Dream trip to LA bookended by cancelled flights, lost baggage and a night on the airport floor‘We ended up sleeping on the floor of the airport like rats,’ says Des O’TooleTue Jul 05 2022 - 20:01
Irish Wheelchair Association members on strike from care centres in pay disputeThe members are demanding their first wage rise in 14 years amid the rising cost of livingTue Jul 05 2022 - 09:03
Weather to stay cloudy and rainy before weekend temperatures reach mid-20s, Met Éireann saysTuesday to be ‘mostly cloudy’ but weekend forecast to be warm and dryMon Jul 04 2022 - 14:25
Swissport apologises for missing bags as more than 1,000 Aer Lingus passengers hit by cancelled flights Security-queue problems recede, but missing baggage emerges as latest problemFri Jul 01 2022 - 17:46
Farmer fined for allowing polluting liquid to enter a local riverAppeal to farming community to ensure silage pits regularly checked to prevent contamination via runoffThu Jun 30 2022 - 19:00
Timing of budget to be decided next weekEamon Ryan rejects emergency budget but ‘wouldn’t object’ to bringing forward budget due to cost-of-living crisisThu Jun 30 2022 - 18:44
Government’s public service pay offer ‘not credible’, unions sayAn improved offer is needed to continue talks, Workplace Relations Commission is toldThu Jun 30 2022 - 13:49
Voucher scheme for hot desking in hub facilities goes liveSome 10,000 free hot desk working days at hubs available to existing and new usersTue Jun 28 2022 - 00:05
Body of woman (50s) recovered from sea at Dún LaoghaireGardaí are investigating circumstances of incident in which the woman diedMon Jun 27 2022 - 22:03
Green Party councillor elected new Lord Mayor of DublinCaroline Conroy becomes 11th woman to hold office in capitalMon Jun 27 2022 - 21:57
Blood transfusion service to accept walk-in donors in all clinics as part of ‘critical appeal’ to increase suppliesAdditional 5,000 donations sought over next eight weeks following decline in units collectedMon Jun 27 2022 - 07:00
Aer Lingus apologises for 13 cancelled flightsSpike in Covid cases among staff adds to pressure on airlineSun Jun 26 2022 - 23:04
‘It’s the start of an attack on women’s rights’: Crowds protest Roe v Wade decision outside US embassy in DublinLabour leader Ivana Bacik says protesting for abortion rights again, four years after repeal of Eighth, ‘felt like deja vu’Sun Jun 26 2022 - 19:58
Status yellow rain warning for west of the country this weekendMet Éireann warns rain will potentially turn ‘heavy and thundery’Fri Jun 24 2022 - 20:40
Fianna Fáil councillor becomes first LGBTQ+ woman elected as mayor of local authorityEmma Murphy ‘looking forward to representing the community’ in new roleFri Jun 24 2022 - 20:22
A third of Help to Buy recipients did not need the scheme to meet depositThe majority (63 per cent) of claims in 2021 were for properties valued above the national average price of €290,000Fri Jun 24 2022 - 18:04
Homeless figures increase to 10,325 in May with charity ‘gravely concerned’ over rise in numbersConcern also raised over ‘huge growth’ in number of women presenting as homelessFri Jun 24 2022 - 16:18
Seven arrested and over €2m in drugs seized as gardaí dismantle Kinahan-linked smuggling routeCocaine worth €150,000 was liquidised and smuggled in wine and champagne bottlesThu Jun 23 2022 - 17:04
Former bike factory voted Ireland’s favourite new buildingHanover Quay space won majority of 30,000 votes in poll organised by the Royal Irish Architects InstituteThu Jun 23 2022 - 13:40
European Commission move to clip pesticide use hailed by Irish environmentalists Member states to set reduction targets within defined parameters under legislationWed Jun 22 2022 - 18:27
‘No goodwill coming from UK’ on Northern Ireland protocol, Irish MEPs sayUK government legislation to scrap bulk of Northern Ireland protocol described as ‘diplomatic vandalism’Wed Jun 22 2022 - 16:20
Energy rationing ‘could be a reality’ in EU this winter, McGuinness saysEuropean Union had relied too heavily on Russian fossil fuels, says commissionerTue Jun 21 2022 - 13:52
Leaving Cert student uses downtime to renovate pony box into new food truck businessAlice Kelly is planning a pop-up bakery run out of a vintage 18th-birthday present from her familyMon Jun 20 2022 - 00:01
Mental health practitioners should stand in opposition to conversion therapy, webinar hearsA range of issues facing LGBT+ people when attempting to access mental and physical health supports were discussedFri Jun 17 2022 - 15:38
New air traffic control tower opens at Dublin AirportThe facility, which cost €50m to build, is equipped with state-of-the-art technologyWed Jun 15 2022 - 13:32
‘It’s 2022, not 1922′: Dublin housing complex still without running water one week onTap water in the 106 flats in Killarney Court stopped overnight last Tuesday following a burst watermains pipeWed Jun 15 2022 - 01:00
Social Democrats delegates optimistic for growth of party in next electionOptimism among membership that the party can build on its current tally of six TDs at next general electionSat Jun 11 2022 - 18:39
Heather Humphreys apologises for letter sent seeking repayment of disability allowanceGrieving mother was contacted regarding overpayment of €208 within weeks of teenage son dyingSat Jun 11 2022 - 12:35
Journeys by car and public transport decreased in 2021, CSO figures showActive travel the only category which saw an increase due to rise in walking and cyclingFri Jun 10 2022 - 15:21
‘Visually, Dublin seemed very different to other parts of Europe, and it made me curious’New to the Parish: Dr Venkatesh Kannan says he ended up in Ireland through ‘happenstance’Tue May 31 2022 - 06:00
The Ukrainian refugees who came to Ireland and went back home againAfter two months in Ballybrack, the pull of family and homeplace became too strong for one familyThu May 26 2022 - 06:00
Dublin Airport reception facility for Ukrainian refugees to closeProcess to run at Citywest, with 100 temporary beds, play area and HSE triage deskTue May 24 2022 - 19:44
Oldest woman in the State celebrates 108th birthdayMáirín Hughes puts her longevity down to ‘God’s plan. I have nothing to do with it’Sat May 21 2022 - 03:01
