Thousands gather on Dublin’s O’Connell Street for hoax Halloween parade that did not take place
Website had given details of large event hosted by Galway arts ensemble Macnas but no such festivities had been arranged
Dublin-Belfast train users: ‘It’s advertised as an hour from Dundalk. It takes an hour and 20’
Competition with Dart leads to frustration for north-south travellers as well as capital’s commuters
Mark Foley drink-driving case: ‘Where he crashed would have been my driver’s seat and my four-year-old in the back’
Blood-alcohol test shows ex-EirGrid chief was four times over limit when he crashed into two parked cars
‘Our lives will never be the same’: Woman lost father, son and brother on the same dangerous road
Old Dublin-Belfast road opposite Monasterboise Inn is another ‘accident waiting to happen’, says Bernie Whelan
What I Read This Week: A vital read on the origins of the Troubles and Boris Johnson’s memoir flop
Reporter Ronan McGreevy picks his standout stories of the week including a pertinent piece on an essential truth about Catholic Ireland
Kyran Durnin case: Gardaí receive ‘huge volume’ of information from public on missing boy
Detectives no closer to making arrests amid claims the State’s child protection system had ‘failed’ Co Louth boy
‘It’s surreal. It’s like something off a TV show’: Former neighbours of Kyran Durnin express bewilderment amid Garda dig
Search for missing boy (8) had moved from house in Emer Terrace in Dundalk to a shared garden at the back of the terrace
Kyran Durnin case: Gardaí finish dig in Dundalk back garden without finding fresh evidence
Forensic examination of Emer Terrace house and wasteland outside complete, with focus likely to shift to Drogheda
‘They laugh at us’: Dublin retailers voice fury at €10,000-plus payouts for defamation over shoplifting
Shopkeepers association hears of rising levels of criminality in stores, from shoplifting to violent robbery
Boy (15) who competed in Ireland’s Fittest Family ‘will be hugely missed by everyone who knew him’
Cillian Flaherty was a third year students at Blakestown Community College in Dublin 15
Drink driving case against former Eirgrid chief executive dismissed over failure to offer a urine test
Blood sample taken from Mark Foley which showed him to be four times over legal limit ruled inadmissible
Moynalty Horse Chase: ‘I wouldn’t vote for Sinn Féin. They are too inexperienced’
Those who turned out for a local football fundraiser in north county Meath are expecting the present Government to be re-elected
Substantial increase in number of 13 year-olds diagnosed with disability over last decade - report
The most prevalent physical disability was found to be blindness or visual impairment (24.8%), followed by pain or difficulties breathing (19.1%), trouble doing physical activities (11.9%) and deafness/hearing impairment (2.5%)
War and remembrance – Ronan McGreevy on the Battle of Le Pilly
A dark time for the 2nd Royal Irish Regiment
Two men killed in separate road traffic incidents in Cork and Galway
Man (24) died in single-vehicle collision between Bantry and Ballydehob while second man (20s) was killed near Dunmore