Taoiseach opens Enniscorthy bypass amid locals’ concernsLeo Varadkar criticises ‘growing anti-roads agenda’ while supporting public transportThu Jul 18 2019 - 19:42
Providers of wireless internet services suggest alternative broadband planUsing a mix of fibre and wireless services would cost ‘millions instead of billions’Tue Jul 16 2019 - 22:05
Ireland ‘being deforested’ due to low planting rates, campaigners sayJust 4,000 hectares planted last year – 11,000 below target, warns Environmental PillarMon Jul 08 2019 - 03:11
The Carlow village that wants to ‘cancel the commute’The commuter village of Ballon has a cure for weekday ‘ghost town’ syndromeSat Jun 29 2019 - 06:15
Two Dublin swimming areas reopen after sewage dischargeSandycove, where algal orange slick was spotted, to remain closed for another dayThu Jun 27 2019 - 12:37
Farmers warn over EU trade deal for South American beef‘Rank hypocrisy’ to expect Irish to tackle emissions when meat flown across the worldTue Jun 25 2019 - 18:33
Algal bloom the cause of Sandycove ‘orange slick’, tests showSwimming bans in Dublin the result of lack of investment, says Irish WaterTue Jun 25 2019 - 18:27
Trawlers to blockade €300m Greystones harbour development‘Extremely smelly, gone-off bait’ in conflict with new €1m waterside homesFri Jun 21 2019 - 17:16
Summer solstice: Ancient rituals celebrated on longest daySeventeen hours of daylight expected – but maybe not sunshine as cloud is comingFri Jun 21 2019 - 09:06
Women pilots told ‘terminate your pregnancy or employment’Many contract pilots afraid to speak up, says head of Irish Air Line Pilots' AssociationThu Jun 20 2019 - 14:07
Airmen killed in plane crash died ‘doing what they loved’, funerals toldAidan Rowsome and James Price were killed when plane crashed in Co KildareTue Jun 18 2019 - 17:48
Kildare aircraft crash: Two men killed are named locallyPlane being used for training flight appears to have broken in two on impact in a fieldSat Jun 15 2019 - 07:03
‘Low hanging fruit’ in road safety has been taken, conference hearsExperts say new strategy 2021-2030 will have to focus on walking, cycling and urban roadsThu Jun 13 2019 - 17:22
Housing crisis to continue to get worse until 2023, Oireachtas toldLocal authorities criticised as ‘the single player that is refusing to come on the pitch’Wed Jun 12 2019 - 19:59
Indian family suffers torrent of racial abuse on Belfast to Dublin train‘Boisterous’ man abused Indian visitors over nationality, skin colour and ‘other things’Mon Jun 10 2019 - 20:02
Fianna Fáil’s Paul McAuliffe elected Lord Mayor of DublinFianna Fáil dominates council chairs including GP John Sheahan in Cork cityFri Jun 07 2019 - 21:11
May was ‘a dry month for most with near average temperatures’ – Met ÉireannSpring was warmer than usual with nearly all temperatures above long-term averagesThu Jun 06 2019 - 16:15
Irish Rail releases videos of vehicles striking level crossingsCompany says 82 per cent increase in incidents this year ‘extremely worrying’Thu Jun 06 2019 - 13:45
Department told to release details of jet use by Higgins, McAleeseRight to Know group sought material under Access to Information on the Environment regulationsTue Jun 04 2019 - 17:42
Luas releases CCTV footage showing collisions and near misses‘Seconds can change your life’ says Transdev in latest appeal to motorists, cyclists and pedestriansTue Jun 04 2019 - 13:01
Columban Schools journalism winners stage climate strikeReligious order praises initiative of climate action protest at Dalgan Park, NavanFri May 31 2019 - 22:11
Four electric vehicle ‘rapid chargers’ to open at Kinnegad PlazaM4, M6 service station to host ‘EVs’ from Dublin, Galway, Sligo during bank holidayFri May 31 2019 - 13:41
Forests ‘in the front line of Ireland’s response to climate change’But targets are weak and even those are not achieved on a yearly basis - conference hearsThu May 30 2019 - 21:07
‘Serious poverty’ at the core of cattle rearing farms in IrelandNational Farm Survey 2018 shows farm incomes hit by cold winter and hot summerThu May 30 2019 - 20:43
Bank holiday weather: Sunny southeast set to live up to nameHighest values to crest 19 degrees on Friday with mixed outlook for Saturday and SundayTue May 28 2019 - 16:50
Fianna Fáil TD calls for inquiry into RTÉ-TG4 exit pollPoll dominated news agenda for two days ‘as if it was gospel’, says Darragh O’BrienMon May 27 2019 - 21:50
Plans to buy 600 electric and battery-electric powered carriages over 10 yearsProposed framework tender provides for purchase of 300 more carriages, which will include replacement of the Dart fleet by 2027Mon May 27 2019 - 20:36
South Dublin County Council: Former UFC fighter Holohan electedAll 40 candidates announced with strong peformances for FF, FG and SFMon May 27 2019 - 13:13
Meeting Prince Charles: 'My legs went from under me. I thought I would faint'Prince of Wales impresses schoolchildren while duchess is wowed by Avoca weaversTue May 21 2019 - 17:01
Charles and Camilla arrive for private visit to RepublicPrince meets Higgins in Co Wicklow during trip aimed at boosting Anglo-Irish relationsMon May 20 2019 - 17:17
Scientists puzzled by arrival of invasive seaweed in Co MayoResearchers call for volunteer divers and snorklers to check entire island for CuvieSun May 19 2019 - 16:57
Drones to be used to tackle forest fires this summerMore than 600 hectares of Coillte forest was damaged by fires last yearSat May 18 2019 - 14:53
Redevelopment of Greystones harbour prevents fishermen landing catches€300m marine leisure quarter has no room for commercial fleet and smelly fishSat May 18 2019 - 11:56
New €5.6m ‘Blueway’ brings in historic castles and watersportsTipperary to offer 53kms of trails from Cahir to Carrick-On-SuirFri May 17 2019 - 15:38
Ireland ‘going backwards’ in reducing CO2 emissions from domestic heatingCommittee hears replacing oil and gas boilers with heat pumps is ‘not rocket science’Thu May 16 2019 - 07:31
Dublin councillors approve affordable housing schemeDubliners priced out of capital by high rents face discrimination under schemeMon May 13 2019 - 21:04
Public urged to consider difficulties faced by vision impairedNational Council for the Blind of Ireland launching awareness campaignMon May 13 2019 - 00:28
European Commission vice-president pledges funds to ease Irish housing crisisFrans Timmermans says housing is a European crisis and should have EU solutionFri May 10 2019 - 20:34
People with disabilities and their families are ‘routinely disrespected’Oireachtas committee told local authorities letters sent to families were disrespectfulThu May 09 2019 - 19:25
Despite poor broadband, rural Ireland is embracing the tech revolutionSign of the Times: Urban-rural divide evident in consumer confidence, technology use and religionSat Apr 27 2019 - 06:00
Storm Hannah: Flights and sailings cancelled as red warning issuedESB, Garda, road and water safety agencies advise people to batten down the hatchesFri Apr 26 2019 - 22:16
Mini-stroke victims may now resume driving cars after one weekNew advice from road safety authorities is dependent on drivers making full recoveryThu Apr 25 2019 - 12:47
Storm Hannah heading for Ireland as orange weather alert issuedProperty owners in the southwest warned to expect wind damage and power outagesThu Apr 25 2019 - 12:15
Gardaí reopen Dorset Street after crashCyclist in hospital following incident between Blessington Street and Eccles Street junctionsThu Apr 25 2019 - 08:04
Girl (11) killed while out cycling was ‘kind, talented’Tributes paid to Bridget and Paddy Ward who were pupils at Eglish National School, GalwayTue Apr 23 2019 - 16:05
Applegreen improperly using planning rules, developer claimsComplaint lodged with competition authority over fuel retailer’s alleged abuse of systemMon Apr 22 2019 - 01:00
‘Revolutionary party’ Saoradh in paramilitary parade through DublinParty member says ‘if republicans involved’ in Lyra McKee’s death, ‘IRA should apologise’Sat Apr 20 2019 - 21:02
Four ATMs stolen in raids in Meath and AntrimGang behind Kells thefts deploy spikes and sought to block roads in a bid to slow gardaíFri Apr 19 2019 - 17:42
Almost 2m hens living in cages with space ‘the size of A4 sheets’ in IrelandISPCA urges people to think about what kind of conditions the eggs they eat originate fromThu Apr 18 2019 - 20:04
Three people die in workplace incidents in one weekGardaí and Health and Safety Authority appeal for farmers to take careThu Apr 18 2019 - 15:34
