Prescription requirement for 20 medicines to be removedPharmacists express ‘outrage’ at withdrawal of medical cards in recent monthsSun May 11 2014 - 19:32
RTÉ to introduce new way of choosing Eurovision entryIreland’s recent abysmal record in competition prompts a rethinkSat May 10 2014 - 11:03
Rural communities urged to use contacts to bring emigrants homeGAA-backed initiative seeks to improve employment prospects in four countiesFri May 09 2014 - 13:18
Metallica to headline GlastonburyVeteran thrashers become first heavy metal band to headline the festivalFri May 09 2014 - 12:41
Independent panel to draw up alternative routes for EirGrid pylon projectsFurther public consultations expected as Energy minister seeks to resolve public angerThu May 08 2014 - 01:02
Bishop in plea for tolerance at Arbour Hill memorial to RisingAnnual commemoration honours those who died in Easter 1916 rebellionWed May 07 2014 - 16:09
Shortage of neurology specialistsLate diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) affects 8,000 people in IrelandTue May 06 2014 - 01:00
Singing priest Fr Ray Kelly offered deal with music labelSony, Universal approach priest after hearing his version of Leonard Cohen’s HallelujahMon May 05 2014 - 16:34
Hospital consultant says Caesarean rates ‘almost a national crisis’Declan Keane says medics ‘tend not to listen’ when told home birth is safeMon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Bone-dry Punchestown watered for second day of festivalHeavens open over course in morning for the first time in a long whileWed Apr 30 2014 - 19:22
Shatter recounts ‘racist abuse and attack’ over JewishnessMinister for Justice says racism a personal issue for him because of his backgroundTue Apr 29 2014 - 19:38
Son (16) of Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD found after going missingLorcán (16) had not been seen since SaturdayTue Apr 29 2014 - 18:37
Census records thought lost in Civil War explosion put onlineRemains of 19th century censuses give valuable window into pastMon Apr 28 2014 - 20:54
Copenhagen – the city of the bicycleFor decades the Danish capital has been a model of how to build a cycling cultureFri Apr 25 2014 - 08:43
National Library expands online archive with 10,000 imagesPrints, engravings of Daniel O’Connell and Charles Stewart Parnell availableThu Apr 24 2014 - 16:33
Teenager dies in Tipperary after stolen car hits wallSteven Carney (18) died at the scene of the accident outside Roscrea this morningMon Apr 21 2014 - 20:40
Criminal Assets Bureau sells Rolex on eBay for €8,200Timepiece was one of three seized in Dublin raids along with BMW worth €50,000Sun Apr 20 2014 - 20:12
Priceless Easter Rising footage made available onlineSeminal events in Irish history among 85,000 films in British Pathé archive on YouTubeSun Apr 20 2014 - 20:00
‘If you think GAA is for everybody everywhere, then the criticism is unfair’The controversial GAA broadcast deal is good for emigrants, according to GAA director-general Paraic DuffySat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Brian Ború remembered 1,000 years on as Clontarf gets ready for re-enactmentsThe former high king of Ireland is still a revered historical figureFri Apr 18 2014 - 01:35
Local property tax paid by 90% of homes, Revenue saysBody has sent letters to 250,000 over arrears on unpaid €100 household chargeWed Apr 16 2014 - 15:21
Most children placed for intercountry adoption now have special needs, conference toldMinister says applicants must be ‘realistic’ when looking at adopting from abroadWed Apr 16 2014 - 14:11
GAA says it was ‘Sky or nothing’ for controversial television dealDirector general says it is ‘no longer tenable’ for GAA to see its audience as Irish people who live in IrelandWed Apr 16 2014 - 01:02
TV3 focused on ‘generating original content’, says chief executive David McRedmondBroadcasters who depend on acquired content are ‘dead’ in the long-term, he saysWed Apr 16 2014 - 01:01
Historian queries decision to invite royals to 1916 commemorationsProfessor Diarmuid Ferriter said presence of royals could end up ‘distorting history’Mon Apr 14 2014 - 09:58
Hostility to Roger Casement from Irish prisoners of war revealed in new filesCasement’s attempt to raise German-Irish brigade an abysmal failureMon Apr 14 2014 - 01:01
Cannons to the left of them, cannons to the right of themAn Irishman’s Diary about Irish soldiers in the Crimean WarThu Apr 10 2014 - 02:00
Ifta blames technical problems for poor sound quality at awardsAcademy says it is unfair to blame the audience for noise levelsTue Apr 08 2014 - 16:32
Technical issues blamed for sound issues at IftasChief executive says it is unfair to blame audienceTue Apr 08 2014 - 15:00
Alex White appeals to doctors’ organisations to negotiate over under-six contractsJunior minister says draft contract is ‘opening position’ and open to changeTue Apr 08 2014 - 01:02
Mental health provision for stroke victims ‘grim’Study finds three quarters of stroke victims report emotional traumaTue Apr 08 2014 - 01:00
RTÉ denies Ifta repeat pulled over sound qualityMinister tweeted about ‘vulgar and vocal self-importance’ during awards ceremonyMon Apr 07 2014 - 06:44
‘Calvary’ takes best actor and writer awards at IFTAsStory of rural priest is star of annual film and television event in DublinSun Apr 06 2014 - 13:52
Stars arrive in Dublin for IftasStars gather on red carpet ahead of annual Irish television and film industry awardsSat Apr 05 2014 - 20:24
Gay Byrne reveals his father’s trauma from first World WarEdward Byrne would wake up ‘shouting and screaming’ while reliving trench horrorsSat Apr 05 2014 - 01:01
Gay Byrne: My father and the first World WarThe broadcaster, who was amazed by his father’s survival, has made a film about the Irish soldiers who served in the British armySat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
Status Quo frontman: ‘If I dropped dead tomorrow, what a fantastic f**king life I’ve had’Last year the original line-up got back together again. Frontman Francis Rossi talks to Ronan McGreevy about three chords and the truth in advance of their last concert together in the O2Sat Apr 05 2014 - 00:00
Lack of eye disease strategy costs State €76m - reportFive people a week in Ireland go blind though 75 per cent of blindness is preventableTue Apr 01 2014 - 15:17
Former ESRI economist describes climate change report as ‘too alarmist’Controversial academic Richard Tol asked that his name be removed from the summaryTue Apr 01 2014 - 01:00
Britain to pay respects at Easter Rising centenarySecretary of State for Northern Ireland Theresa Villiers and Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan lay foundation stone for memorial to remember the Irish dead from the first World WarTue Apr 01 2014 - 01:00
British government to be represented at 1916 centenaryNorthern Secretary attends ‘Cross of Sacrifice’ WWI event in Glasnevin CemeteryMon Mar 31 2014 - 20:57
New details of gas attack on Irish born soldiers in 1916 emergeDetails of over 500 soldiers killed have been revealed by the UK National Archives in KewMon Mar 31 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach rejects claims he prompted Callinan to resignFianna Fáil is to table motion of no confidence in Minister for JusticeFri Mar 28 2014 - 14:02
Wind energy could contribute extra €5bn a year to GDP, says reportPossibility of Ireland exporting wind energy in the short term suffers setbackFri Mar 28 2014 - 01:00
‘Guardian’ reporting of Snowden leaks threatened with closure, conference toldDeputy editor details extent to which intelligence agencies tried to stop newspaper’s disclosuresThu Mar 27 2014 - 17:21
Jimmy Savile was ‘weird’, says BBC DJ Tony BlackburnBroadcaster tells Dublin summit he heard rumours but no proof Savile was paedophileTue Mar 25 2014 - 16:16
Chris Hadfield features in videos promoting IrelandAstronaut visits Donegal in one of four films for Tourism IrelandTue Mar 25 2014 - 09:42
Tánaiste calls on Shatter to withdraw whistleblower claimGilmore denies Cabinet is in disarray but says Minister for Justice should retract remarks about John McCabeTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
Conference expected to hear call for homecare sector to be regulatedFirst national homecare conference will address issues relating to the sectorTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
One-woman crusade aims to highlight awareness of ovarian cancerEarly detection is crucial as three-quarters ofwomen are given a terminal diagnosisTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
