Meet the people behind an Irish summer: ‘We start around 10.30 in the morning and finish at 2am’
Be it a bean an tí, a Skelligs boat captain or a dancing barman, it takes a lot of effort by someone behind the scenes for the holidays to work
Kildare
Fields for sale in Dublin, Kildare, Galway and Clare from €120,000 and what you can do with them
From tourism opportunity on Galway’s wild Atlantic coast to a home for a horse in the Dublin Mountains
Gardaí appeal for information on Deirdre Jacob’s disappearance and murder 28 years ago
Student had walked into Newbridge to get bank draft before she went missing
Law student (25) granted bail and man (40) charged over car bomb seized in Co Monaghan
Isobella Perrie Sullivan, with an address in Clane, Co Kildare, was granted bail despite garda objection
GP shortages: Where are the most acute problems across the country?
The representative body for Irish GPs warns of three ‘emerging pressure points’
Staycation inspiration: 15 standout Irish holiday rentals, from clifftop cottages to private retreats
Why holiday abroad when you could venture down the road for something special?
Shayne Brady: ‘Dublin gave me a real chance to find my tribe and to feel okay’
Brady is an interior designer behind some of London’s luxurious hospitality spaces and guest judge on BBC’s Interior Design Masters
Thirty-seven Irish film locations to visit, from Gene Wilder’s Dublin to Sean Connery’s Wicklow
The Ireland behind the movies, including Stanley Kubrick’s country estates and Steven Spielberg’s Wexford beach
Judge approves demolition of 29 modular homes built without permission in Dublin
Plan means site near Brittas must be remediated in full by November
Ireland’s big builders: Who are the new construction heavyweights?
A profile of 10 Irish home builders who are scaling up to deliver thousands of new homes in the coming years
A hard sell to the public if it looks like British racing is fighting the bookies’ battle
Bitterness at affordability checks for gamblers clashes with popular support for putting manners on gaming corporations
‘Sufficient’ provision for special school places in advance of new school year, committee told
More than 580 special classes will be open from September, an increase from 409 the previous year
‘My mother and father had plain food, and we were well reared’: Walburga Monaghan as sharp as ever at 107
Walburga Monaghan’s mind remains as sharp as ever despite being one of Ireland’s oldest people
Jim Bolger aiming for more Classic glory as Sparan Nua added to Irish Oaks
Trio of fillies supplemented into Saturday’s Curragh Classic at cost of €50,000 each
Man charged after 11-gun find by gardaí pleads for bail to parents recovering from surgery
Ryan Byrne told court he is not a member of any ‘criminal organisation’ and has ‘no intentions of running’
‘Friends who visit me in Ireland ask why are you complaining? The weather here is amazing’
Dr Desislava Andreeva says her Canadian friends only travel to Dublin when the sun is shining
Polish-led ‘violence as a service’ crime gang owned arsenal of guns seized in Midlands
Total of 11 firearms, including pistols and machine guns, some loaded, found during three-day Garda operation
Why is Intel investing €5bn in its Leixlip campus?
Tech giant has shrugged off its woes to make itself a player in the booming field of artificial intelligence
‘It’s part of our culture’: The Orange Order parade in Donegal
Co Donegal event provides ‘a wonderful shop window for the very best of Orangeism’, says Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland
Eleven ‘military grade’ firearms seized from organised crime gangs as gardaí make multiple arrests
There were 11 arrests this week alone in operations led by the Garda organised crime bureau
Cyclist (40s) found dead in suspected hit-and-run in Kildare
The incident on the R445 is believed to have occurred sometime between 10.30pm on Thursday and 12.30pm on Friday
Met Éireann issues heat warning for 12 counties with temperatures set to soar
Ireland is likely to see hot and humid weather for the next week at least
Kildare school claims it is being ‘punished’ by department after enrolling extra class
St Corban’s National School in Naas says it may have to cancel enrolled class ‘formally requested’ by department over refusal to allocate additional teacher
Two motorcyclists and a car driver killed in separate crashes in Cork, Kildare and Donegal
Gardaí and emergency services at scene of overturned car in Limerick crash
Motorcyclist (50s) dies after crash in Co Kildare
Man was pronounced dead at the scene near Kilcock on Saturday morning
More than 500 fish believed dead in ‘significant fish kill’ in Co Kildare
Inland Fisheries Ireland investigating incident over 4km-stretch of river Rye near Maynooth
Former Defence Forces officer wrote he did not wish to become ‘scapegoat’ after apprentice’s suicide
Tribunal hears officer allegedly gave an apprentice haircut without consent and forced another to ‘swallow’ cigarette butt
What are parents to do when there are no after-school places for children?
The assumption that mothers can step back from work to fill the gap is entirely out of step with modern Irish family life
The weather is bliss, 300-plus days a year of sunshine. And beer on the plaza for €2
This year I’ve lived longer out of Ireland than in it. Will this gradually start to make me less Irish?
Look inside: Substantial north Kildare estate seeks €12m at auction
Newbury Hall, Carbury, is magnificent three-storey-over-basement residence on more than 450 acres
Caravans have moved from the Curragh to State land in Portlaoise, court hears
Toilets and skips reported by council as having been delivered to Great Heath of Maryborough, one of few surviving semi-natural grasslands
Court directs 13-week plan for removal of 29 modular homes built without permission in Dublin
Owners and developer of site near Brittas ordered to lodge €150,000 bond pending remediation
Dublin house prices are slipping. What is going on?
Most of the slowdown in price growth is in cities, particularly Dublin
Army apprentice was verbally abused and mocked by seniors day before death, tribunal hears
Former trainee alleges he was kicked in ribs and punched in stomach by officer
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