Top 10 things to see at the National Ploughing ChampionshipsFrom mealworms to roasted locusts and tractor football – the delight is in the detailWed Sept 21 2016 - 20:22
Reaping the rewards: sports stars at the PloughingHenry Shefflin among the multitude in Tullamore for this year’s eventWed Sept 21 2016 - 18:08
Irish TV channel coming to a set near you on SaorviewMove to enable ‘local stories’ broadcaster to vie for advertising revenues with competitorsWed Sept 21 2016 - 16:58
Inaugural meeting of Citizen’s Assembly set for October 15thTaoiseach indicates Saturday date for forum to first tackle matter of Eight AmendmentWed Sept 21 2016 - 14:43
Record number sleeping rough in Dublin, says Simon CommunityCharity counts finds 168 sleeping on street and 60 more on Merchants Quay cafe floorWed Sept 21 2016 - 01:00
Eighth Amendment debate becomes part of championship mixThe Pro-Life Campaign has taken a stand at ploughing championships for the first timeTue Sept 20 2016 - 19:29
Ploughing: Farmers battle with low-price landscapeFalling commodity prices are forcing young people away from the fieldsTue Sept 20 2016 - 18:41
New homelessness figures are shocking, says Simon CoveneyMinister says crisis will take time to solve as charity counts 228 rough sleepers in DublinTue Sept 20 2016 - 13:33
Ploughing 2016: ‘Turn off the sat-nav and have patience’Traffic delays ease as thousands travel to Co Offaly for national championshipsTue Sept 20 2016 - 12:53
All roads lead to Offaly for ploughing championshipsMotorists advised to turn off the sat-nav and follow the signs for Ireland’s biggest eventTue Sept 20 2016 - 01:00
All-Ireland final: Fans’ hopes not dampened by ticket scarcityMayo supporters and Senators travel to Dublin in search of seats and long-awaited glorySat Sept 17 2016 - 01:00
Dubs top fan pens sequel in honour of footballing heroesDevoted Deirdre Flynn follows up A Little Boy’s Dream with . . . Dublin Army 2016Fri Sept 16 2016 - 17:58
Letters from 1916 figures to go on view as part of Culture NightÉamonn Ceannt and Grace Plunkett wrote to governor of Kilmainham Gaol after RisingThu Sept 15 2016 - 10:31
Ronan McGreevy’s big regret: I convinced myself I was no good at other languagesI was acutely embarrassed by how bad I was at GermanThu Sept 15 2016 - 06:00
Right-to-die campaigner calls for legalisation of medical cannabisTom Curran says drug helped keep his wife alive as she suffered from multiple sclerosisWed Sept 14 2016 - 19:01
Calls to disband Artane School of Music ‘attention-seeking’Cllr Mannix Flynn accused of trying to visit sins of the past on band’s present generationTue Sept 13 2016 - 12:56
Artane School of Music should disband, councillor saysMannix Flynn claims the institute acts as a reminder of abuses by the religiousMon Sept 12 2016 - 21:03
Irish lambs due for ritual slaughter in Singapore die mid-flightMore than 120 of 1,700 animals believed to have died on way to be used in Muslim sacrificeMon Sept 12 2016 - 20:26
‘This star of England’ – An Irishman’s Diary on Raymond Asquith and the SommeMon Sept 12 2016 - 01:01
Citizens’ Assembly on Eighth Amendment to meet next monthThe constitutional ban on abortion will be first item on the agenda for new groupingSat Sept 10 2016 - 15:46
Irish people 'do not want to subsidise the arts' - GleesonActor dismisses notion that arts spending would be better spent on hospital bedsSat Sept 10 2016 - 14:13
Tom Kettle and the ‘foolish dead’ who perished in foreign warsKettle died to liberate France which has long been an inspiration for Irish republicansFri Sept 09 2016 - 16:19
Dublin Bus strike: The man forced into walking almost two hours a dayGordon Sweeney one of thousands of commuters left stranded without public transportFri Sept 09 2016 - 14:34
Lt Tom Kettle recalled 100 years after death at Battle of GinchyKettle killed leading B Company, 9th Royal Dublin Fusiliers; 300 Irish killed in the battleFri Sept 09 2016 - 14:15
Plant shows whole lotta love for craft beerSon of former Led Zeppelin singer left music business to set up London-based breweryThu Sept 08 2016 - 19:00
State in talks to become part of worldwide astronomy groupMembership offers access to telescopes that recently found potentially life-supporting planetThu Sept 08 2016 - 15:14
‘Every option’ promised to ensure reliable pregnancy counsellingAnti-abortion clinic tells woman termination leads to increased risk of breast cancerMon Sept 05 2016 - 20:24
Teenager (19) charged over mobile phone thefts with iron barThe robbery took place in Newbridge, Co Kildare on Sunday morningMon Sept 05 2016 - 08:58
French village remembers the Irish who came as liberatorsSome 1,200 men from 16th (Irish) Division were killed at Guillemont and GinchySun Sept 04 2016 - 11:14
Community comes to pay respects to Hawe familyFamily to be taken from Lakelands Funeral Home to resting place in BallyjamesduffFri Sept 02 2016 - 20:15
Guillemont to mark Irish sacrifice in first World War liberationMore than 1,200 Irish soldiers died fighting for villages during Battle of the SommeFri Sept 02 2016 - 15:29
Online dating study proves age is not just a numberNew research ‘reveals’ large age gaps are a deal-breaker and women prefer taller menWed Aug 31 2016 - 20:13
Independent Ministers demand early recall of Dáil to debate Apple appealShane Ross and Finian McGrath seek ‘strong motion on tax’ in return for supporting appealWed Aug 31 2016 - 12:40
Canadian ambassador Kevin Vickers launches Arctic novelAttempt to find Northwest Passage setting for Ed O’Loughlin’s new book Minds of WinterWed Aug 31 2016 - 01:00
Former diplomat appointed chair of the Press CouncilSeán Donlon to replace Daithi O’ Ceallaigh as chair for three yearsWed Aug 31 2016 - 01:00
Bereaved families will no longer have to pay for crash reportsGardaí say they will scrap fees for documents in cases where there has been a fatalityTue Aug 30 2016 - 19:27
No tantrums for infants at new Educate Together schoolPowerstown school in west Dublin has a new campus for its 220 pupilsTue Aug 30 2016 - 01:00
Rose of Tralee Maggie McEldowney answers back critics of the festival‘Could you imagine if all 65 of us had a political agenda on stage?’Mon Aug 29 2016 - 21:11
Tourism Ireland launches website aimed at Japanese touristsStar Wars and Game of Thrones have raised Ireland’s profile in Japan, says Niall GibbonsMon Aug 29 2016 - 18:32
Presidental reception for Team Ireland has some notable absenteesPresident Higgins praises Olympic athletes but says Rio threw up ‘serious issues’Mon Aug 29 2016 - 01:00
RTÉ ‘regrets’ aspects of Rose of Tralee documentaryBroadcaster and festival organisers release statement after 'Road to the Dome' criticismMon Aug 29 2016 - 01:00
Central Bank landlord a vulture fund paying no Irish tax, says SFCompany owned by US fund pays no tax on €2.65 million a year in rent, says Sinn FéinSun Aug 28 2016 - 20:21
Ultra runner completes all 2,700 km of the Wild Atlantic WayTom Reynolds ran the equivalent of almost two marathons every day for 35 daysSun Aug 28 2016 - 20:06
‘Serious issues’ over Irish part in Olympics, says Michael D HigginsPresident makes comments at reception for Team Ireland at Áras an UachtaráinSun Aug 28 2016 - 15:34
Ryanair Lisbon-Dublin flight cancelled just before takeoffSome 140 passengers initially told next flight from Portuguese capital not until WednesdaySat Aug 27 2016 - 19:51
‘My hero’: Brother of boy killed in motocross crash pays tributeDaniel Sheridan (13) from Finglas died after crashing motorbike on Co Derry sand dunesSat Aug 27 2016 - 14:00
Pat Hickey subjected to ‘hatefest’ due to Rio ticketing claimsTreatment by Brazil authorities an ‘outrageous breach’ of rights - family lawyerSat Aug 27 2016 - 13:12
Sydney Rose says she was proud of abortion commentsBrianna Parkins claims the Rose of Tralee risks ‘being on the wrong side of history’Sat Aug 27 2016 - 01:00
Roses were treated like ‘animals in a circus,’ says contestantFainche McCormack said the Rose of Tralee contestants did not sign up to ‘cheap reality television show’Fri Aug 26 2016 - 19:08
A history of the Irish in the first World War in two dozen monumentsRonan McGreevy has unearthed the stories behind Irish WWI memorials in Europe, such as the Malone brothers, who died as heroes, one at Ypres, one in Easter RisingFri Aug 26 2016 - 05:52
