One person dies in fire on Dublin’s Capel Street Six units of Dublin Fire Brigade involved in operation to tackle second floor blazeMon Sept 11 2023 - 20:45
Fake letters claim Ukrainian men in Ireland face extradition to fight in warDepartment of Justice confirm it is not behind the correspondenceMon Sept 11 2023 - 19:08
Ireland’s oldest woman Máirín Hughes dies aged 109Born two months before war broke out in 1914, ‘inspirational’ Hughes remembered Black and Tans in KillarneyWed Sept 06 2023 - 11:57
Daytime partying: ‘It’s just a normal night out except I’ll get to go to bed early enough to be up for work’New partying trend includes disco parties and sober dance events as people re-evaluate how they spend their weekendsSat Sept 02 2023 - 06:00
Girls and boys cross decades-long gender divides as single-sex schools go mixedMore schools becoming co-ed with Department of Education not sanctioning a new single-sex school in 24 yearsFri Sept 01 2023 - 16:08
Newly arrived Ukrainians to be placed in tents due to accommodation shortfallMore than 10,000 new arrivals from the war zone have arrived in Ireland since May 1stFri Sept 01 2023 - 15:30
Price hikes for petrol and diesel, waste disposal and hospitality come into force today New levy for unrecycled waste applies from September 1st as reduced taxes for transport and tourism come to an endFri Sept 01 2023 - 06:51
HPSC reports 15.1% decrease in Covid-19 cases in past weekThe highest number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases recorded last week was in the 75-84 age groupThu Aug 31 2023 - 19:00
My friend phoned from the airport saying ‘the Taliban is on its way. Pack your bags, life has ended for us’New to the Parish: Manizha Khan came to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2021Tue Aug 29 2023 - 06:00
Ukrainian community in Ireland marks Independence Day with series of events around countryThose who have fled due to Russian invasion are ‘showing that we are still here and we will keep fighting’Thu Aug 24 2023 - 16:18
Temple Bar market cancelled at short notice due to Saturday American football gameNavy vs Notre Dame match leaves traders without income due to traffic and access restrictionsThu Aug 24 2023 - 07:13
Ukrainians and Irish ‘understand each other because we have been through similar problems’New to the Parish: Elvira Sieitablaieva came to Ireland from UkraineTue Aug 22 2023 - 06:00
Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust sees busiest year with 255 Irish people brought homeCharity alleviating financial hardship of bereaved families has brought back to Ireland more than 1,620 loved ones who died abroadMon Aug 21 2023 - 04:30
Dublin hospital sees threefold rise in emergency admissions over weight-loss surgeries overseas‘Terribly unethical and unprofessional practices’ used to market proceduresSun Aug 20 2023 - 17:50
Number of TDs in Dáil set to rise by up to 20 under electoral review‘Red hot interest’ by politicians in soon-to-be-published report on new constituency boundaries - DonohoeSun Aug 20 2023 - 15:01
Taking in the sights, sounds and history of Inis MeáinInis Meáin is the middle of the three main Aran Islands in Galway Bay, off the west coast of Ireland.Fri Aug 18 2023 - 08:54
Life on Inis Meáin: ‘Some people will say there’s nothing here, but in fact there is everything here’The middle of the Aran islands gets far fewer visitors than the other two, something locals are happy aboutFri Aug 18 2023 - 05:30
Like We Were Born to Move: A sharp, witty, compassionate depiction of young people’s lives in IrelandThis 2023 National Youth Theatre production brings a dynamic group of new talent to the Abbey TheatreThu Aug 17 2023 - 10:31
Staff shortages force closure of 16-bed psychiatric unit in DublinStep-down unit at St James’s Hospital is due to close on August 21st due to staffing shortagesWed Aug 16 2023 - 21:33
Bank of Ireland warns credit ratings could be affected by withdrawals made during IT outageGarda says decisons taken locally to deploy officers to ATMs due to ‘public saftey’ concerns as queues builtWed Aug 16 2023 - 19:30
Ombudsman for Children seeks permission to ‘engage directly’ with Ukrainian children accommodated by StateOffice wants to hold ‘rights-awareness workshops, consultations with children and their parents, and complaints clinics’Wed Aug 16 2023 - 01:59
White-tailed eagles spread their wings with 24 new chicks released into Irish skiesThe chicks were released in locations around Lough Derg, the Shannon Estuary and the west of Ireland.Mon Aug 14 2023 - 17:07
Spending on mental health services by Irish universities tops €6.7m over past two yearsExpenditure at Trinity College Dublin highest at €1.74m on student counselling, with total including staff pay and sundry costsMon Aug 14 2023 - 15:41
Children’s ombudsman accuses State of ‘profound violation of children’s rights’ on mental health and disability careLetter obtained under Freedom of Information shows Niall Muldoon believes HSE has ‘seriously failed in its duty to uphold the rights of children to the best possible healthcare’Mon Aug 14 2023 - 05:00
Irish in Maui tell of ‘living nightmare’ as wildfires tear through communitiesDepartment of Foreign Affairs has told ‘small number of Irish’ on holiday island to comply with evacuation ordersFri Aug 11 2023 - 11:53
Temperatures up to 25 degrees forecast today with ‘warm and humid’ week ahead Ireland will see some sunshine, with spells of rain, for the rest of the week, Met Éireann forecastsWed Aug 09 2023 - 07:45
Irish scouts leave Jamboree site ahead of tropical storm landfallStorm Khanun is expected to strike South Korea as early as Wednesday as teenagers depart for cityTue Aug 08 2023 - 09:19
‘There are lots of similarities between Irish and English people. It makes it easy to settle in’ New to the Parish: Rosie McDonagh moved from St Alban’s to Ireland in 2019, where she has co-founded a charity which assists people in needTue Aug 08 2023 - 06:00
Bike restoration project gets boost from Men’s Shed in Mountjoy PrisonThe Mountjoy training unit has recently restored its 60th bike for the Good Bike ProjectTue Aug 01 2023 - 19:00
Deirdre Jacob’s father appeals for information 25 years after her disappearanceTrainee teacher (18) went missing near Newbridge family home on July 28th, 1998Fri Jul 28 2023 - 20:43
Sinéad O’Connor: Events held in Dublin and London in honour of singer as tributes pour inDublin artist is remembered as a woman who ‘challenged’ and helped change IrelandThu Jul 27 2023 - 22:50
Number of new residential addresses added in last year falls by more than one-fifthNational residential vacancy rate dropped in June to 3.9% from 4.2% a year earlier as vacant or derelict properties return to useWed Jul 26 2023 - 00:01
‘In Brazil, it’s all about the food. Here it’s more about the drink’New to the Parish: Laura Devides, who moved to Ireland in May 2014, says she has ‘so many opportunities’ here that she would not have in BrazilTue Jul 25 2023 - 06:00
Rate of hospital deaths for pneumonia and COPD drops after Covid-19 vaccine roll-out - reportCrude mortality rate for stroke conditions and Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) declined over last decadeTue Jul 25 2023 - 00:01
Greece wildfires: ‘We got on the bus with people clambering to get on but no idea where it was taking us’Dublin family forced to shelter in a school after being evacuated from their hotel in RhodesMon Jul 24 2023 - 21:17
‘We find ourselves at war with fire’: Battle to contain wildfires continues in GreeceAlmost 19,000 helped to safety in Rhodes amid biggest emergency operation of its kind in country’s historyMon Jul 24 2023 - 14:49
Father and son (10) from Co Laois who died in Turkey holiday crash namedIrish family from Mountmellick were on holiday in Alanya when tragedy occurredTue Jul 18 2023 - 20:53
Ireland has become warmer and wetter over last 30 years - Met ÉireannSunshine hours have also increased by about 5 per cent over last three decades, forecaster saysTue Jul 18 2023 - 08:08
‘My mother never for a second thought it was an odd thing to do, having a half-Indian child in Ireland in the 1960s’New to the Parish: Anna Tanvir moved to Ireland with Maninder Singh early in the Covid-19 pandemic. They plan to stayTue Jul 18 2023 - 06:00
Over 460 Afghan people fleeing Taliban permitted to join relatives in IrelandAfghans already living in Ireland can apply for permission for up to four beneficiaries to join them under the Afghan Admission ProgrammeTue Jul 18 2023 - 02:00
Forever Young Festival: ‘It was a mud bath but it’s been great ever since’Sun comes out for final day of 1980s music festival in Co KildareSun Jul 16 2023 - 17:12
Businessman wrongly convicted on drugs charges diesDonegal man Frank Shortt, who suffered ‘grave miscarriage of justice’ in 1995, has died aged 88Sat Jul 15 2023 - 01:01
Over 84,000 people waiting for inpatient appointment at end of June, new figures showData from National Treatment Purchase Fund shows 598,228 patients waiting for first hospital outpatient consultation at end of last monthFri Jul 14 2023 - 19:20
Suspension of visa-free travel for refugees to Ireland to be extendedEvidence cited of people applying for asylum in Ireland who had already received refugee status in another European countryFri Jul 14 2023 - 09:32
‘Ringsend Abbie’ Larkin celebrated by local community ahead of World Cup debutLocal band The Pullovers launch songs to pay tribute to Girls in Green as they head to AustraliaThu Jul 13 2023 - 21:14
‘A model socialist’: People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith to retire from politics at next electionMs Smith (61) is a former trade unionist and veteran of many campaigns ran by People Before Profit and the Socialist Workers Party over the past three decades,Mon Jul 10 2023 - 13:11
Violence, discrimination and suicide of concern to parents when deciding films for children to watchIFCO says box office revenues recovered last year, rising to €92m, some 75 per cent of their pre-pandemic peakMon Jul 10 2023 - 12:15
My first Pride: ‘I never saw diversity until I went to Pride in Dublin’As Dublin Pride celebrates its 40th anniversary, some of Ireland’s foremost LGBTQ+ activists share their memoriesSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
Ukrainian boy (11) to compete for Ireland in fencing competition in ParisDaniel Karas, a competitive fencer from Kyiv, moved to Dublin after Russian invasion and joined Pembroke Fencing Club in BallslbridgeTue Jun 20 2023 - 07:46
‘I find that Waterford is a place that’s very open to foreigners. I never came across any racism’New to the Parish: Justyna Traore joined a friend for a first trip to Ireland in 2005Tue Jun 20 2023 - 05:00
