New to the Parish: A difficult journey from Rwanda to direct provisionA Rwandan teenager fled to Cork alone after his mother was killed. After an initial rejection he was granted asylum here and is hoping to find a home of his ownWed Mar 09 2016 - 06:00
Waking the Feminists can act as ‘trailblazer’ for equality‘Indirect, implicit kind of equality is not enough. It needs to be explicit,’ event hearsTue Mar 08 2016 - 18:56
International Women’s Day: Speakers urge equality targetsWomen bring new perspectives and different thinking, Being Greater Than event toldTue Mar 08 2016 - 17:24
Irish Women of the World: Samantha Power and more political powerhousesDiplomacy, clear focus and long-term view help forge agreement and ambitionTue Mar 08 2016 - 05:45
Irish Women of the World: European ombudsman Emily O’Reilly and four more leadersPutting the world to (legal) rights is all part of the day job for these very talented womenTue Mar 08 2016 - 00:00
Feis Ceoil competition kicks off marking its 120th yearMore than 5,000 young classical musicians will compete in almost 200 competitionsMon Mar 07 2016 - 16:37
Easter Monday Google Doodle: A green, sports-loving isleMia Buckley (12) of Summercove National School wins Doodle 4 Google competitionMon Mar 07 2016 - 16:01
Operation Shamrock: how a German girl became an Irish womanElizabeth was one of 1,000 children brought to Ireland as part of resettlement initiativeSun Mar 06 2016 - 12:17
Ibrahim Halawa trial scheduled to take place on SundayDubliner (20) faces charges of terrorism in Egypt after being detained in Cairo in 2013Sat Mar 05 2016 - 01:00
Friday midnight deadline looms for removal of #ge16 postersCable ties must also go as Election 2016 posters in place after deadline face €150 fine eachThu Mar 03 2016 - 18:40
New to the Parish: ‘The people of Dublin are more like rural people’A Russian academic embarked on an adventure that took her to England and then Dublin. She was surprised by the differences between the two countriesWed Mar 02 2016 - 07:01
Election 2016: Fine Gael takes final two Wexford seatsMartin calls for parties to agree to reforms before talks on forming a new governmentMon Feb 29 2016 - 18:10
Frank Kelly, actor best known as ‘Father Jack’, diesDeath falls on the 18th anniversary of Dermot Morgan’s deathSun Feb 28 2016 - 16:16
Kurdish refugees found hiding in Wexford lorry seek asylumNext Government must ‘end delay in offering shelter to people fleeing for their lives’Sun Feb 28 2016 - 15:12
Activist Joanne O’Riordan to lead St Patrick’s Day paradeDisability rights campaigner from Cork to be grand marshal for Dublin festival headlinerThu Feb 25 2016 - 15:58
Election 2016: The 275,000 living here with no sayEU citizens are unable to vote in general elections leaving many feeling disenfranchisedWed Feb 24 2016 - 20:02
Politicians failing to address migrants’ issues, says groupOrganisation seeks end to concentration of immigrant pupils in certain schoolsWed Feb 24 2016 - 19:03
Impact Journalism Day: A global search for uplifting newsImpact Journalism Day aims to highlight potential solutions to global problemsWed Feb 24 2016 - 17:31
New to the Parish: One family’s flight from Syria to a Cork bedsitSyrian Palestinian refugee Qayss Ramli was reunited with his family in Cork in November. They are struggling to find a suitable homeWed Feb 24 2016 - 06:00
Ann Phelan: ‘I’m fed up with the whole bloody lot of you’Labour TD storms out of radio debate after being ‘completely ignored’ and interruptedTue Feb 23 2016 - 11:40
ECT is most effective way to treat depression, research saysTrinity College Dublin researchers manage to reduce side-effects of treatmentMon Feb 22 2016 - 15:56
MSF report reveals extent of attacks on its Syria hospitalsAt least one Médecins Sans Frontières health centre was bombed every week in 2015Thu Feb 18 2016 - 17:08
New to the Parish: ‘It took me a couple of years to accept the move to Ireland’It was love at first sight for a Swiss former professional footballer when he met an Irish woman on holiday. It took longer for him to come around to a move to DublinWed Feb 17 2016 - 06:00
Luas Strike: ‘I’ll have to invest in a good pair of walking boots’Delays in Dublin: ‘There are elderly people trying to get on the bus and they just can’t get on’Thu Feb 11 2016 - 10:20
On the job hunt: J1 hopefuls meet US employers in DublinStudents seeking summer work in US must provide evidence job secured before travelWed Feb 10 2016 - 15:28
New to the Parish: ‘We were homesick. Being together made things easier’FRIENDSHIP WEEK: For three Ethiopian men doing development studies in Dublin, their friendship acts as a buffer against culture shockWed Feb 10 2016 - 06:00
UCD Students’ Union plans mandatory sexual consent classesUCD deputy president urges no tolerance ‘for abusive behaviour on social media’Tue Feb 09 2016 - 16:50
Timeline of latest Dublin gangland shootingsFitzgerald to meet Garda Commissioner amid concerns of escalating gun violenceTue Feb 09 2016 - 11:11
International media reacts to Dublin shootingsFrench newspaper Liberation reports that it’s ‘the return of the IRA to Dublin’Tue Feb 09 2016 - 09:38
Dublin-bound passenger ferry shelters off UK after Storm ImogenNear-hurricane winds cause widespread power blackouts in Cork and KerryMon Feb 08 2016 - 15:51
Kenny calls on Adams to make statement on AK47sFrances Fitzgerald confirms second Special Criminal Court will open on April 4thMon Feb 08 2016 - 13:33
Irishman among first all-amputee rowing team to cross AtlanticAchill's Paddy Gallagher and team arrived at Antigua on Thursday after gruelling journeyThu Feb 04 2016 - 22:02
Former ministers among 19 TDs retiring from DáilMore than €14 million set aside to cover TDs’ and Senators’ pensions and associated costsWed Feb 03 2016 - 17:03
New to the Parish: ‘For people like us, this feels like paradise’An Indian woman came to Galway to study before falling in love with a compatriot she met online and happily settling down in DublinWed Feb 03 2016 - 06:00
More women, children than men seek asylum in Europe - UnicefOver a third of people crossing sea between Greece and Turkey are childrenTue Feb 02 2016 - 16:37
Strong winds reveal early election posters’ true coloursTerence Flanagan, Joanna Tuffy, Pamela Kearns appear to breach election poster rulesTue Feb 02 2016 - 15:54
Hiqa to review method used to detect cervical cancerSome 300 women diagnosed with cervical cancer in Ireland every year, of whom 90 dieTue Feb 02 2016 - 15:52
EuroMillions jackpot winnings due to arrive in Ireland€66m won by Irish ticketholder to be pooled from playing countries by end of the weekTue Feb 02 2016 - 15:27
From Cork to Cuba: an Irish photographer in Havana’s palace of balletBringing with him a donation of dancewear from Cork City Ballet, an Irish photographer set out to capture the brilliance of students at Cuba’s world-class Pro Danza ballet schoolSat Jan 30 2016 - 05:02
Syrian family unable to rent a home in DublinLandlords reluctant to house family even though their rent is guaranteedSat Jan 30 2016 - 01:00
Masked men ‘steal €190,000’ in Blanchardstown armed raidMen wearing balaclavas and boiler suits target security van outside shopping centreWed Jan 27 2016 - 10:53
New to the Parish: ‘My father said I was too shy to be a priest’Despite those initial reservations, and his uncle arranging a marriage for him, a Ghanaian electrician joined the priesthood and ended up in DublinWed Jan 27 2016 - 06:00
Sex workers face jail time under new legislation, warns allianceSex Workers Alliance Ireland says legislation ‘does nothing’ to decriminalise workersSat Jan 23 2016 - 14:53
Carmel and Martin Naughton named Philanthropists of YearChuck Feeney’s Atlantic Philanthropies awarded for contribution to IrelandThu Jan 21 2016 - 19:49
Children’s welfare should be an election issue, group saysISPCC wants candidates to commit to change as part of #InvestInChildhood campaignThu Jan 21 2016 - 16:39
New to the Parish: ‘When I come back to Ireland it feels like home’An Amsterdam native with an entrepreneurial spirit caught the travel bug before landing in Dublin. He has had a love-hate-love relationship with the cityWed Jan 20 2016 - 06:00
Flooding crisis: Some roads reopening as waters recedeInsurance Ireland yet to announce estimate of costs related to recent storms and floodingMon Jan 18 2016 - 16:32
Publicans call on Government to scrap Good Friday alcohol ban#AboutTime campaign wants ban lifted before 1916 commemorationsMon Jan 18 2016 - 13:31
PJ Mara: Tributes paid to ‘extraordinarily intelligent’ man‘He was a multi-layered, multi-faceted man. The notion he was Haughey’s gopher is not real.’Fri Jan 15 2016 - 11:07
‘We’ve won, we’ve won $900 million... oh no... wait’Restaurant syndicate discovers lotto blunder after double checking numbersWed Jan 13 2016 - 11:57
