All-party motion to provide free sanitary products wins support in DáilMeasure proposed as a way to tackle ‘period poverty’ and ‘normalise menstruation’Wed Mar 13 2019 - 21:22
Special rapporteur critical of ‘impoverished’ family law systemGeoffrey Shannon compares regime to ‘Rolls Royce’ system for commercial lawWed Mar 13 2019 - 14:58
Storm Gareth: Met Éireann warns of strong gusts and risk of floodingDay two of Cheltenham horse-racing festival in doubt as damaging winds expectedTue Mar 12 2019 - 19:15
Met Éireann warns of damaging gusts as Storm Gareth approaches IrelandWinds up of to 130km/h and heavy rain expected as orange alert issuedTue Mar 12 2019 - 10:10
San Francisco award for Martin McGuinness criticised by IRA victimsCertificate of honour from US city recognises ex-Sinn Féin politician’s service in the militaryMon Mar 11 2019 - 21:53
Fire sees section of Dublin’s Temple Bar area cordoned offResidents had to leave Crampton Building flats for a time due to blaze in restaurantMon Mar 11 2019 - 20:15
Daughter assaulted mother and tried to strangle brother, court hearsWoman said she is ‘very frightened’ of adult daughter and granted interim barring orderSat Mar 09 2019 - 00:30
Gardaí appeal for help locating missing Wexford manPatrick ‘PJ’ Fanning (34) was last seen close to Wexford town on February 23rdFri Mar 08 2019 - 16:32
Green army sets off for Special Olympics World Games in Abu DhabiTeam Ireland features 91 athletes, 49 coaches and staff, and 400 supportersThu Mar 07 2019 - 19:07
International Women’s Day becoming a ‘chance to skive off’ - MinisterMary Mitchell O’Connor says occasion needs to be repurposedThu Mar 07 2019 - 13:15
Bus Éireann seeking to recruit more female bus drivers‘I love my job as you get to travel the country and meet loads of new and interesting characters’Thu Mar 07 2019 - 11:47
Man fighting for life after latest gun attack in DublinGardaí believe victim was gunman’s intended target and had been under surveilance before well-planned ambushWed Mar 06 2019 - 22:36
Combination therapy can extend life for those with ovarian cancerMater hospital has provided treatment 200 times since 2013Wed Mar 06 2019 - 22:00
Most credit card users don’t know their interest rate“Lack of real knowledge” of how interest is applied also highlighted in credit union studyWed Mar 06 2019 - 05:00
Smoking costs State ‘140 times’ more than it spends helping people to quitIrish Heart Foundation says an average of 16 people a day died in 2017 as a result of habitWed Mar 06 2019 - 00:01
Almost 620,000 doses of illegal medicines seized in 2018Sedatives, abortion pills, erectile dysfunction medication and anabolic steroids among products foundWed Mar 06 2019 - 00:00
Two dead and one injured in separate crashes in Westmeath, Kilkenny and CavanGardaí investigating incidents in which pedestrian and motorcyclist were killedThu Feb 28 2019 - 16:39
Gardaí renew appeal for woman missing in WaterfordMary Ryan, described as being 6ft 2in in height, of slender build with black hair,Thu Feb 28 2019 - 13:26
Baby names: Most popular names for Irish newborns in 2018 revealedFrankie, Freddie, Theodore, Bella, Ada and Bonnie enter top 100Thu Feb 28 2019 - 12:15
Two out of five sunbed operators fail to ask for proof of age – surveyMystery shopper exercise showed one in three did not refuse to book minorsWed Feb 27 2019 - 15:02
Recruitment and resources for Tusla ‘very challenging’Child and Family Agency must be more transparent, Pat Rabbitte will tell committeeWed Feb 27 2019 - 01:00
NTA publishes details of over 1,400 Dublin houses to lose gardens in bus planLetters sent to 390 affected property owners on final bus corridorsTue Feb 26 2019 - 19:59
Child’s muscle-wasting disease ‘a ticking time bomb’HSE will not sanction use of drug for condition on grounds of priceTue Feb 26 2019 - 12:37
Hundred more homes to lose part of gardens to bus corridorsLetters issued by NTA in recent days brings total number of properties affected to 1,400Tue Feb 26 2019 - 00:01
Restricted access to legal system unacceptable, Higgins says‘Prohibitive cost’ of legal action biggest barrier to wider access, President saysMon Feb 25 2019 - 22:05
Council renovated one Sandycove home at cost of over €200,000Dublin City Council spend in excess of €25m for refurbishing over 960 void units in 2018Mon Feb 25 2019 - 17:41
Drug use should be dealt with by health system – surveyIntervention should be left to health workers, not the gardaí or courts, Ana Liffey findsMon Feb 25 2019 - 06:00
‘Our role model’: Funeral takes place of man shot dead in DarndaleJohn Lawless was not known to gardaí for involvement in serious criminal activitySat Feb 23 2019 - 13:51
North inner city Dublin areas like a drug ‘supermarket’ at times - Lord MayorAna Liffey Drug Project begins information campaign on street tablets such as benzodiazepinesFri Feb 22 2019 - 15:09
Fibromyalgia sufferers seek State support for debilitating conditionThe syndrome, which causes pain and fatigue, affects up to 180,000 people in IrelandThu Feb 21 2019 - 20:53
Families deal with recession legacy long after economy recovers - ESRIResearch finds families face economic stress even when financial situation improvesThu Feb 21 2019 - 13:37
Brexit and education: Dáil group told of need for bilateral dealRecognition of professional qualifications ‘poses a particular challenge’, says ZapponeWed Feb 20 2019 - 16:39
Planning board expecting big increase in housing applicationsStrategic Housing Development scheme being used accelerate the development processWed Feb 20 2019 - 16:38
Almost €14,000 raised to help pay for funeral of teen found dead in BalbrigganFinley Gannon (18) had disappeared after attending nightclub on Friday nightTue Feb 19 2019 - 23:19
Parents still ‘can’t get heads around’ deaths of their two sonsMother ‘numb’ on discovering young man stabbed his brother (9) before taking own lifeTue Feb 19 2019 - 20:17
Anti-abortion activist launches new website following injunctionCampaigner’s previous site was alleged to be confusingly similar to HSE crisis pregnancy hubTue Feb 19 2019 - 00:40
Ikea calls for an earlier service from Dublin Bus to get 'co-workers' to work on timePublic transport accessibility to Ballymun store is relatively poor, says Swedish storeFri Feb 15 2019 - 03:00
Woman dies after being struck by Luas in TallaghtIncident happened at about 10am between the Cookstown and Tallaght Hospital stopsThu Feb 14 2019 - 20:30
Creative schools initiative to be rolled out to 150 schoolsNumber of schools in Creative Youth programme doubles, as budget hits €6 millionThu Feb 14 2019 - 19:59
Lower-class parents are twice as likely to have unmet childcare needs – researchESRI finds unmet needs greatest among lower-class families, households in povertyThu Feb 14 2019 - 00:01
Teacher accused of defiling teenager says she ‘met him in over-18s nightclub’Woman (24) has lost her job, Swords District Court hearsWed Feb 13 2019 - 15:01
This week’s weather will be mild and windy with showersMet Éireann says Ireland is set for mild few days with temperatures rising to 14 degreesTue Feb 12 2019 - 12:06
Nurses lead condemnation of protest outside Simon Harris’s homeHarris says what happened ‘was plain and simple intimidation’Mon Feb 11 2019 - 21:03
Pair held over death of man found dead in Co Tyrone alleywayDetectives granted an extra 36 hours to question man and woman arrested on SaturdayMon Feb 11 2019 - 09:56
President Higgins to meet Prince Charles on three-day trip to BritainVisit to begin in Birmingham and then continue to LiverpoolSun Feb 10 2019 - 12:10
Former Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh in Fine Gael MEP bidPhiladelphia Rose seeks nomination to run for party in Midlands/North-West constituencySun Feb 10 2019 - 11:06
Three women secure barring orders against adult sonsCourt told man made threats to kill after mother refused to let drug addict friend staySat Feb 09 2019 - 01:00
Man (89) gets back bench which disappeared along daily walkSeamus O’Riain said he read Ballsbridge workers the ‘riot act’ after ‘special seat’ cordoned offThu Feb 07 2019 - 19:59
Irish woman dies following car crash in AustraliaMayo woman who went to country recently involved in incident near MelbourneThu Feb 07 2019 - 16:22
Tuam survivor: ‘I didn’t know who I was’Michael O’Flaherty was born in the mother and baby home in 1948 and spent 10 years in a foster home not knowing who his parents wereThu Feb 07 2019 - 16:00
