Electoral Commission to have powers to confront social media outletsElectoral Reform Bill 2022 makes provision for tackling online disinformation during elections and referendumsSat Jun 11 2022 - 05:17
Book of Leinster, a ‘snapshot of the Middle Ages’, to be restored by TCD conservation team Oldest extant Irish language manuscript includes versions of the Táin saga and Cú Chulainn storyFri Jun 10 2022 - 22:00
Elderly man killed in Co Cork road collision Man (80s) died when his vehicle collided with another on the Dunmanway Road near BandonFri Jun 10 2022 - 21:36
Tributes paid to ‘exceptional’ teenager killed in Cavan crashYoung man remembered as charismatic student eager to help othersFri Jun 10 2022 - 17:51
A night of high emotion as Ukrainian refugees head to Aviva for Ireland gameMascots will represent all the children displaced during the war in UkraineWed Jun 08 2022 - 18:41
Chris Hadfield - Elon Musk will help mankind return to the moon Former International Space Station (ISS) commander predicts a woman will set foot on the moon within three to five daysTue Jun 07 2022 - 22:27
Dún Laoghaire assistance hub for Ukrainians to close as lease runs out Organisers warn there will be problems in future if more is not done to integrate refugees arriving in IrelandMon Jun 06 2022 - 18:55
BBC removes Tricolour sequence from recording of jubilee celebrationsUse of Irish flag to represent Northern Ireland condemned as disrespectful by Traditional Unionist VoiceMon Jun 06 2022 - 18:22
Homes of one in six Ukrainian refugees in Ireland destroyed, survey suggestsSurvey of community in Ireland finds many are struggling with the professional demands of the English languageSun Jun 05 2022 - 17:28
Billie Eilish in Dublin: ‘I feel an emotional connection to her’ devoted fans queue all day for gig The singer is playing the first of two concerts at the 3Arena on Saturday nightSat Jun 04 2022 - 17:12
Dublin Airport: No major delays on busiest post-Covid weekendDAA continuing to hire security staff to avoid repeat of last weekend’s debacle which saw more than 1,400 flights missedSat Jun 04 2022 - 09:32
Bloom Day 2: Is this tree-killing beetle Ireland’s next external threat?Taoiseach shown model of Asian long-horned beetle which could be lurking in luggageFri Jun 03 2022 - 20:26
HAP to be increased by up to 35% to tackle rising rentsLocal authorities to have discretion to increase payments above current cap, says Darragh O’BrienFri Jun 03 2022 - 11:21
President urges consumers to put an end to ‘destructive’ below-cost food sales in supermarketsHiggins says shoppers should ‘walk past these artificially-priced products’ and support those producing in sustainable conditionsThu Jun 02 2022 - 21:34
Who are ‘the Micks’, the British regiment at the heart of a social media storm?Some people expressed annoyance at the use of the term ‘the Micks’ on BBC TV on ThursdayThu Jun 02 2022 - 21:00
Bloom festival opened by Higgins in first big public engagement since pandemicPresident reflected on important role food producers have in promoting biodiversity in IrelandThu Jun 02 2022 - 19:55
Queen Elizabeth praised for ‘proactive’ contribution to peace in Northern Ireland as jubilee markedSinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill wrote to monarch to mark ‘an historic moment, especially for all those from the unionist and British tradition on the island of Ireland’Thu Jun 02 2022 - 17:23
What are the alternatives to using Dublin Airport?Security queues are few or non-existent at other airports but choices of destination are limitedThu Jun 02 2022 - 11:25
‘Stumbling stones’ unveiled in Dublin to remember Irish Holocaust victimsPoignant ceremony remembers six Irish people murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz and LithuaniaWed Jun 01 2022 - 20:57
Bloom boom: Festival set for record attendances following Covid-19 pandemic First festival since the end of restrictions attracting ‘huge interest’ claim Bloom organisersWed Jun 01 2022 - 17:24
Dublin Airport delays: Man with epilepsy had seizure after missing flightIrish man did not make flight to Boston despite turning up four hours before departureMon May 30 2022 - 20:44
Dublin Airport passengers: ‘This is disgraceful. I haven’t slept for 27 hours’‘It isn’t just the airport. The airlines haven’t got enough people and then everybody goes at the same time’Mon May 30 2022 - 14:58
Hundreds of Ukrainians turn out for flash mob on Grafton StreetSome of the country’s biggest stars led the crowd in singing the Ukrainian national anthemSat May 28 2022 - 15:48
Medical scientists suspend strike action on Labour Court recommendation Workplace Relations Commission to attempt resolution of dispute with Department of HealthThu May 26 2022 - 05:00
Coalition and Oireachtas housing group at odds over vacant unitsCommittee indicates tax could be applied to as many as 137,000 properties countrywideMon May 23 2022 - 17:51
O’Brien confirms vacant property tax will be introduced in next budgetRevenue is set to give new estimate on vacancy to Government ahead of Budget 2023Mon May 23 2022 - 13:32
Expert team prepares for possible arrival of monkeypox in IrelandNineteen countries – including the UK – are now reporting cases of the diseaseMon May 23 2022 - 11:19
Gardaí investigate if row at party led to fatal assault in TraleeTwo men, one aged in his 30s, the other in his 50s, were arrested after a man diedSun May 22 2022 - 23:16
Refugees escaping Mariupol arrive in Dublin: ‘We will never return’Refugees from destroyed Ukrainian city who have fled to Ireland describe their griefSun May 22 2022 - 15:56
Was Grace Gifford pregnant when she wed Joseph Plunkett in 1916?New documentary suggests couple’s hasty marriage may have been to ward off scandalWed May 18 2022 - 21:46
Russian embassy queries Taoiseach’s praise of Ukrainian nationalismLegation critical of extremism personified by fascist collaborators during second World WarWed May 18 2022 - 20:23
Simon Coveney: Ireland will not be joining Nato ‘any time soon’Minister for Defence will push for €500 million increase in military spendingTue May 17 2022 - 17:44
Ceremony recalls handing over of seat of British military power in IrelandThe Curragh was the largest British military barracks in Ireland in 1922Mon May 16 2022 - 15:08
Extra €100 fuel allowance payment to be paid to 371,000 households this weekSome 45 per cent rise in gas and electricity prices putting pressure on budgetsMon May 16 2022 - 10:56
National Maternity Hospital: Hundreds attend rally demanding full public ownershipOpponents of current plan continue to raise concerns of possible external interferenceSat May 14 2022 - 15:30
Main block to protocol deal is British government, not DUP, says TaoiseachMartin’s criticism of ‘unclear’ UK negotiating stance is rejected by FrostSat May 14 2022 - 15:10
Israeli actions at journalist’s funeral ‘disgraceful’, says CoveneyIsraeli police baton charged mourners at the funeral of Shireen Abu AklehSat May 14 2022 - 10:59
From remembrance ceremony to murder, the final hours of Sir Henry WilsonHow two republicans gunned down a hero of the first World War on his own doorstepSat May 14 2022 - 06:01
Solid gold coins worth €5,000 found in the cover of an old prayer bookKenny’s in Galway says such a find has never been ‘in our wheelhouse before’Fri May 13 2022 - 19:53
Politicians need to ‘think twice ’ before objecting to housing -Taoiseach‘Absolute need’ for housing trumps local objections to housing developments, Martin saysFri May 13 2022 - 17:24
Visa renewal for Russian ambassador to IrelandNumerous calls have been made for expulsion of Yury Filatov because of Ukraine invasionFri May 13 2022 - 14:59
‘Male toxic’ environment contributing to inequality in schoolsGirls are being put off studying subjects such as woodwork, says Fine Gael’s Regina DohertyThu May 12 2022 - 15:13
Mandatory face masks for flights dropped by EU authoritiesRestriction to be eased from Monday across Europe with the exception of 15 countriesWed May 11 2022 - 09:54
Bandon massacre showed roots of internecine violence ran deepShooting dead of 13 men in 1922 led to mass exodus of Protestants from that part of CorkTue May 10 2022 - 06:00
In 12 days Ireland went from fledgling democracy to civil warHow the independent state in 1922 went from democratic general election to disasterTue May 10 2022 - 05:00
Erskine Childers: a strange mix of a British imperialist and an Irish republicanBy the time he died at the age of 52, Childers had made powerful enemies in the pro-Treaty sideTue May 10 2022 - 00:00
Erskine Childers: a strange mix of a British imperialist and an Irish republicanChilders made powerful enemies on the pro-Treaty side of the Civil WarTue May 10 2022 - 00:00
My grandfather Cathal Brugha has been unfairly depicted as an extremistRuairí Brugha: Former IRA chief hoped his death would ‘serve some greater good’Tue May 10 2022 - 00:00
Harry Boland: A charismatic leader within the Irish revolutionary movementDublin man was a faithful friend to de Valera and had a complex friendship with CollinsTue May 10 2022 - 00:00
The assassination of Michael Collins: ‘They’ll never shoot me in my own country’New evidence suggests Sonny O’Neill might not have been the shooterTue May 10 2022 - 00:00
