Covid-19, cocooning, new normal – 10 phrases that defined 20202020 was filled with expressions that we never, ever want to hear againThu Dec 31 2020 - 11:48
Covid-19 silences the bells of Christ Church Cathedral on New Year’s EveCenturies-old tradition another casualty of the stricter lockdownWed Dec 30 2020 - 20:06
Schools welcome decision to close until January 11thCabinet moves to delay reopening after 21 clusters reported during seven daysWed Dec 30 2020 - 19:43
Fishing trawler crew rescued off the coast of Co DublinVessel sent out a distress call in the early hours of Wednesday morningWed Dec 30 2020 - 18:31
100 years ago today the partition of Ireland was made officialIreland is still living with the consequences of the Government of Ireland ActWed Dec 23 2020 - 11:50
Super conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn to be visible in Irish skies tonightA once-in-a-lifetime event involving the two gas giants will occur during Christmas weekMon Dec 21 2020 - 14:29
Dublin Port makes pitch to become major cultural hubPlays recorded at the port to showcase future plans to renovate old warehousesFri Dec 18 2020 - 21:02
Handcuffs in mental health facilities ‘sends all the wrong messages’, says watchdogPractice has ‘lasting and traumatising impact’ on patients – MHC chief executiveFri Dec 18 2020 - 12:15
Animal charity run by Cathy Davey hits the financial buffers over Covid-19My Lovely Horse animal rescue is facing a deficit this year of €70,000Fri Dec 18 2020 - 10:54
Lifting restrictions for Christmas: What will change from today?Covid-19 cases are rising but travel and household visits rules will be relaxed for almost three weeksThu Dec 17 2020 - 14:56
Widespread disruption to Luas lines caused by electrical faultBoth Red and Green lines are suspended in the city centre as a resultThu Dec 17 2020 - 09:27
Hairdressers told to wear masks not visors to combat Covid-19Trade association hopes if State moves to Level 4 in January salons will be allowed stay openWed Dec 16 2020 - 17:44
Leo Varadkar says ‘we have lost our way’ in the decade of centenariesTánaiste says ‘inclusive and respectful’ tone must return to the commemorationsWed Dec 16 2020 - 12:55
Til death do us Dart: Train driver says ‘I choo’ after platform proposalConor O’Sullivan proposed to his girlfriend as the Dart train pulled into Pearse StreetWed Dec 16 2020 - 12:11
Shelbourne Hotel statues restored to front of buildingSculptures had been removed following concerns they represented Nubian slavesTue Dec 15 2020 - 09:24
Dublin pub told by gardaí it must serve food after suspension of €9 mealOscars Café Bar had earlier offered customers option of charity donation in bid to stop food wasteSun Dec 13 2020 - 12:50
Large Co Louth bakery closes temporarily as 17 members of staff hit by Covid-19McCloskeys’ Bakery says its first responsibility is to the welfare of staffSat Dec 12 2020 - 19:16
Identity of Auxiliary letter writer admitting burning of Cork revealed after 100 yearsCharlie Schulze fought against his father’s home country Germany in first World WarSat Dec 12 2020 - 12:46
Joint schooling in North should be revisited, Foster suggestsUnionist and nationalist identities not as strong for many young now – First MinisterThu Dec 10 2020 - 17:34
Yeats’ teenage letters sold at Sotheby’s for more than €53,000Letters written between 1883 and 1885 were expected to sell for €13,300-€20,000Thu Dec 10 2020 - 12:17
Tom Barry said Provos only had ‘themselves to blame’ for losing supportKilmichael commander did not support PIRA bombing of civilian targetsSun Dec 06 2020 - 15:24
Astronaut Chris Hadfield surprises Adam King of the Late Late Toy ShowFormer ISS commander tells boy to pursue dreams of working on space missionsFri Dec 04 2020 - 22:02
New campaign to combat fake news targeted at young people in Ireland#KeepItReal advocates for an Irish social media council to tackle disinformationFri Dec 04 2020 - 16:05
Rare letters from teenage WB Yeats to be auctioned in LondonLetters include encounter with veteran Fenian John O’Leary of September 1913 fameFri Dec 04 2020 - 14:52
Irish people should not stereotype the British, says PresidentHistory of Irish republicanism too often showed disregard for life, says HigginsFri Dec 04 2020 - 14:00
One-to-one dance instruction permitted under Covid restrictions, Minister tells DáilDance teachers protest outside Dáil over exclusion from reopeningThu Dec 03 2020 - 18:53
Anger grows as theatre sector asks why it’s not allowed to openReopening of cinemas but not theatres described as ‘inconsistent and illogical’Wed Dec 02 2020 - 16:50
What happened in the Kilmichael and Narrow Water IRA attacks?Ambushes of British forces referred to by Sinn Féin TD were very different from each otherMon Nov 30 2020 - 18:30
Irish public pessimistic about a return to normal within the next yearMore than half surveyed say it will take at least a year before normal life can resumeMon Nov 30 2020 - 13:42
Some musicians dissatisfied with ‘Lord of the Flies’ Covid-19 funding processSinead O’Connor among artists receiving State help to cope with impact of pandemicMon Nov 30 2020 - 12:50
Role of ‘survivor cannibalism’ during Great Famine detailed in new TV documentaryThe Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine isRTÉ’s first major project on the catastropheMon Nov 30 2020 - 07:20
Coronavirus: 243 more cases, seven further deaths reported in the StateStudy finds that GAA finals were cause of outbreaks of the virus in four countiesSat Nov 28 2020 - 22:17
Late Late Toy Show duet with musical hero ‘absolutely mad’ says delighted teenMichael Maloney (14) didn’t know he would be singing with Dermot Kennedy on the showSat Nov 28 2020 - 18:32
Shot, bayoneted and clubbed: the ruthless lengths the IRA went to at KilmichaelAutopsy reports show how the IRA sought to ensure none of the enemy were left aliveSat Nov 28 2020 - 01:00
Demand for older peoples’ charity services triples due to Covid-19Alone has received 37,000 calls from older people to support line since pandemic hitFri Nov 27 2020 - 20:58
Wild Mountain Thyme director says Irish accents are hard to understandJohn Patrick Shanley defends accents of Emily Blunt, Christopher Walken and Jamie DornanThu Nov 26 2020 - 14:06
Late Late Toy Show 2020: The one that ‘nearly didn’t happen’‘My dream is to make this beautiful,’ says presenter Ryan Tubridy of Roald Dahl-themed showThu Nov 26 2020 - 06:00
Pub owners express dismay at new Covid-19 restrictions for the licencing trade‘We were using entrepreneurial skills and now the Government is shutting the door’Wed Nov 25 2020 - 18:03
Moving back to cork takes premium Irish whiskey in a new directionScrew tops are now the norm for whiskey bottles, but that wasn’t always the case and the makers of Writers’ Tears are reintroducing cork sealsWed Nov 25 2020 - 06:01
Operator rejects claims by Dr Tony Holohan that car parks are full‘We have not got any evidence to support what he is saying, in fact quite the contrary’Mon Nov 23 2020 - 18:12
Bloody Sunday centenary: ‘For my grandfather...it ended in tragedy’James Matthews was one of the Croke Park shooting victims buried in an unmarked graveSun Nov 22 2020 - 10:57
One hundred years after Bloody Sunday, Croke Park remembers those who diedMoving ceremony honours 14 civilians who died as a result of 1920 massacre at groundsSat Nov 21 2020 - 20:52
‘My grandfather was killed by the IRA on Bloody Sunday morning’Des Smith’s grandfather Thomas Smith was shot dead in the boarding house he ownedSat Nov 21 2020 - 12:08
Bloody Sunday 1920: Who were Michael Collins’s hit team ‘The Squad’?12 regular assassins were assisted by part-timers for ‘jobs’ including Bloody SundaySat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Bloody Sunday 1920: Michael Hogan’s family’s second tragedyThe family of Bloody Sunday’s best known victim experienced another tragedy 21 years laterSat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle or who died later of wounds receivedLieut-Colonel Hugh Montgomery was the highest ranked British agent to die, while Tipperary captain Michael Hogan was also captain of an IRA companySat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle or who died later of their woundsLieut-Colonel Hugh Montgomery was the highest ranked British agent to die, while Tipperary captain Michael Hogan was also captain of an IRA companySat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Bloody Sunday 1920: The 32 killed at home, at Croke Park, in Dublin Castle32 people were killed on Bloody Sunday, or died later of wounds received that daySat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Irish people donate €2.5m to Native American tribe devastated by coronavirusNavajo Nation say Irish generosity is the ‘good in all of the bad that is going on’Fri Nov 20 2020 - 17:59
