Tidy Towns: Skerries wins competition for the first timeDublin coastal village praised for involving the whole community in its clean-up effortsMon Sept 26 2016 - 15:39
Cigarette butts and chewing gum account for 70% of reported litterDiscarded butts by far the biggest source of litter in Ireland, says surveySun Sept 25 2016 - 16:45
To exhibit or not to exhibit, that is the questionOne former ploughing exhibitor says it is not worth the hassle but others happy to be thereFri Sept 23 2016 - 01:00
Ploughing championships set attendance recordCumulative visitor total tops 280,000 for three-day event to break new groundThu Sept 22 2016 - 20:04
Top 10 things to see at the National Ploughing ChampionshipsFrom mealworms to roasted locusts and tractor football – the delight is in the detailWed Sept 21 2016 - 20:22
Reaping the rewards: sports stars at the PloughingHenry Shefflin among the multitude in Tullamore for this year’s eventWed Sept 21 2016 - 18:08
Irish TV channel coming to a set near you on SaorviewMove to enable ‘local stories’ broadcaster to vie for advertising revenues with competitorsWed Sept 21 2016 - 16:58
Inaugural meeting of Citizen’s Assembly set for October 15thTaoiseach indicates Saturday date for forum to first tackle matter of Eight AmendmentWed Sept 21 2016 - 14:43
Record number sleeping rough in Dublin, says Simon CommunityCharity counts finds 168 sleeping on street and 60 more on Merchants Quay cafe floorWed Sept 21 2016 - 01:00
Eighth Amendment debate becomes part of championship mixThe Pro-Life Campaign has taken a stand at ploughing championships for the first timeTue Sept 20 2016 - 19:29
Ploughing: Farmers battle with low-price landscapeFalling commodity prices are forcing young people away from the fieldsTue Sept 20 2016 - 18:41
New homelessness figures are shocking, says Simon CoveneyMinister says crisis will take time to solve as charity counts 228 rough sleepers in DublinTue Sept 20 2016 - 13:33
Ploughing 2016: ‘Turn off the sat-nav and have patience’Traffic delays ease as thousands travel to Co Offaly for national championshipsTue Sept 20 2016 - 12:53
All roads lead to Offaly for ploughing championshipsMotorists advised to turn off the sat-nav and follow the signs for Ireland’s biggest eventTue Sept 20 2016 - 01:00
All-Ireland final: Fans’ hopes not dampened by ticket scarcityMayo supporters and Senators travel to Dublin in search of seats and long-awaited glorySat Sept 17 2016 - 01:00
Dubs top fan pens sequel in honour of footballing heroesDevoted Deirdre Flynn follows up A Little Boy’s Dream with . . . Dublin Army 2016Fri Sept 16 2016 - 17:58
Letters from 1916 figures to go on view as part of Culture NightÉamonn Ceannt and Grace Plunkett wrote to governor of Kilmainham Gaol after RisingThu Sept 15 2016 - 10:31
Ronan McGreevy’s big regret: I convinced myself I was no good at other languagesI was acutely embarrassed by how bad I was at GermanThu Sept 15 2016 - 06:00
Right-to-die campaigner calls for legalisation of medical cannabisTom Curran says drug helped keep his wife alive as she suffered from multiple sclerosisWed Sept 14 2016 - 19:01
Calls to disband Artane School of Music ‘attention-seeking’Cllr Mannix Flynn accused of trying to visit sins of the past on band’s present generationTue Sept 13 2016 - 12:56
Artane School of Music should disband, councillor saysMannix Flynn claims the institute acts as a reminder of abuses by the religiousMon Sept 12 2016 - 21:03
Irish lambs due for ritual slaughter in Singapore die mid-flightMore than 120 of 1,700 animals believed to have died on way to be used in Muslim sacrificeMon Sept 12 2016 - 20:26
‘This star of England’ – An Irishman’s Diary on Raymond Asquith and the SommeMon Sept 12 2016 - 01:01
Citizens’ Assembly on Eighth Amendment to meet next monthThe constitutional ban on abortion will be first item on the agenda for new groupingSat Sept 10 2016 - 15:46
Irish people 'do not want to subsidise the arts' - GleesonActor dismisses notion that arts spending would be better spent on hospital bedsSat Sept 10 2016 - 14:13
Tom Kettle and the ‘foolish dead’ who perished in foreign warsKettle died to liberate France which has long been an inspiration for Irish republicansFri Sept 09 2016 - 16:19
Dublin Bus strike: The man forced into walking almost two hours a dayGordon Sweeney one of thousands of commuters left stranded without public transportFri Sept 09 2016 - 14:34
Lt Tom Kettle recalled 100 years after death at Battle of GinchyKettle killed leading B Company, 9th Royal Dublin Fusiliers; 300 Irish killed in the battleFri Sept 09 2016 - 14:15
Plant shows whole lotta love for craft beerSon of former Led Zeppelin singer left music business to set up London-based breweryThu Sept 08 2016 - 19:00
State in talks to become part of worldwide astronomy groupMembership offers access to telescopes that recently found potentially life-supporting planetThu Sept 08 2016 - 15:14
‘Every option’ promised to ensure reliable pregnancy counsellingAnti-abortion clinic tells woman termination leads to increased risk of breast cancerMon Sept 05 2016 - 20:24
Teenager (19) charged over mobile phone thefts with iron barThe robbery took place in Newbridge, Co Kildare on Sunday morningMon Sept 05 2016 - 08:58
French village remembers the Irish who came as liberatorsSome 1,200 men from 16th (Irish) Division were killed at Guillemont and GinchySun Sept 04 2016 - 11:14
Community comes to pay respects to Hawe familyFamily to be taken from Lakelands Funeral Home to resting place in BallyjamesduffFri Sept 02 2016 - 20:15
Guillemont to mark Irish sacrifice in first World War liberationMore than 1,200 Irish soldiers died fighting for villages during Battle of the SommeFri Sept 02 2016 - 15:29
Online dating study proves age is not just a numberNew research ‘reveals’ large age gaps are a deal-breaker and women prefer taller menWed Aug 31 2016 - 20:13
Independent Ministers demand early recall of Dáil to debate Apple appealShane Ross and Finian McGrath seek ‘strong motion on tax’ in return for supporting appealWed Aug 31 2016 - 12:40
Canadian ambassador Kevin Vickers launches Arctic novelAttempt to find Northwest Passage setting for Ed O’Loughlin’s new book Minds of WinterWed Aug 31 2016 - 01:00
Former diplomat appointed chair of the Press CouncilSeán Donlon to replace Daithi O’ Ceallaigh as chair for three yearsWed Aug 31 2016 - 01:00
Bereaved families will no longer have to pay for crash reportsGardaí say they will scrap fees for documents in cases where there has been a fatalityTue Aug 30 2016 - 19:27
No tantrums for infants at new Educate Together schoolPowerstown school in west Dublin has a new campus for its 220 pupilsTue Aug 30 2016 - 01:00
Rose of Tralee Maggie McEldowney answers back critics of the festival‘Could you imagine if all 65 of us had a political agenda on stage?’Mon Aug 29 2016 - 21:11
Tourism Ireland launches website aimed at Japanese touristsStar Wars and Game of Thrones have raised Ireland’s profile in Japan, says Niall GibbonsMon Aug 29 2016 - 18:32
Presidental reception for Team Ireland has some notable absenteesPresident Higgins praises Olympic athletes but says Rio threw up ‘serious issues’Mon Aug 29 2016 - 01:00
RTÉ ‘regrets’ aspects of Rose of Tralee documentaryBroadcaster and festival organisers release statement after 'Road to the Dome' criticismMon Aug 29 2016 - 01:00
Central Bank landlord a vulture fund paying no Irish tax, says SFCompany owned by US fund pays no tax on €2.65 million a year in rent, says Sinn FéinSun Aug 28 2016 - 20:21
Ultra runner completes all 2,700 km of the Wild Atlantic WayTom Reynolds ran the equivalent of almost two marathons every day for 35 daysSun Aug 28 2016 - 20:06
‘Serious issues’ over Irish part in Olympics, says Michael D HigginsPresident makes comments at reception for Team Ireland at Áras an UachtaráinSun Aug 28 2016 - 15:34
Ryanair Lisbon-Dublin flight cancelled just before takeoffSome 140 passengers initially told next flight from Portuguese capital not until WednesdaySat Aug 27 2016 - 19:51
‘My hero’: Brother of boy killed in motocross crash pays tributeDaniel Sheridan (13) from Finglas died after crashing motorbike on Co Derry sand dunesSat Aug 27 2016 - 14:00
