Covid-19: State moves to Level 5 for six weeks with hopes of ‘meaningful’ Christmas celebrationsPublic to stay within 5km of home but social bubbles for some and two households allowed to meet outdoorsMon Oct 19 2020 - 23:26
Fifth person arrested in relation to alleged witness intimidation in Aaron Brady caseBrady was jailed last week for 40 years for capital murder of Det Garda Adrian DonohoeMon Oct 19 2020 - 08:51
Covid-19 impact on mental health will ‘come to fore’ in coming monthsWorking from home can add to stress, anxiety and loneliness, says Wexford counsellorSat Oct 17 2020 - 01:00
Over half of Covid-19 cases now linked to outbreaks, CSO says61% of outbreak-linked cases found in private homes in last seven weeksFri Oct 09 2020 - 13:14
Kilkenny family wins €5.4 million with Lotto numbers used for over 25 yearsThe family said they intend to use money to pay off their mortgagesFri Oct 09 2020 - 13:06
Covid lessons should be used to tackle inequality, climate change says PresidentGlobal, unregulated version of economy is greatest threat to democracy, Higgins tells conferenceFri Oct 09 2020 - 10:58
Limerick Boojum issued with temporary closure order following sewage issuesFSAI found accumulation of sewage and wastewater in basement of restaurantThu Oct 08 2020 - 16:44
Off-licences deny customers are ‘bulk-buying’ alcohol for house partiesPoliticians have suggested reducing opening hours for off-licences in bid to curb CovidWed Oct 07 2020 - 20:16
Young people have ‘growing sense of hopelessness’, says mental health charityJigsaw has had 25% increase in referrals over past two monthsWed Oct 07 2020 - 15:17
‘You start to question whether you have the fight to open again’Wicklow publican lays off 115 staff as Level 3 restrictions beginWed Oct 07 2020 - 04:30
Assisting in suicide is a ‘false exercise of compassion’, bishop saysPeople Before Profit TD Gino Kenny introduced Dying with Dignity bill last weekTue Oct 06 2020 - 22:01
Dublin girl (9) wins Manchester City kit design competitionLucy Beth Duffy completed the design ‘to keep busy’ during Covid lockdownTue Oct 06 2020 - 20:48
Dating during Covid-19: ‘It’s on pause. It’s like you’re spectating your own life’Restrictions on gatherings and usual meeting places have forced people to adaptMon Oct 05 2020 - 02:15
Irish residents took more than 21m overnight trips last year – CSO€5.3bn spent on holidays abroad in 2019; increase on 2018 in number of domestic trips takenWed Sept 30 2020 - 13:02
Student feels ‘hopeless’ after having six Leaving Cert marks downgradedVictoria Xu missed out on university place after losing 66 points in standardisation processTue Sept 29 2020 - 20:35
Risk of localised flooding as yellow warning issued for several countiesRest of week and weekend forecasted to turn cooler and more settledTue Sept 29 2020 - 16:18
Gardaí investigating Meath death not looking for another person or vehicleMan’s remains discovered in ‘unexplained circumstances’ close to electric scooter in HarmonstownMon Sept 28 2020 - 12:05
St Vincent de Paul charity prepares for tough winter as pandemic bitesLack of face-to-face interaction due to Covid-19 has made volunteers’ work more difficultMon Sept 28 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19: Only 11 lung transplants carried out this year so farIreland has sixth highest rate of lung transplants in the world, report saysSun Sept 27 2020 - 10:17
Co Donegal hotel offers €2 rooms to locals to circumvent Covid-19 outdoor dining rulesThe Beach Hotel, Downings apologises for ‘any unintentional offence’ caused by offerSat Sept 26 2020 - 17:39
Gardaí charge man (30s) in connection to €50,000 cash and drugs seizureThe seizure was made on ThursdaySat Sept 26 2020 - 11:22
Visitor restrictions remain in place at National Maternity Hospital and CoombePartners of pregnant women in these hospitals not permitted to attend certain scansSat Sept 26 2020 - 10:49
People asked not to cross Border as Donegal prepares for Level 3 restrictionsHealth officials appeal to teenagers and those in twenties, thirties reduce social contactsFri Sept 25 2020 - 16:04
Covid-19 cases higher in areas with large proportion of renters, CSO saysA total of 1,503 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed last weekFri Sept 25 2020 - 12:21
Coronavirus: Warning of similar measures for other counties as Donegal moves to Level 3Government’s elevation of Donegal comes after substantial rises in infections in countyFri Sept 25 2020 - 01:26
People leaving Catholic church because they are tired of ‘little old men’ - McAleeseMcAleese says church hierarchy is a ‘small, self-serving hermetically-sealed group of men’Thu Sept 24 2020 - 21:44
Gardaí unlikely to set up cross-Border checks as Donegal enters Level 3‘Total panic’ reported within hospitality sectorThu Sept 24 2020 - 21:43
University and college staff being paid in book tokens, Oireachtas toldPublic Accounts Committee to query impact of gaping deficits in third-level fundingThu Sept 24 2020 - 21:18
Covid-19: Three more deaths and 324 new cases in State as ‘green list’ of countries reduced‘Imperative’ for counties with high numbers to reduce spread of virus - TaoiseachThu Sept 24 2020 - 17:59
Ireland’s top earners ‘do not see themselves as rich’, study findsSome 28% of Ireland’s high earners report experiencing some level of financial difficultyWed Sept 23 2020 - 00:01
Budget 2021: Women’s council calls for increased payments for new parentsNWCI also seeks investment in early years education rising to 1 per cent of GDP over next decadeTue Sept 22 2020 - 05:31
Six Irish charities form alliance to respond to Covid-19 in vulnerable communitiesThe group will assist countries ‘already struggling to cope with the impact of conflict and displacement’Tue Sept 22 2020 - 00:00
'Please limit your social contacts' - Glynn warns of rising coronavirus cases211 more cases and one further death reported by NPHETFri Sept 11 2020 - 19:30
Students should consider not going home at weekends – CAO board chairmanProfessor Ó Dochartaigh said ‘in ideal world’ students should go home ‘only occasionally’Fri Sept 11 2020 - 18:22
Weekend forecast: Mostly dry but rain in the northwestWeather next week is expected to be warmer, with spells of rainFri Sept 11 2020 - 11:53
Mental health services urged to identify Covid-19 risksThere were 17 coronavirus related deaths of residents in mental health facilitiesThu Sept 10 2020 - 18:18
Homeless charity reports 18 per cent rise in demand for healthcare servicesDublin Simon Community says it made two suicidality-related interventions on average per day in 2019Thu Sept 10 2020 - 11:30
Covid-19: Experts call for travel advice to be made into lawDifficult to determine what qualifies as essential travel, Oireachtas committee hearsWed Sept 09 2020 - 14:01
UK should promote Irish in Northern Ireland as ‘matter of priority’ - reportReport by Council of European Ministers calls for implementation of Irish Language ActWed Sept 09 2020 - 07:31
Second Fáilte Ireland board member resigns after foreign holidayBreege O’Donoghue steps down after travelling to Spain during the summerTue Sept 08 2020 - 21:03
Coronavirus: 307 more cases confirmed as public urged to ‘keep distance’Dr Ronan Glynn voices concern over Dublin trend, with 182 new cases in the countyTue Sept 08 2020 - 20:52
Man (70) dies after crash with lorry on M50 motorwayThe incident occurred just before 3pm on Tuesday afternoonTue Sept 08 2020 - 18:59
Man (25) stabbed in Finglas while delivering foodThe man, from India, said he received a stab wound in his leg during the assaultMon Sept 07 2020 - 17:30
Leaving Cert 2020 results: Covid-19 brings anti-climactic end to school yearsStudents feel ‘hard done by’ due to lack of celebration as tame nights plannedMon Sept 07 2020 - 16:59
Coronavirus: Two additional pop-up testing facilities to open in DublinCentres will increase testing capacity by between 180 and 200 tests per day, HSE saysFri Sept 04 2020 - 22:10
Coronavirus in Ireland: 98 more cases and no further deaths reportedSligo, Mayo and Leitrim currently have the lowest levels of Covid-19 infections in the StateFri Sept 04 2020 - 18:20
Dublin Airport reported dullest summer on record this yearUp to 11 stations had coldest summer in five years, says Met Éireann in seasonal reportThu Sept 03 2020 - 17:04
Dublin vigil held for ‘always smiling’ cyclist killed by carThiago Osorio Cortes (28), from Rio de Janeiro, was delivering food at time of incidentThu Sept 03 2020 - 15:06
Covid-19 tracker app: ‘1,500 people downloading a day’HSE says 1.28 million devices have the application downloadedThu Sept 03 2020 - 13:59
Number of poor households escalates in 2019, says CSOAlmost 18% of people endure ‘enforced deprivation’, compared to 15% in previous yearWed Sept 02 2020 - 17:13
