Ruth Burke obituary: ‘A mischievous wee woman who loved to play tricks’Lives Lost to Covid-19: Antrim mother of five worked in special school in NewtownabbeyThu May 28 2020 - 14:42
Elon Musk rocket launch postponed due to bad weatherCraft was to be the first private enterprise vehicle in history to take humans into spaceWed May 27 2020 - 22:04
Charities could lose €500m due to Covid-19 pandemicCancelled fundraising events and economic downturn is affecting public contributionsWed May 27 2020 - 21:43
Hot, sunny weather forecast in lead-up to bank holiday weekendLong spell of dry, settled weather set to continue everywhere except in the westWed May 27 2020 - 17:19
University of Limerick to refund students living in campus accommodationThousands of students left to return home during Covid-19 lockdownTue May 26 2020 - 21:59
University of Limerick head resigns over personal Covid-19 health concernsUL president Dr Des Fitzgerald admits virus will curtail his interactions with studentsTue May 26 2020 - 19:40
Dig for remains of Red Hugh O’Donnell finds skull and coffinsArchaeologists discover bones in Spanish chapel where Christopher Columbus was also buriedTue May 26 2020 - 19:18
New measures introduced to help English language foreign students in IrelandStudents will have their visas extended to complete their studiesTue May 26 2020 - 16:28
Archaeologists are ‘quite sure’ they have found Red Hugh O’Donnell’s burial placeSpanish team is set to begin a dig inside the remains of a chapel in ValladolidSun May 24 2020 - 18:17
Micheál Martin predicts a government will be formed within two weeksFianna Fáil leader describes discussions with Fine Gael and Green Party as ‘serious’Sat May 23 2020 - 00:08
Spanish archaeologists recover bones in search for remains of Red Hugh O’Donnell‘We are close’ - says City of Valladolid official as search resumes for tragic Irish heroFri May 22 2020 - 21:57
Bord na Móna welcomes report into transition away from peat in the midlandsSemi-State says Just Transition is in harmony with its ‘brown to green’ strategyFri May 22 2020 - 19:15
Air Corps helicopter door falls from sky into Clondalkin school groundsInvestigation under way after incident involving air ambulance returning to baseThu May 21 2020 - 21:13
Male motorcyclist killed following collision with truck in DublinMotorcyclist dies on Naul Road, death brings to 57 number of fatalities on Irish roads in 2020Thu May 21 2020 - 19:18
Two pro-Israel websites in Ireland hacked in suspected Iranian cyberattackIreland Israel Alliance and the Ireland Israel Business Network both targetedThu May 21 2020 - 19:13
Coronavirus: Call to partially reopen primary schools in JuneNational Parents’ Council Primary urges review, but Harris rules out sixth-class returnWed May 20 2020 - 17:31
Reopening of McDonald’s brings joy and traffic jams to Dublin‘When I heard it was open, I said, ‘why not?’ The lockdown has been ‘tough on the kids’Wed May 20 2020 - 12:08
Warm and sunny weather ahead with highs of 22 degreesGrass growth has been restricted as there has been little or no rain for the last six weeksWed May 20 2020 - 08:51
Charities fear for finances and survival as Covid-19 pandemic continuesConcerns some operations will not be able to offer services in six months timeTue May 19 2020 - 20:55
Menthol cigarettes to be banned in Ireland from WednesdayThe ban comes into force under an EU directive six years agoTue May 19 2020 - 20:21
Golf club told to cancel tee times for members breaching 5km restrictionGardaí told Cahir club it was ‘unacceptable’ for distant members to use courseTue May 19 2020 - 15:12
Covid-19 taking ‘emotional toll’ on frontline staff, says ex-Rose of TraleeDr Elysha Brennan, who survived cancer, is helping health staff who have caught virusTue May 19 2020 - 02:20
Spring begins in garden centres as the public makes up for lost timeCrash barriers but no long queues outside flagship Woodie’s storeMon May 18 2020 - 22:24
Garda deaths by suicide four times national average, figures suggestThirteen gardaí died by suicide in last three years; 16,116 days lost due to mental illnessSun May 17 2020 - 20:40
Reopening preparations under way as Harris warns firms not to open illegallyHardware shops, garden centres, garages and bicycle repair shops are among those to openSun May 17 2020 - 12:01
Coronavirus: 15 new deaths reported in the RepublicThere have now been a total of 1,533 deaths associated with the virus in the StateSun May 17 2020 - 11:58
Coronavirus: Minister warns of action if businesses reopen illegallySimon Harris to sign updated regulations this weekend on easing lockdownSat May 16 2020 - 20:31
Commercial vehicle roadworthiness tests to recommence on MondayThere is as yet no date as to when either driving tests or NCTs will recommenceSat May 16 2020 - 11:43
Department of Education focused on September reopening of schools, says HolohanParents’ group hopes public health advice will be under constant review over coming weeksSat May 16 2020 - 10:54
Irish children checked for rare illness potentially linked to Covid-19European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control issues alert over inflammatory syndromeFri May 15 2020 - 21:00
Covid-19: Argentina’s ambassador to Ireland buried in Co MayoThe mass of Laura Bernal held in Foxford after she died suddenly of virus aged 64Fri May 15 2020 - 15:41
Primary schools must reopen. It’s time for parents to make their voices heardOpinion: If there are sound reasons why schools cannot go back until September, they have not been explained to the Irish publicThu May 14 2020 - 13:44
Coronavirus: Childcare scheme for healthcare workers cancelledOnly six providers volunteered for scheme set up for workers during Covid-19 pandemicWed May 13 2020 - 21:32
Irishman is now sole survivor of Winston Churchill’s second World War “Few”Dubliner John Hemingway (100) fought in the Battle of BritainSun May 10 2020 - 16:54
Credit notes to customers who have to cancel their holidays will be Government backedCustomers will receive credit note to the value of their holiday if refund is not possibleFri May 8 2020 - 21:11
Guarded welcome by unions and third-level institutions to new LC arrangementsEducational bodies say solution 'far from ideal' but at least gives certainty to studentsFri May 8 2020 - 20:52
A riot, champagne and Charlie Haughey: Garret FitzGerald’s eve of VE Day diary“At 9.19 on way back to College, at bottom Grafton St, we met Charlie Haughey”Fri May 8 2020 - 16:48
VE Day 75: Haughey, FitzGerald and that ‘Irish Times’ front pageTrinity students’ provocative decision to raise the Union flag led to riotous scenesThu May 7 2020 - 21:34
To open or not to open: pubs facing existential crisis in Covid-19 eraPublicans lobby for accelerated openings, but many worry about their viabilityThu May 7 2020 - 11:09
Traffic volumes up more than 10% since lifting of restrictions beganMain routes into Dublin and other cities up by 10 per cent in many places on TuesdayWed May 6 2020 - 17:02
Over 70s can go for a drive within 5km of home, department confirmsGuidelines for those ‘cocooning’ were eased on Tuesday to allow for exerciseWed May 6 2020 - 13:52
Lockdown foxes: Eight cubs emerge from a den in Dún LaoghaireThere has been an increase in anecdotal sightings of urban foxesMon May 4 2020 - 19:05
Something’s happening today? Here’s how the restrictions are changingQ&A: Coronavirus measures will be eased in stages from May 18th, but there will be two changes before thenMon May 4 2020 - 16:08
No live music, no standing at the bar: Publicans lay out plans for opening up before AugustBlueprint would see table service only with a limit on customers and a ban on live musicMon May 4 2020 - 15:57
Gardaí close Phoenix Park gates as anti-lockdown protesters try to assemblePeople told to return home by officers and that they were breaking the 2km ruleSat May 2 2020 - 18:57
Meet Sam, the resourceful young fox that has made Dublin city centre its homeFox seen looking mournfully towards Merrion Square where parents liveSat May 2 2020 - 18:25
Man due in court after cannabis worth €200,000 seized in DublinGardaí discover drugs after stopping motorist in Raheny on Friday eveningSat May 2 2020 - 10:46
League of Ireland club St Patrick’s Athletic on the coronavirus front lineClub have not allowed own financial woes to stop them helping othersFri May 1 2020 - 02:30
Photos by Irishman who helped liberate Bergen-Belsen go on display onlineNational Museum’s Reflections on Resilience exhibition gives ‘pause for thought’ during crisisThu Apr 30 2020 - 21:24
‘We will no longer serve rude or impatient customers’ – Dublin butcherVillage Butcher shop in Ranelagh urges customers to be patientTue Apr 28 2020 - 17:43