely days and nights without Mark’Thu Nov 04 2021 - 22:44
Watchdog says 34 Irish towns and villages release raw sewage into the environment every dayEnvironmental Protection Agency says health at risk with 20 years needed for solutionTue Nov 02 2021 - 23:55
Less than half of rental terminations and increases from landlords validOne third of renters feel uninformed about rights as tenants, Threshold survey showsTue Nov 02 2021 - 16:53
Further 2,855 new cases of Covid-19 announcedNiac meets in Dublin to discuss vaccine booster campaign for healthcare workersMon Nov 01 2021 - 15:24
Struggling to secure an Irish passport: ‘Two weeks after I got my application in, it was a lock out’Department to resume foreign birth registrations still ‘paused’ despite restrictions easingMon Oct 25 2021 - 04:56
Coronavirus vaccine boosters expected to be approved for over-60s‘Thunderbirds are go’ once Niac advice given, says Government sourceSat Oct 16 2021 - 00:59
‘Our marriage definitely suffered’, says Gillian Quinn, wife of Niall, on life post-soccerExperience of soccer star husband’s retirement prompts Quinn’s PhD researchFri Oct 15 2021 - 21:36
Overall figure for public health waiting lists reaches more than 910,000Data shows there were 567,393 on the public outpatient list for the month of SeptemberFri Oct 15 2021 - 20:37
Coronavirus: 1,914 new cases as Glynn warns of ‘deteriorating picture’‘We are seeing increased incidences across most age groups,’ says deputy CMOFri Oct 15 2021 - 18:24
Irish farmers seven times more likely to die from cardiovascular diseaseAlmost half suffer high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol, study findsFri Oct 15 2021 - 00:55
Farmers to challenge Government plan to reroute €49m in ‘green’ fundingBacklash as capital to help decarbonise farming switched to fund fuel subsidiesThu Oct 14 2021 - 20:25
Two incidents of drinking water contamination went unreported, EPA findsBreaches uncovered at Wexford and Kildare plants by Environmental Protection Agency auditThu Oct 14 2021 - 14:48
Two men arrested following seizure of a firearmMen, aged 33 and 20, found a short distance away from abandoned car on the M50Wed Oct 13 2021 - 23:26
Nitrogen seepage: Action programme fails to protect hundreds of rivers, lakesAlmost half of Irish surface waters are not in good ecological condition, says State watchdogWed Oct 13 2021 - 20:54
Motorists warned of danger from heavy fogs across most of countryMet Éireann issues yellow weather warning affecting 16 counties in the south and eastTue Oct 12 2021 - 19:41
Overseas development spending to top €1bn for first time after budget increaseExtra allocation of €140m – earmarked for developing countries – welcomed by charitiesTue Oct 12 2021 - 18:47
Criticism of failure to tackle childhood smoking or obesity in BudgetQualified welcome for a number of other measures from charity sectorTue Oct 12 2021 - 16:53
Dublin council chief criticised over ‘snide’ comments to students’ unionOwen Keegan told UCD body he was ‘surprised’ it had not gone into property marketMon Oct 11 2021 - 20:04
Cork care home called to ‘cautionary meeting’ with HiqaGlendonagh Residential Home said to be non-compliant in six areas of inspectionMon Oct 11 2021 - 15:34
President ‘acutely aware’ of the ‘pain and anguish’ caused by mica‘We did nothing wrong’: Mica homeowners protest in DublinSat Oct 09 2021 - 07:33
Fianna Fáil TD who threatened to quit says bypasses ‘will go ahead’James O’Connor says he received commitments from Taoiseach and ministersFri Oct 08 2021 - 09:51
