Joe Bonamassa Plays Rory Gallagher review: ‘Where’s the f***ing Stratocaster?’ blues guitarist teases in fine homageJoe Bonamassa and his band perform Irish Tour ’74 in its entirety to mark 30 years since Gallagher’s deathWed Jul 02 2025 - 11:10
‘Great day’ for Slane as long-awaited bypass gets approval from An Coimisiún PleanálaOriginal proposal turned down 13 years ago as route was too close to Brú na Bóinne Unesco world heritage siteTue Jul 01 2025 - 13:57
Black Death, Newgrange and the American Revolution: a virtual trove of Irish history rediscovered Documents recovered after seven centuries shine a light on Ireland’s past Tue Jul 01 2025 - 06:00
Worldwide interest expected as 19th-century Irish census records recovered and put online Almost all 19th-century census records were destroyed but some have been recovered as part of the Virtual Treasury project Mon Jun 30 2025 - 06:00
Opposition parties cooling on possibility of joint left candidate for presidential raceAll parties struggling to find candidates of sufficient stature to replace President Michael D HigginsMon Jun 30 2025 - 06:00
How rural Ireland is turning to vacant property grants for developmentGrant is the most popular form of housing in nine counties and there are calls for it to be extended to multiple propertiesMon Jun 30 2025 - 06:00
Terrorism inquiry into Kneecap’s alleged call to murder Tory MPs dropped, Met Police confirmsForce says alleged offences happened outside the statutory time limit for prosecution and decision does not impact other prosecutionSun Jun 29 2025 - 16:05
Jurassic Park adviser unimpressed with Steven Spielberg’s dinosaurs: ‘What didn’t he get wrong?’ ‘Dino’ Don Lessem objects to depictions of the animals as vicious monsters, saying humans could, in reality, outrun and outsmart a T-Rex Sat Jun 28 2025 - 19:00
Iron Maiden in Dublin: All killer(s) no filla in a near perfect setlist hits the high notes every timeFifty years on, the band remain undimmed and even energised by a seventh member: the stunning digital displayThu Jun 26 2025 - 10:38
The film Jaws and its Co Mayo connectionHe had only taken a few paces when he collapsed again.Wed Jun 25 2025 - 19:00
World leaders call for diplomacy as shaky Israel-Iran ceasefire takes holdTwo more groups of Irish citizens have been assisted in leaving Israel and Iran, says Harris Tue Jun 24 2025 - 20:58
Iran launches attack on US air base in Qatar, all missiles interceptedUS asks China to put pressure on Iran not to close the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping routeMon Jun 23 2025 - 18:11
Emergency services carry out multiple coastal rescues over past two days Several people hospitalised after falling from cliffsSat Jun 21 2025 - 14:27
Body recovered at Laytown beach in Meath after reports of swimmer in difficultyEmergency services were alerted at 6.15pm on Friday evening to a swimmer in difficultyFri Jun 20 2025 - 22:59
Ireland weather: Hottest day for nearly three years recorded as temperature reaches 29.6 degreesMet Eireann warns of high UV risk and the need to be ‘sun smart’Fri Jun 20 2025 - 19:04
Minimum pay for childcare workers to rise to €15 an hourGovernment has pledged €45 million to help childcare providers pay an extra 10 per cent per hourFri Jun 20 2025 - 18:39
'Why the children weren’t there and the sun beating down nobody knows' : Roscommon house reduced to rubble after explosionMan, named locally as Des Deegan (72), moved from Dublin to be close to partner who is in a nursing homeThu Jun 19 2025 - 19:22
Zach Bryan at Phoenix Park: Stage times, set list, how to get there and moreEverything you need to know about the US country music singer’s concerts this weekendThu Jun 19 2025 - 14:47
Man dies following house fire in Co Roscommon Blaze broke out in house in Frenchpark on Wednesday eveningThu Jun 19 2025 - 08:26
New education therapy service could be ‘transformational’ for special needs pupils, says McEnteeActions in Education Plan includes provision for 90 therapists to deliver services for students in needThu Jun 19 2025 - 06:00
Zach Bryan: Who is he and why is he so popular in Ireland?A side from Taylor Swift with 220,000 monthly listeners, Bryan has become the most streamed artist on Irish SpotifyThu Jun 19 2025 - 05:00
Draft occupied territories Bill not expected to cover banning trade in services, says Frances BlackIndependent Senator would like to see draft legislation extend beyond banning trade in goods with occupied Palestinian territoriesWed Jun 18 2025 - 23:19
‘This isn’t about race or colour. This is about our community’: Locals protest at sale of Citywest HotelSaggart area residents say they are against the permanent loss of the biggest hotel in Ireland as there are no similar facilities locallyWed Jun 18 2025 - 22:55
What are the new rules around organ donation in Ireland and what if I want to opt out?Changes introduced via the Human Tissue Act 2024 shifts the presumption about a person’s organ donation wishesTue Jun 17 2025 - 17:26
President Higgins has ‘no intention’ of remaining silent while democracy ‘under threat’ Michael D Higgins uses last Bloomsday speech in office to denounce treatment of people in Gaza and decry ‘dangerous authoritarianism’ in USSun Jun 15 2025 - 19:53
Warm and dry weather set to return after weekend deluge in parts of countryTemperatures expected to reach 21-degree high on Monday before rising to 23 later in weekSun Jun 15 2025 - 15:07
New €60m sonar system aims to protect transatlantic cables, gas pipelines in Irish watersSonar being purchased by Defence Forces will be used to detect ships or submarines seeking to interfere with vital undersea infrastructureSun Jun 15 2025 - 13:25
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy detained in Egypt by the authoritiesMr Murphy is among 50 Irish activists participating in the Global March to Gaza from EgyptFri Jun 13 2025 - 20:00
Russian embassy denies ‘pathetic’ accusation Moscow is deliberately targeting Ukraine civiliansEmbassy accuses Simon Harris of ‘anti-Russian propaganda’ after Tánaiste condemns wave of drone and missile attacks Thu Jun 12 2025 - 18:10
Air India crash live updates: More than 240 dead as one passenger survives plane crash near Ahmedabad airport, say local policeThere were 53 British passengers onboard plane that crashed into residential buildingThu Jun 12 2025 - 17:06
Annie McCarrick: False leads and setbacks over three decades in search for American woman The arrest of a man on Thursday is the first in connection with the woman who disappeared on March 26th, 1993Thu Jun 12 2025 - 12:47
Annie McCarrick murder: Man (60s) arrested and Garda search operation under wayGardaí are conducting a search operation at a residence in Clondalkin, Co DublinThu Jun 12 2025 - 09:29
Woman (30s) charged over St Stephen’s Day Dublin hit-and-run in which couple killed Anthony ‘Anto’ Hogg (40) and Georgina Hogg Moore (39) were killed near Whitestown in DublinThu Jun 12 2025 - 08:01
Transport officials warned Minister of State not to attend Tesla eventSeán Canney advised ministers should not meet ‘individual car manufacturers’Thu Jun 12 2025 - 06:00
Gardaí arrest two over hit-and-run that killed husband and wife crossing roadAnthony ‘Anto’ Hogg (40) and Georgina Hogg Moore (39) were killed near Whitestown in DublinWed Jun 11 2025 - 17:55
Catherine Corless ‘so relieved’ excavation of Tuam mother and baby home will finally begin on Monday The Bon Secours-run institution has admitted it did not treat the bodies of dead children properly Wed Jun 11 2025 - 17:28
Ireland weather: Met Éireann issues thunderstorm warnings with flash flooding and lightning damage possibleWarnings issued for most of Ireland, with some counties affected from tonight Wed Jun 11 2025 - 14:43
Former death row inmate Sunny Jacobs never let tragedies define her, funeral hearsAnti-death penalty advocate and her 31-year-old carer died last week in a house fire at her isolated Connemara cottageTue Jun 10 2025 - 16:10
People Before Profit activists quit party over possibility of Sinn Féin-led governmentDublin City Council member Madeleine Johansson is one of some 30 Red Network activists who have left People Before ProfitTue Jun 10 2025 - 11:20
Robert Pether’s wife shocked by his emaciated condition after he spent four years in an Iraqi jail Engineer, who lived in Co Roscommon, was released on bail having spent four years in an Iraqi jail after a contract disputeFri Jun 06 2025 - 10:54
The life and tragic death of Sunny Jacobs: how a US death row survivor ended up in ConnemaraA house fire in Co Galway this week claimed the life of the anti-death penalty campaigner who spent five years on death rowFri Jun 06 2025 - 10:46
The Celtic Tiger was a time of vulgarity and gross incompetence, but at least we got things doneGovernment should be asking how so many homes, roads and crucial facilities were build in the 2000sFri Jun 06 2025 - 06:00
Spring 2025 was warmest and sunniest on record, Met Éireann saysMonths of March, April and May characterised by a lot of dry and sunny weatherThu Jun 05 2025 - 15:10
Death row survivor Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs found ‘tranquility’ in Connemara before death in house fireJacobs spent five years on death row in Florida for murder she did not commitWed Jun 04 2025 - 20:09
Woman who died in Connemara house fire named as former US death row inmate Sunny JacobsUS citizen, who had conviction overturned after almost 17 years in prison, died along with man in his 30sTue Jun 03 2025 - 14:53
Tributes to two Irish women who died after competing in separate marathon eventsOlivia Touhy and Ellen Cassidy (both 24) died at the Edinburgh and Cork city half marathonsTue Jun 03 2025 - 11:42
Woman killed in road traffic collision in Donegal The woman (70s) died after a collision near Milford on FridayTue Jun 03 2025 - 09:37
The truth behind the Normans and Ireland: ‘They abolished slavery’Historians give their view on plans to mark the 1,000th anniversary of William the Conquerer and what was more an English than a French invasionMon Jun 02 2025 - 17:20
Antenna made by Irish company found in Russian bombs in Ukraine Taoglas says it is unable to stop ‘nefarious’ use of its equipmentFri May 30 2025 - 06:00
‘I came here for protection’: John Magnier complains about ‘unfair’ treatment in courtJudge says billionaire businessman and defence barrister are both ‘decent and honourable gentlemen’Thu May 29 2025 - 18:49
