Electric Picnic campsite remains heavily littered a fortnight after eventFestival organisers say one field remains to be cleared but this would be done by close of business on WednesdayTue Sept 03 2024 - 20:19
Ploughing Championships: Three-day-old lamb, a dance champion and Pony Club games set the sceneMedia event is held ahead of the National Ploughing Championships in Rathinska, Co Laois, from September 17th to 19thTue Sept 03 2024 - 14:30
Social housing tenant says Ballsbridge council house is too hot to live inTemperature in highly glazed building topped 35 degrees in August, says tenantTue Sept 03 2024 - 06:00
Waterways Ireland targets unauthorised developments including small private marinasAuthority sets up new unit to tackle some 430 such encroachments, the majority of which have been in place since before it was foundedTue Sept 03 2024 - 06:00
Weekend sunshine and warm temperatures may last into next week‘Heavy showers starting in the southwest’ forecast for Sunday evening but conditions then set to improveSat Aug 31 2024 - 19:12
Thousands attend pro-Palestine demonstration in DublinSome 20,000 children estimated to be lost, detained or buried under Gaza’s rubble, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign chair tells crowdSat Aug 31 2024 - 17:58
Foreign Affairs HQ in Dublin is daubed with Gaza protest graffitiIveagh House was previously targeted with red paint by pro-Palestinian campaignersSat Aug 31 2024 - 16:31
Ospreys released into the wild with hopes for native population after 200-year gapFish-eating birds of prey generally migrate to Africa for winter monthsThu Aug 29 2024 - 18:10
Commercial fisherman died after he became entangled in nets and was dragged overboard off Donegal coast Report into loss of life asks Minister to consider a review of maritime safety regulations for vessels under 15 metresFri Aug 23 2024 - 12:30
Dublin community holds out hope for Ukraine volunteer with military who ‘wanted to help others’Former Synge Street pupil Alex Ryzhuk (20) ‘ deeply involved in school life and was always smiling’, says principalThu Aug 22 2024 - 17:22
Dash to hospital in a Garda car ‘saved my baby’s life’, mother saysCo Limerick mother praises fast-acting gardaí and says ‘Thanks to them I have my baby here with me’Wed Aug 21 2024 - 17:02
Boost for electric vehicle drivers as SSE opens its first charging hubGovernment must address falling EV sales in the forthcoming budget, including restoring grants for motorists, says leading academicTue Aug 20 2024 - 20:00
Number of corncrake territories reaches highest level in 25 yearsFarmers and landowners helping to increase numbers in core breeding areas across Donegal, Mayo and GalwayTue Aug 20 2024 - 16:32
Adele fan from Co Kildare ‘still floating on a fluffy cloud’ after sharing stage with idol Allenwood mother who was brought onstage before 80,000 people still ‘trying to control the adrenaline’Mon Aug 19 2024 - 12:15
‘A sustainable cycle’: Largely hidden Turlough Hill energy project open to visitors for Heritage WeekFifty-year-old hydroelectric engineering feat to play key role in transition to net-zero carbon emissions, Eamon Ryan saysMon Aug 19 2024 - 06:00
Asylum seeker tents remain pitched in makeshift camp along Grand Canal in Dublin Pattern of camping and moving on has become daily routine for men arriving into Ireland seeking asylumSun Aug 18 2024 - 17:41
HSE to consider mpox vaccination programme after WHO declares ‘public health emergency’Variant of virus causing concern in Africa, and now detected in Sweden, different to strain seen in State in 2022Thu Aug 15 2024 - 19:33
Irishman’s humanitarian efforts saved ‘hundreds of thousands of lives’, funeral Mass hearsAidan O’Leary, a former Army captain, worked with UN and was director of polio eradication programme with WHOThu Aug 15 2024 - 15:42
Dull summer not reducing Coast Guard activity as 200 lives saved since MayCoast Guard operational area covers mountains, lakes, rivers, caves and 450,000km sq of seaWed Aug 14 2024 - 06:00
Body found in search for kayaker off Co Waterford coast Man, believed to be in his 60s, found at Stradbally Cove after multi-agency searchTue Aug 13 2024 - 19:00
Woman (20s) dies after three-vehicle crash in Co Wexford Collision involving car, van and truck happened on N25 at Barntown early on Tuesday morningTue Aug 13 2024 - 13:10
Just 39% of under 18s support lowering voting age to 16 - surveyCost of living, mental health services and housing ranked as the biggest issues for young peopleFri Aug 09 2024 - 00:05
Water supply disruption due in greater Dublin area next week as pipe repair project startsSaggart reservoir to Ballymore Eustace pipeline supplies one-third of drinking water to the Greater Dublin areaThu Aug 08 2024 - 21:07
Assault on young boy in Belfast investigated as a hate crimeYoung people threw eggs and launched kicks at man outside shop on the corner of Cavandish SquareTue Aug 06 2024 - 22:55
Edna O’Brien to be buried on Holy Island, Co Clare this weekend Writer’s wishes to be carried out with a funeral planned for Saturday in TuamgraneyTue Aug 06 2024 - 22:21
Man arrested following serious assault near St Stephen’s Green Man, aged in his 30s, was taken to St James’s Hospital and was treated for serious injuriesTue Aug 06 2024 - 20:39
Sulky racers in Phoenix Park reported to Garda ‘A disaster waiting to happen’: Woman says racing with horse-drawn devices is a danger to young and old, dogs, walkers and disabled personsMon Aug 05 2024 - 06:00
Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy eyeing next Olympics despite change in weight classIreland’s gold medal winners say ‘a kind of algorithm’ has developed between them in race conditionsSat Aug 03 2024 - 18:13
Ireland weather: Rain warning issued for western countiesThousands on the move for Bray Air Display and musical festivals with gardaí advising extra care on the roadsSat Aug 03 2024 - 15:17
Bray-Greystones cliff walk: New barriers installed blocking access to routeCouncil directs walkers to ‘alternative route’ which uses the main road over Bray HeadSat Aug 03 2024 - 06:00
From guiding ships to drawing tourists: the changing role of the great lighthouses of IrelandMost Irish lighthouses date from the 1800s, and many were the work of George HalpinSat Aug 03 2024 - 06:00
Man (40s) arrested over ramming of Government buildings known to gardaí for previous offencesSocial media posts including death threats were made in the hours before attacks and are being investigatedFri Aug 02 2024 - 15:25
Warm but wet over bank holiday weekend with yellow rain warning for four counties on SundayBest of sunshine due on Saturday, but it comes with a warning of showersFri Aug 02 2024 - 08:01
Edna O’Brien burial place to be Holy Island on Lough DergFormer monastic island on the western, Co Clare shore of the lake is still used as a graveyardMon Jul 29 2024 - 23:52
Emergency services attend Dalkey quarry incidentCoast Guard confirms a person suffered a fall, but did not receive life-threatening injuriesSun Jul 28 2024 - 23:59
American charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid imprisonment for January 6th Capitol riot crimesPaul Kovacik came to Dublin to claim international protection but ‘left again when he got homesick’Fri Jul 26 2024 - 06:34
RTÉ news bulletins to resume in Northern Ireland after block over TV rights to OlympicsBroadcaster had said it would provide an edited news bulletin for viewers each night on RTÉ PlayerThu Jul 25 2024 - 19:31
Government nominates three new judges to replace retirees and fill vacant positionAll nominees are graduates of Trinity College Dublin and are set to sit the High Court and Circuit CourtThu Jul 25 2024 - 19:07
‘Kind, gentle, caring’ man killed in hit-and-run recorded an album before his death, funeral hearsMichael (Mikey) Farrelly (40s) was killed after being struck by a stolen car as he walked home from a family gatheringWed Jul 24 2024 - 15:10
Bosco, a millennium milk bottle and marriage equality badges as the Dart celebrates 40th birthdayLatest iteration of the world’s first commuter railway set to be transformed by new fleetTue Jul 23 2024 - 18:42
Waiting times on some Drogheda commuter line trains to increase as frequency reducesChanges follow public consultation which saw passengers opt for longer wait in return for trains serving Grand Canal Dock instead of ending at ConnollyTue Jul 23 2024 - 16:34
Oliver Callan says absence from airwaves due to skin cancer surgery RTÉ broadcaster says he was affected by a basal cell carcinoma ‘like thousands of us out there with our Irish skin’Mon Jul 22 2024 - 12:42
‘Eyesore’ Grand Canal barriers have cost €125,000 to date with four future options in consideration, PAC toldBarriers were erected in May along 2km-stretch of canal to prevent homeless migrants pitching tentsThu Jul 04 2024 - 16:06
Mother and daughter killed in Co Mayo crash named locallyAisling Moore and daughter Abbigael (8) from Swinford were killed in a collision with a lorry on TuesdayWed Jul 03 2024 - 14:58
Resolution of disputes taking ‘unacceptably long’, interim RTB chief saysCommittee hears new computer system can compare Eircodes, rental price history, RTB data and Revenue detailsTue Jul 02 2024 - 20:42
Tayto recalls crisps after ‘golf ball contamination’Object made its way into snack food production lineSat Jun 29 2024 - 00:13
More than 100 migrants without papers come before the courtsGarda pilot programme at Dublin Airport between February and May was in response to ‘emerging trend’, says Drew HarrisFri Jun 28 2024 - 22:16
Man jailed for theft of foreign students’ course fees Court hears that students not registered for courses and encountered work and visa problemsThu Jun 27 2024 - 19:07
Owner management companies the ‘wild west’ of regulationGroup briefs politicians on need for oversight of ‘tens of millions of euro’ annuallyTue Jun 25 2024 - 21:15
More than 107,000 PPSN numbers issued to people from UkraineData shows 24 per cent of those who came from Ukraine may have left the StateMon Jun 24 2024 - 13:04
