Mountcharles anticipates ‘emotional’ Slane concert after cancer diagnosis‘There was a time last year when I wasn’t sure the Foo Fighters concert would happen’Thu May 21 2015 - 17:23
Sale of Dublin’s Mansion House recalled 300 years laterTitle deed signed over from Joshua Dawson to Corporation on May 18th, 1715Mon May 18 2015 - 21:58
U2 fans gathering since Monday for opening gig of world tourBand has been rehearsing in city for past month, writes Ronan McGreevy in VancouverThu May 14 2015 - 21:40
Famous painting remembered at Rue du BoisService marks centenary of ‘The Last General Absolution of the Munsters’Mon May 11 2015 - 09:42
Portrait of war: Absolution and ‘the perfect death’ on the Rue du BoisOn May 8th a memorial will be placed on the exact site in France where an Irish chaplain gave last absolution to ‘the Munsters’ battalion ahead of a catastrophic battle in the first World WarFri May 08 2015 - 06:00
Boys of 14 now much fatter than in 1948Childhood screening for obesity is unlikely to work, experts saysWed May 06 2015 - 09:02
Electric Picnic: Blur confirmed as headliners for StradballyBritpop stalwarts will be joined by Sam Smith, Grace Jones and InterpolTue May 05 2015 - 13:28
Rudyard Kipling’s first World War tragedyThe Nobel laureate and staunch imperialist was one of hundreds of thousands of British and Irish parents to lose a son to the warTue May 05 2015 - 01:00
One of the US’s richest men among victims of LusitaniaAlfred Vanderbilt’s grandson says sinking ‘was an act of international terrorism’Mon May 04 2015 - 06:46
Lusitania centenary: Cobh to mark sinking of ocean linerPresident Michael D Higgins and ambassadors will visit Co Cork for anniversary eventsMon May 04 2015 - 01:00
The sinking of the ‘Lusitania’The torpedoing of the Cunard liner, 100 years ago, was not the first mass killing of civilians in the first World War. But it generated outrage in a way that previous atrocities had notSat May 02 2015 - 01:00
U2 to play three Dublin shows at ChristmasBono confirmed three dates in interview with the late Tony FentonFri May 01 2015 - 15:44
Christy Brown exhibition opens at Little Museum of DublinArchives of man who wrote ‘My Left Foot’ bought for the nation at €44,820Thu Apr 30 2015 - 18:24
Noonan and presenter Seán O’Rourke clash on RTÉ radio showMinister for Finance in angry exchanges with radio presenter over reports on RTÉThu Apr 30 2015 - 01:00
Noonan accuses RTÉ of failing to disclose reportsBroadcaster says claim incorrect after Minster clashes with Seán O’Rourke over SiteservWed Apr 29 2015 - 18:32
BAI rules against description of Irish speakers as ‘nutters’FM104 broadcast also included comparison between language lobbyists and TalibanWed Apr 29 2015 - 15:28
Century: Marching to a different tuneIn the Great War, many Irish soldiers fought for Britain and Irish musicians wrote many British marching songs – but the Irish perspective was not that of the average TommyWed Apr 29 2015 - 01:00
Our health experience: ‘On that cold day in December I learned the fragility of human life’Michelle Bell was diagnosed with leukaemia when she was six months pregnant. Her sister donated bone marrow to help cure herTue Apr 28 2015 - 06:00
War diaries of Fr Francis Gleeson go onlineIrish priest survived the Battle of Loos and became known as ‘the saint of the trenches’Mon Apr 27 2015 - 22:30
Three Ireland network disruption hits 300,000 customersMobile network says unauthorised work by BT caused second disruption in a monthMon Apr 27 2015 - 21:14
Same-sex vote: Hotel offers 50% rate for removing ‘No’ postersCharleville Lodge Hotel in Dublin wants to clear Phibsborough area of ‘nasty posters’Mon Apr 27 2015 - 00:16
Irish newspapers supported British effort in first World War, conference toldMainstream newspapers doubted the veracity of reports from the front that they publishedSun Apr 26 2015 - 15:36
Hundreds attend Anzac service in Dublin to remember Gallipoli deadTánaiste says at Glasnevin Cemetery event that such an event should never happen againSun Apr 26 2015 - 12:43
Chalet that earned Wicklow council’s wrath is well out of sightEarlier retention decision stiffened council’s resolve not to allow another precedentFri Apr 24 2015 - 20:04
Taoiseach’s solidarity with Armenians on massacres’ centenaryGovernment declines to use the word ‘genocide’ to describe events of 100 years agoFri Apr 24 2015 - 16:57
Unauthorised family home must be demolished by January 31stHigh Court decides date over Wicklow chalet after decision on demolition given last weekFri Apr 24 2015 - 15:06
Irish Armenians ‘descendants’ of escapees from genocideRepublic’s Armenian community 500 strong marks the grim centenary of ‘great crime’Fri Apr 24 2015 - 01:00
Ireland not recognising Armenian massacres as ‘genocide’Government decides not to use disputed term to describe events of 100 years agoThu Apr 23 2015 - 12:07
Garda involvement in Yes campaign event ‘not appropriate’Registration event involving gardaí called off after backlash from No campaignersTue Apr 21 2015 - 13:56
Garda Commissioner to look at involvement in photocallNóirín O’Sullivan says it was not appropriate that garda was part of Yes side photocallMon Apr 20 2015 - 13:49
Labour junior minister: ‘My family has a relative lying in Gallipoli’Aodhán Ó Ríordáin’s great-great-uncle is one of 3,000 Irishmen who died at GallipoliMon Apr 20 2015 - 12:06
Review of garda participation in referendum photocallCampaign group say Garda station photo-call was to encourage voter registrationMon Apr 20 2015 - 08:28
Men’s Shed constructs scale model of Gallipoli beach landingBoyle Men’s Shed group invests hundreds of hours in making an accurate dioramaMon Apr 20 2015 - 01:00
Gardaí investigate referendum photocall with uniformed memberNo campaigner describes Yes photo as a blatant attempt to politicise the gardaíMon Apr 20 2015 - 01:00
Lord urges Republic to consider rejoining CommonwealthLord Diljit Rana says State should have ‘serious debate’ on benefits of membershipFri Apr 17 2015 - 18:50
Pro-fracking company asked to carry out safety studyCDM Smith has track record on contentious gas extraction method in the US and PolandFri Apr 17 2015 - 01:00
First pub dedicated to craft beer to open next week in DublinThe Beer Market will sell beers by numbered tap, rather than by nameThu Apr 16 2015 - 17:59
Car thieves using fishing rods to access keys through letterboxGarda warns gangs are stealing cars to order and exporting to west AfricaWed Apr 15 2015 - 20:40
Dunnes Stores employee fired for underage alcohol sale, EAT hearsCompany claims Anna Perenc dismissed after serving bottle of wine to 16-year-oldWed Apr 15 2015 - 19:05
Stop using the Proclamation of 1916 to justify every cause‘Before considering how the men of 1916 would interpret the Proclamation, it is instructive to remember how they did interpret the Proclamation’Tue Apr 14 2015 - 17:00
ESB and Vodafone unveil fibre broadband service in CavanCavan is the first town in the State to trial 1GB broadbandMon Apr 13 2015 - 17:03
UCD archaeologists seek to recreate the world of our ancestorsCentre for Experimental Archaeology on Belfield campus is only one of its kind in the worldSat Apr 11 2015 - 01:00
Kidney transplant family ask public to consider organ donationMurphy family from Co Waterford have had seven kidney transplants between themFri Apr 10 2015 - 20:20
Dublin Zoo celebrates birth of endangered baby bongoJust 140 Eastern bongos left in the wild due to hunting and uncontrolled timber fellingThu Apr 09 2015 - 13:09
Taoiseach should visit graves of British soldiers killed in 1916, says ex-Tory MPPatrick Mercer believes such a gesture would be the ‘ultimate reconciliation’Wed Apr 08 2015 - 22:16
Cystic Fibrosis inpatient beds need to treble, says charity65 Roses Week will hope to raise €100,000 to aid sufferers of the chronic diseaseWed Apr 08 2015 - 22:06
Jim Breen to run 1,400km for Cycle Against SuicideBusinessman has been running more than a marathon a day since March 30thWed Apr 08 2015 - 16:13
Rare Easter Rising photographs to be publishedImages taken by journalist TW Murphy will be made public for the first time in 95 yearsTue Apr 07 2015 - 16:18
Three Mobile fault leaves two million customers off messageCustomers unable to make phone calls or send text messages due to technical faultMon Apr 06 2015 - 23:11
Easter Rising: Glasnevin researchers reach definitive death tollCivilian deaths accounted for over half of 485 casualties in 1916 eventsMon Apr 06 2015 - 01:00
