Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien is an Irish Times journalist.

Last month was second-hottest September on record, Met Éireann says

Human-caused climate change singled out as temperatures rise two degrees above 1961-1990 average

Dundrum residents voice opposition to ‘madcap’ bus plan for Dublin village at public meeting

Residents oppose proposed relocation of bus terminus and traffic restrictions at Taney junction

7,000 homes and businesses without power as repairs under way

Status yellow rain warning in effect for counties Wexford and Wicklow until 4am

Public alert issued after Asian hornet captured in Cork

Hornets hover outside bee hives like helicopters to ambush and snatch returning, tired forager bees

Ardsallagh House owner Cormac Murray’s 51-year-old will to be executed

Racehorse trainer Edward O’Grady who achieved noted success at Cheltenham left €4 million

Car reached 165km/h before woman’s fatal crash in Dublin suburbs

Open verdict recorded over death of Elizabeth Veitch Smith (84), who crashed in Rathfarnham in 2024

Former head of State training agency leaves estate of €2.63m

Pioneering aviation industry executive leaves estate of €5.27m in other published grants of probate

Liffey Swim winner ‘surprised’ as annual race becomes focal point of new Liffey Festival

This year’s swim is part of the inaugural Dublin City Council Liffey Festival, running over the weekend

Gardaí release a second man without charge in Dún Laoghaire shooting investigation

File being prepared for the DPP after death of Mark Cullen (39)

‘Progress’ made on public transport security force as meeting hears attacks continued over summer

‘We have been hearing about a public transport police as long as I have been around,’ said Niamh Whelan

More than 200 property owners face compulsory purchase orders for Dart+ West

Expansion of Dart line aims to serve numerous communities with services at least every 10 minutes

A ‘gentle giant’: Man who died in Galway homeless hostel leaves estate of almost €1.3m

Victor Spaggiari, a well-known local personality, died in city’s Fairgreen Hostel in 2024

People caught with drugs can be referred to health system under new scheme

New approach is part of wider plan to reduce drug-related harm and support people to access help at an earlier stage

Litter fines increase to €250 from Tuesday

Local authorities to be encouraged to take measures against dog fouling

Tuesday morning will be mainly dry – but worse weather is to come later

Met Éireann forecasts showers and persistent rain for first days of September before an ‘unsettled’ weekend

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