Irish Water imposes national hosepipe ban as crisis continuesEngineers Ireland says periodic shortages ‘to worsen without Shannon water project’Wed Jul 04 2018 - 14:10
Where water restrictions are in place across the countryIrish Water continues to monitor the situation on a national basis, with a possible view to extending a hosepipe banTue Jul 03 2018 - 22:19
Man dies after falling into slurry pit in Co MonaghanGarda and HSA investigating as agricultural safety campaign seeks to reduce farm deathsTue Jul 03 2018 - 21:19
The ‘sunny southeast’ saw the most sunshine during JuneBut highest daily temperature was recorded in Co Clare, with 32 degreesTue Jul 03 2018 - 20:56
Fewer than ten complaints to Irish Water hosepipe report lineUtility says majority of calls are from people seeking advice on restrictionsTue Jul 03 2018 - 18:03
Going for the golden tan can result in skin ageing prematurely – HSEHealth professionals warn of sunburn and sunstroke as country sizzles in the heatMon Jul 02 2018 - 19:58
No end to the heatwave in sight, says Met ÉireannTemperatures in region of 25-27 degrees as national forecaster predicts droughtMon Jul 02 2018 - 18:42
Too early to say if hosepipe ban being observed, says Irish WaterBan expected to be extended to areas beyond Dublin in coming daysMon Jul 02 2018 - 15:45
Undecided Eighth voters identified on social media by overseas websitesFacebook pages were created to gather users’ personal details for use by more strident sitesFri Jun 15 2018 - 15:20
Loneliness Taskforce calls for funding of €3m to combat isolation‘Unnecessary loneliness’ is a problem for rural and urban people of all agesThu Jun 14 2018 - 12:51
Adopt bus proposals or Dublin will ‘grind to a halt’ – NTAChief executive says the choice facing the city is to halve journey times or face stagnationTue Jun 12 2018 - 17:15
Q&A: Dublin’s new bus lanes and how they will affect you€2bn scheme will halve some journey times but affect more than 1,000 homesTue Jun 12 2018 - 16:25
New bus routes a repeat of ‘Na Fianna-style mistake,’ says RockDublin homes to lose gardens and parking under ‘high speed’ bus route planTue Jun 12 2018 - 10:51
East coast water supply ‘on knife edge’ between supply and demandDublin business group warns of dangers of expansion without adequate water supplyTue Jun 12 2018 - 00:00
Sunbather critically hurt after scrambler bike lands on headGardaí say a 16-year-old boy is helping them with their enquiriesMon Jun 11 2018 - 14:04
3,000-year-old Bronze Age oak road to be preserved in Co WestmeathPeat extractors have committed to stop milling near the Mayne bog road, which is 6m in widthMon Jun 11 2018 - 10:35
Armed man hijacks car with baby inside at Phoenix ParkCouple subjected to a traumatic ordeal as thief initially drove off with their childMon Jun 11 2018 - 09:22
Authorities call for ‘cultural change’ on farm safetyPlan to reduce deaths includes ‘knowledge transfer’ visits for groups of farmersMon Jun 11 2018 - 06:00
Farmer Murphy shows how he keeps his farm safeHealth and safety inspection on Termonfeckin farm – from slurry tanks to roofsMon Jun 11 2018 - 01:00
Work starts in Greystones on homes inside shell of La Touche hotelDecaying building has lain derelict at centre of the town for almost 15 yearsSun Jun 10 2018 - 19:59
RSA appeals to motorcyclists to ‘think of their families’ before taking risksHalf of the 80 motorcyclists blamed for crashes were aged between 25 and 34 yearsThu May 31 2018 - 11:24
Boyd-Barrett: My birth may have been wrongly registeredTaoiseach apologises to adoptees over ‘another dark chapter in our history’Wed May 30 2018 - 15:30
Details of €4 billion Project Ireland funds announcedMoney, along with investment from other sources, to be allocated to the best projectsWed May 30 2018 - 10:52
E-bike insurance proposal is ‘EU bureaucracy gone mad’Cycling campaigner says European plan the ‘kind of thing that forced the Brits to vote to leave’Mon May 28 2018 - 20:09
EU announces crackdown on single use and harmful plasticsNew moves would require producers to help cover the costs of waste managementMon May 28 2018 - 19:56
Doctor told abortion story for ‘all the women who could not tell theirs’Siobhán Donohue says voting to repeal Eighth Amendment a ‘surreal’ experienceFri May 25 2018 - 15:50
Abortion vote: Referendum result ‘still all to play for’, Harris saysMicheál Martin says abortion debate has ‘far less aggression’ than it did back in 1983Fri May 25 2018 - 15:26
Filipino community prays for Jastine Valdez and Mark Hennessy at Enniskerry vigilGathering told the tragedy an isolated incident and does not represent goodness of the Irish peopleTue May 22 2018 - 21:52
One dead and others injured in three-car crash near EnniscorthyWoman airlifted to hospital understood to be mother of woman who was killedTue May 22 2018 - 16:41
Three State agencies investigating fish kill at Ballina, Co TipperaryBrown trout, juvenile salmon and stone leach among the fish found deadTue May 22 2018 - 16:38
Enniskerry locals subdued and in shock over abduction of Jastine Valdez‘Everyone is absolutely in shock and devastated by what’s happened’Mon May 21 2018 - 19:14
Wicklow Council receives award for school No Fry zone policyHealth experts in favour of ban included HSE, DCU, TCD, and medics studying obesityThu May 17 2018 - 11:18
Poolbeg incinerator reduces exported waste by just 7%More incineration needed if Ireland to break reliance on exportation- European bodyThu May 17 2018 - 11:13
Video games can be useful in slowing onslaught of dementiaStudy finds dementia delay higher among ‘exergamers’ than those who just exerciseThu May 17 2018 - 01:00
Woman, dog airlifted off Sandymount strand after tide comes inCoast guard helicopter, Dun Laoghaire lifeboat, fire brigade and para-medics assist in rescueWed May 16 2018 - 21:50
Terminating pregnancy does not ‘damage mental health’Psychologists body enters amendment debate to focus ‘on evidence-based facts’Fri May 11 2018 - 17:55
€61m clean-up of Haulbowline Island behind target and spendingEnvironmental group critical of State’s failure to clean areas including former steelworks siteWed May 09 2018 - 18:30
Drinking along Grand Canal ‘cannot continue’Councillor says residents have complained about people littering and urinatingTue May 08 2018 - 22:32
Rural transport extension to see 50 new bus services across 19 countiesPilot scheme to being next month; Independent TDs call it a ‘sop’ to rural IrelandTue May 08 2018 - 14:46
Technology to detect mobile phones in jails ‘relatively cheap’Surveillance of prisoners with mobile phones in prisons could be ‘overt or covert’Mon May 07 2018 - 01:00
Ireland ‘not ready for self-driving cars’, forum hearsNUIG research team plans to extend initial laboratory tests to campus road networkThu May 03 2018 - 21:48
State’s bill for tribunals almost €500m, committee toldMartin Fraser tells PAC: ‘If I had €500 million, I could think of better ways to spend it’Thu May 03 2018 - 12:39
Tánaiste rejects suggestion Government knew about cervical cases months agoSenior civil servant tells PAC ‘sensitive cases’ were notified to Government every quarterThu May 03 2018 - 11:48
CervicalCheck 10-year timelineFrom setting up a screening programme in 2008 to aftermath of Vicky Phelan caseWed May 02 2018 - 22:34
Go west next week for best of the summer sunshineRay of hope on Sunday as temperatures set to rise with highest values of 14-19 degreesWed May 02 2018 - 19:20
Third-level college with 1,000 students proposed for KilkennyCity’s Abbey Quarter selected for campus focused on crafts, heritage and agri-foodSun Apr 29 2018 - 20:17
Most costly school in State at €24,000 a year to enrol 180 pupilsExclusive Nord Anglia International School Dublin sets September date opening targetSun Apr 29 2018 - 19:47
Na Fianna were refused an invite to MetroLink launch in Dublin HotelGaelic enclave comprising schools, creche and sports and community ‘to be destroyed’Wed Apr 25 2018 - 20:28
Cyclists lie down on Kildare Street in protest at road deathsMore then 100 cyclists stage peaceful protest to acknowledge those losing their livesWed Apr 25 2018 - 20:19
EU ‘might integrate more smoothly’ once ‘permanently reluctant’ UK leavesFormer EC secretary general Catherine Day says EU will continue to enlargeWed Apr 18 2018 - 21:55
