Film-maker refuses to let Motor Neuron Disease stop him directing first featureSimon Fitzmaurice, who screened a short film at the Sundance Film Festival just before his diagnosis, is halfway through shooting ‘My Name is Emily’ on location in Co WicklowMon Oct 06 2014 - 10:15
Former MEP Paul Murphy accuses Sinn Féin of ‘dirty trick’Mary Lou McDonald apologises for sharing Facebook post from fake accountSun Oct 05 2014 - 16:14
Home birth advocates to protest over midwife insuranceAbout 2,500 people sign petition over treatment of Philomena CanningSun Oct 05 2014 - 15:56
Taoiseach handed ‘8th amendment knickers’Pro-choice demonstrators interrupted Fine Gael fundraising dinner in LondonSat Oct 04 2014 - 20:20
RTÉ Radio 1 dominates annual radio awardsIrish Times columnist Michael Harding among winners for documentary on darknessSat Oct 04 2014 - 12:56
Alex Ferguson in Dublin on same day of Keane book releaseArguing with Roy Keane was frightening to watch, says FergusonFri Oct 03 2014 - 18:17
Little Museum’s newspaper office recreates ‘Times’ pastExhibition telling the history of ‘The Irish Times’ goes on display in DublinFri Oct 03 2014 - 08:58
Gunman believed to have killed Michael Collins was granted military pensionDenis ‘Sonny’ O’Neill: RIC man, spy, IRA volunteer and, almost certainly, the Big Fellow’s assassinFri Oct 03 2014 - 01:35
Five sisters of executed 1916 leader Seán Mac Diarmada received pensionsGarda commissioner asked to make ‘discreet inquiries’ about one sibling’s identityFri Oct 03 2014 - 01:08
Robert Briscoe rejected accusations of profiteering during War of IndependenceFormer lord mayor detailed frustrations in letters to pensions boardFri Oct 03 2014 - 01:00
File of 1916 veteran whose death changed Irish literature is releasedWidow of John Furlong remarried Brendan Behan’s father in 1922Thu Oct 02 2014 - 15:13
IRA tried to kidnap Prince of Wales in 1922IRA wanted to swap Prince Edward for volunteers held under sentence of deathThu Oct 02 2014 - 15:11
Excuse your illusions: 20 years on, Slash is still telling it straightRonan McGreevy chats to guitarist Slash, 20 years after leaving Guns N’RosesWed Oct 01 2014 - 13:52
Summer turns to early winter as temperatures set to dropGround frost forecast for weekend, after unusually mild SeptemberTue Sept 30 2014 - 17:54
Brother of Princess Diana to appear at Dublin Festival of HistoryEarl Spencer is best known for his famous eulogy at his sister’s funeral in 1997Thu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
Gleeson backs McDonagh over Irish film remarksGleeson says it is ‘no harm to be told that we need to up our standards’Thu Sept 25 2014 - 00:54
Student shocked by San Francisco owner of trashed house using his nameTrinity college graduate, whose name was not on lease, claims he was defamedTue Sept 23 2014 - 18:01
Irish in San Francisco offer help to owner of trashed houseVIDEO: Irish J1 students ‘letting Ireland down’, says Minister for Foreign AffairsTue Sept 23 2014 - 10:38
CCTV image shows man who stabbed footballer Jonny CooperDubliner stabbed at least nine times in a frenzied attack on Sunday morningTue Sept 23 2014 - 07:52
Greyhound workers vote to end 14-week disputeWorkers accept reduction in wages in return for lump sumTue Sept 23 2014 - 01:01
Rededication for Irish soldiers buried in mass graves at Deansgrange CemeteryCeremony remembers 63 men who fought in first World WarMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
McDonagh’s ‘Calvary’ praised by US archbishop as ‘unforgettable’Controversial director also criticised for ‘disrespectful’ comments about Irish film industryMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
Bono defends controversial iTunes album releaseU2 singer claims ‘real deliberate misunderstanding of this relationship with Apple’Sat Sept 20 2014 - 17:09
New Queen album to feature the late Freddie Mercury‘Queen Forever’ to include ballad recorded with Michael Jackson in early 1980sSat Sept 20 2014 - 15:44
Rough Guide readers rate Dublin as second friendliest cityIrish capital praised for having ‘some of the friendliest people in the world’Fri Sept 19 2014 - 16:36
Michael Harding’s new book ‘a reflection on how old people get isolated in old age’The Irish Times columnist has written a new book Hanging With The ElephantFri Sept 19 2014 - 15:22
Taoiseach wants Leinster House monument to John RedmondPredecessor John Bruton ‘very glad’ a ‘hundred-year omission’ will be endedFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:17
Historian Ronan Fanning challenges John Bruton over necessity for 1916 RisingRonan Fanning said British government’s inept behaviour encouraged violenceThu Sept 18 2014 - 19:13
John Redmond belongs to Irish ‘canon of heroes’Minister for Foreign Affairs says Woodenbridge speech misunderstoodThu Sept 18 2014 - 18:55
Bono brings it all back home to Cedarwood RoadNew album sparks renewed interest in the ‘war zone’ Dublin street where U2 singer grew upThu Sept 18 2014 - 18:22
New Wicklow war memorial opens on 100th anniversary of Home RuleMemorial to the 1,192 dead is near the site of John Redmond’s Woodenbridge speechThu Sept 18 2014 - 07:32
Campaigners removed from former home of evicted coupleMartin and Violet Coyne ordered to vacate rented house by court orderFri Sept 12 2014 - 14:16
Salmond welcomes Cox support for possible EU bidFirst Minister endorses comments that EU must accept independent ScotlandWed Sept 10 2014 - 13:01
Controversial views of Islamic scholar ‘not shared by Muslim community’Islamic organisations in Ireland say Dr Ali Selim’s views on education are his ownTue Sept 09 2014 - 10:03
Rose of Tralee: ‘I am gay. I hope some day I can and will be married’Maria Walsh’s feet have hardly touched the ground since winning Tralee competitionMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:00
FF questions James Reilly’s future role in GovernmentReservations about ‘unworkable’ health plan raises ‘very serious questions’ about ministerSat Sept 06 2014 - 18:26
Crowds fail to materialise at launch of Swords developmentAbout two dozen people queue to buy houses at Millers GlenSat Sept 06 2014 - 18:26
Rose of Tralee says festival did not know she was gayMaria Walsh says she had ‘nothing to hide’ and would have told judges if askedSat Sept 06 2014 - 15:07
Irish craft beer market on course for sales of more than €15mBooming sector has almost tripled in size since 2011 as customers seek more choiceFri Sept 05 2014 - 12:54
Supreme Court judge says Strasbourg has ‘very serious questions’ over new roleAdrian Hardiman says European Court of Human Rights meant to be court of last resortFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:01
Rose of Tralee critics ‘faux intellectuals’ - festival headAnthony O’Gara accuses detactors of peddling ‘flagrant verbal rubbish’Thu Sept 04 2014 - 17:11
National Library at ‘critical point’ as cutbacks hit servicesLibrary director says extra €1.25m needed to maintain facilitiesThu Sept 04 2014 - 01:00
O’Driscoll makes ‘Guinness Book of Records’ appearanceFormer Ireland centre finished his career with 141 appearancesThu Sept 04 2014 - 01:00
Humphreys declines to comment on Bruton’s 1916 Rising remarksMinister says not her role to interpret merits of one historical event over anotherWed Sept 03 2014 - 16:16
Drogheda consultant apologises for death of patientOur Lady of Lourdes specialist apologises for failure of doctors to provide timely diagnosisMon Sept 01 2014 - 20:07
First of Syrian refugees arrive in IrelandSeventeen people, including some seriously ill, among 90 the State will take in this yearFri Aug 29 2014 - 20:47
Gates open for the biggest Electric Picnic festivalSome 40,000 music fans expected to attend sold-out event this weekendFri Aug 29 2014 - 19:23
Rare footage of Padraig Pearse to be shown in new filmOration at the grave of O’Donovan Rossa in 1915 was filmed for posterityFri Aug 29 2014 - 17:51
Boxty a metaphor for huge potential of Shannon-Erne regionCo Leitrim is putting its faith in potato bread, tourism, stags and hensFri Aug 29 2014 - 01:00
