Almost 60 years a ploughing and still going strong‘I enjoyed my whole life. I enjoyed it all. I got up to do something that I wanted to do’Wed Sept 18 2019 - 22:13
Brexit and beef the only clouds as ploughing championships openSun shines on 102,500 visitors to Co Carlow event, with food and farm culture on showTue Sept 17 2019 - 20:58
Love Island’s Greg O’Shea creates bustle at the ploughingWith sunshine and music easy to mistake ploughing for music festivalTue Sept 17 2019 - 19:49
More than 1,400 homeless across rural Ireland, says charityPeter McVerry Trust report shows more than 12% increase in homelessness outside citiesTue Sept 17 2019 - 16:05
From Newbridge to Russia in a Micra, three Irish men finish Mongol RallyFriends said there were more bumps along the 19,000km road than anticipatedMon Sept 16 2019 - 17:19
More than 250,000 to attend National Ploughing ChampionshipsPreview: Event will take place in Fenagh, Co Carlow, from Tuesday to ThursdayMon Sept 16 2019 - 16:18
Laura Brennan’s story is ‘secret ingredient’ in HPV campaign‘She was just an ordinary girl facing death from a preventable illness’ – Fergal BrennanThu Sept 12 2019 - 20:33
Facebook insists pages punished for promoting vaccine misinformationWorld Health Organisation sees complacency about immunisation as a major threatThu Sept 12 2019 - 15:12
Insurance costs: Almost half of community groups ‘at risk of closure’Over 80% of respondents said their premiums has risen over the past three yearsWed Sept 11 2019 - 00:01
‘The insurance quote was €14,500 per year just for a climbing wall’Spiralling insurance costs threaten the viability of Skerries Community CentreWed Sept 11 2019 - 00:01
Co-living developer the preferred bidder for O’Devaney Gardens planBartra Capital is Dublin City Council’s choice to develop 824 housing unitsTue Sept 10 2019 - 18:29
Children spend equivalent of 61 days a year online – studyAlmost half of children who use the internet talk to strangers onlineTue Sept 10 2019 - 02:07
Property tax bills unchanged in three Dublin local authority areas next yearCouncils in South Dublin, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown and Fingal voted on issue on MondayMon Sept 09 2019 - 21:24
STI sufferers forced to travel to other counties, charities claimSexually transmitted infection clinics overwhelmed as 10 counties lack public servicesMon Sept 09 2019 - 03:00
Cutting RTÉ’s top salaries will not fix finances, say politiciansRevenue and funding shortfalls prevent RTÉ continuing as it is, claims Dee ForbesSun Sept 08 2019 - 19:01
BA flights from Dublin to Heathrow cancelled ahead of pilot strikeRow with pilots escalated on Friday when BA threatened to strip strikers and their families of perks, such as heavily subsidised travel, for three yearsSun Sept 08 2019 - 16:58
‘The future looks bright because I was helped’Former addict says he welcomed prison because it meant not having to sleep roughThu Sept 05 2019 - 19:10
Three people jailed for assisting illegal immigration into UK through IrelandGarda National Immigration Bureau supported the investigation into operation involving Georgian nationalsThu Sept 05 2019 - 13:59
Vegetarian or fish-based diet could reduce heart disease risk - studyBut researchers suggests that vegetarians and vegans may have a higher risk of stroke than meat eatersWed Sept 04 2019 - 23:30
Waiting list times for patients are ‘morally wrong’, Medical Council boss saysDr Rita Doyle argues that access to the State’s public health system is ‘horrendous’Wed Sept 04 2019 - 21:17
Man who was shot in Lucan ‘collapsed’ into house seeking helpVictim (40s) seriously injured after car was rammed and several shots fired through windowWed Sept 04 2019 - 18:55
Limerick nursing home failed to investigate allegation of abuseHealth Information and Quality Authority inspected home after receiving information from third partyTue Sept 03 2019 - 13:13
Homeless children welcome the relief of returning to school‘They’re so excited because they haven’t been able to see their friends since school finished’Wed Aug 28 2019 - 01:00
More parents seeking help with school costs, says charitySVP charity calls for free school books and the abolition of voluntary contributionTue Aug 27 2019 - 00:01
Man (34) assaulted in Dublin at the weekend has diedGardaí appeal for witnesses after Vincent Parsons died at Tallaght Hospital on Monday eveningMon Aug 26 2019 - 22:02
Gardaí seized more than €200k worth of drugs in separate searches at weekendSearches carried out in Clondalkin, Dublin and Naas, Kilcullen and Clane in Co KildareMon Aug 26 2019 - 21:01
Government ministers step up warnings about a no-deal BrexitBoris Johnson said he would take talks with EU to the very last minute before October 31st deadlineMon Aug 26 2019 - 19:08
Transplant Team Ireland win 50 medals at the World Transplant GamesIrish team bring home 17 gold medals, 18 silver and 15 bronzeSun Aug 25 2019 - 21:16
Death mask of Daniel O’Connell presented to OPWCountess of Dunraven donates plaster mask for display in Derrynane House museumSat Aug 24 2019 - 01:40
Irish-American priest arrested for allegedly stealing almost €90,000 from churchUS attorney alleges priest used stolen funds to buy a beach house, travel and diningFri Aug 23 2019 - 17:33
A third of retirees leave work to spend more time with family65 to 67 years of age is the most popular age to retireThu Aug 22 2019 - 21:32
Sunglasses with no UV protection among products stopped by consumer watchdogMore than 33,000 products were prevented from entering the Irish market last yearThu Aug 22 2019 - 17:57
Ireland’s population in ‘serious decline’ before Vikings’ arrivalVikings more successful than ‘natives’ in expanding population, research showsThu Aug 22 2019 - 02:41
‘Lyme disease totally and utterly destroys people’s lives’Shirley Moran Breslin diagnosis took more than four years after being bitten by a tickThu Aug 22 2019 - 01:00
Almost 100 people suffer life-changing conditions from Lyme diseaseExperts believe incidence of Lyme disease may be much higher than estimatedThu Aug 22 2019 - 00:07
Just 81 in-home childminders are on Tusla registerSeven counties have no registered minders while Dublin has only nineWed Aug 21 2019 - 02:03
Advocacy groups call for reversal of removal of disabilities training allowanceConor Dillon says Government decision is ‘discriminating’ against himMon Aug 19 2019 - 17:51
Forty cars seized last year over dodged M50 tollsThere were 172 criminal convictions in 2018 for persistent failure to pay related finesMon Aug 19 2019 - 02:12
Co-living residents may fall outside rental protectionsSuch tenants could face year-on-year rent increases as they might not be covered by ActMon Aug 19 2019 - 02:01
Parents of Jack Downey (19) speak out about how drugs ‘destroyed’ their only child‘People have to stand up and speak ... we are all too casual about what is going on among young people in Ireland’Sun Aug 18 2019 - 11:36
Three people hospitalised after collision in Co MonaghanA woman in her 50s was airlifted to Tallaght Hospital while two others were treated locallySun Aug 18 2019 - 10:26
School building contractor says it is being used as ‘scapegoat’Western Building Systems has called for report deadline into school building programmeFri Aug 16 2019 - 17:49
Plans to police Everest ‘too restrictive’, Irish mountaineer saysNoel Hanna believes making the climbing window longer would reduce fatalitiesThu Aug 15 2019 - 21:20
Seventeen additional schools found to have structural flawsTemporary remediation and precautionary measures to be put in placeThu Aug 15 2019 - 10:09
Disease fatal to rabbits and hares confirmed in IrelandHighly contagious virus of no risk to humans, says National Parks and Wildlife ServiceFri Aug 09 2019 - 21:40
Hospital waiting lists for outpatient appointments reach new highSince the start of 2019 an additional 48,660 have joined the waiting listFri Aug 09 2019 - 21:24
Stormy weather to continue this weekend with potential for thunder and flash floodsUnseasonably windy over southern half of the country with moderate to fresh and gusty windsFri Aug 09 2019 - 16:40
More than 40% of Dublin homeless accommodated in three areasMost emergency accommodation in Dublin 1, Dublin 7 and Dublin 8Thu Aug 08 2019 - 15:28
Prospect of no-deal Brexit exercises attendees on first day of Dublin Horse ShowPeople who work with horses close to the Border say their industry has been ‘abandoned’Wed Aug 07 2019 - 21:31
Endurance sports at risk over rising insurance costsInsurance premium almost doubled this year, says Triathlon IrelandTue Aug 06 2019 - 00:59
