In a Word. . . Brigid

With St Brigid’s Day to become a bank holiday from next year, it might help make January 2023, and thereafter, go away faster

‘What the film says is that you can hold on to your principles, and still emerge a winner’

David Puttnam recalls series of accidents that helped make Chariots of Fire a classic

‘They saved my life’: Sportsman thanks ‘vital’ charity-run air ambulance

Irish Community Rapid Response helicopter flew 490 missions in 13 countries last year

Irish people became slightly smellier, hairier during year as buying habits changed

Covid-19 and all its trappings led to dramatic shifts in our shopping baskets

HSE plans to start training 250 new Covid-19 contact tracers this week

Contract tracing centres ‘desperately need’ permanent staff to strengthen operation

Traffic volume increases up to 16% as schools reopen

The number of vehicles on the road still remains much lower than this time last year

Inside the dog-trafficking trade: ‘After drugs, it’s guns, then pups’

Campaigners call for strict laws on dog trade after a rise in dognapping since lockdown

“We’re expanding on what St Patrick did and putting a rainbow on it”

This year’s celebrations of Pride will be restricted by Covid, but will be spectacular nonetheless, reports Sandra O’Connell

Ireland enjoys hottest day of the year for second time this week

Bank holiday Monday could break the record again, with highs of 27 degrees forecast

‘Dramatic increase’ in littering and dumping in north Dublin

Fingal County Council alarmed by waste in parks and beaches across local authority

Garda to scale down Covid-19 enforcement for June bank holiday

Focus of force to switch from roads to parks, beaches and beauty spots

Hot, sunny weather forecast in lead-up to bank holiday weekend

Long spell of dry, settled weather set to continue everywhere except in the west

Temperatures expected to hit 25 degrees on Thursday

Met Éireann forecasts dry weather for June bank holiday weekend

Garda who went viral directing traffic in east Cork expects quiet weekend

Before lockdown, gridlock was normal as visitors flocked to picturesque Ballycotton

May Bank Holiday: Weather to reach high-point with 19 degrees on Monday

Temperatures are expected to rise through the weekend with some showers forecast

Cancelled: Summer music festivals and other large events called off

Ticket buyers to be offered refunds as Government bans gatherings of more than 5,000

Whole new ball game: Hats, scarves, facemasks - An Ulster final like no other

On a cold February morning, the tailback was slow approaching the Border Covid checkpoint

Council tells Johnny Ronan firm to keep the noise down at D4 Embassy venue

Council inserts noise condition after locals claim property being used as party venue

Farmer died after he was trampled by cattle on his farm

Family recall ‘a very happy bachelor farmer’ who died from severe head injuries after fall

Got room to improve? Get your house in order at the Ideal Home Show

Whether you’re doing a new build or a refurb, draw up plans to visit the RDS

Axe and homemade mace seized from man on scooter with no helmet

Weapons and drugs found after individual searched at routine traffic stop in Offaly

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