Irish Manchester United fans pay tribute to FergusonClub has supporters in every corner of the countryWed May 08 2013 - 16:12
Century Ireland brings the decade of centenaries alive for internet generationNew website will deliver the news as it happened 100 years ago for the next decadeTue May 07 2013 - 23:37
Culling badgers ‘utterly laughable’, says Queen guitaristMusician to forefront in opposing practiceMon May 06 2013 - 06:00
Dream out Louth: the first of the summer music festivalsVantastival began as a festival for camper vans but this year has 74 music actsSat May 04 2013 - 06:00
Kilkenny city a bank holiday attractionWeekend sample: Kilkenny Roots Festival, National League Hurling final, Phibsboro PhizzfestFri May 03 2013 - 13:30
Media creating ‘wall of cynicism, disappointment and disillusionment’Taoiseach says more good news stories should be told about Irish entrepreneursThu May 02 2013 - 19:01
Oliver Callan gets new drivetime slot for RTÉ sketch show with a harder edgeThe gay comedian says he was surprised by the positive reaction to his ’coming out’Thu May 02 2013 - 17:15
Coldest April in 24 years recorded in some areasIFA organises €1 million fund to source fodder in France as ‘longest winter’ takes its tollThu May 02 2013 - 06:00
Letter ’an attack on my professional opinion’, says obstetricianPeter Boylan says he resents inference from Savita inquest conclusions he is pro-abortionThu May 02 2013 - 06:00
“I’m sure Metallica have got more money than God” - Devin TownsendFor two decades Devin Townsend has been one of the most prolific solo artists in hard rock. He speaks to Ronan McGreevy ahead of his concert in The Academy this weekendWed May 01 2013 - 12:47
Asthma experts call for introduction of drug which has ‘Lazarus-like’ effect on patientsXolair has just been approved in the UK but access to it in Ireland is limitedTue Apr 30 2013 - 06:00
Human biting more dangerous than animal, say plastic surgeonsPlastic surgeons report up to 20 cases a month of severe injury caused by biting.Tue Apr 30 2013 - 06:00
Loach to make film about Irish deportee Jim GraltonThe veteran director will take on life story of man deported to US by de Valera government in 1933 because of perceived communist sympathiesMon Apr 29 2013 - 06:00
Electric Picnic was in doubt over poor 2012 sales - promoterJust 22,000 fans turned up last year - well short of the target to break evenFri Apr 26 2013 - 10:44
Brilliant mare Quevega wins by a bloody nose from the favourite in big raceThe withdrawal of favourite Solwhit was a disappointment for Punchestown racegoersFri Apr 26 2013 - 05:00
Arctic Monkeys, Fatboy Slim, Bjork for PicnicMusic festival to take place from August 30th to September 1stThu Apr 25 2013 - 12:15
Rain arrives as Ryanair boss celebrates another big win in the feature raceMichael O’Leary watches Sir Des Champs justify his favourite tag at PunchestownThu Apr 25 2013 - 07:00
Inflammatory bowel disease - the illness that dare not speak its nameSome 15,000 Irish people suffer from IBDs, but it remains a silent conditionTue Apr 23 2013 - 06:00
Minister for Health rules out six-doctor abortion interviewJames Reilly says “wrong impression” formedTue Apr 23 2013 - 05:00
Parents who do not have their children vaccinated run ‘grim risk’ warns ReillyMinister for Health urges parents to believe the facts and not ‘hype’ around vaccinationMon Apr 22 2013 - 19:30
Reilly denies plan for six doctors to review abortion requestsPlan for suicidal women ’sick joke’ and ’abusive’, perinatal psychiatrist saysMon Apr 22 2013 - 09:04
Cyclists turn out to raise awareness of tragic suicide ‘epidemic’Problem is much bigger than people realise, says bereaved restaurateur Derry ClarkeSun Apr 21 2013 - 19:15
Scheme to urge artists to participate in schoolsArtists receiving grant aid or tax breaks will be asked to give time to local schoolsSat Apr 20 2013 - 06:00
Summer of music ahead as major festivals confirm datesElectric Picnic and Oxegen festivals announce ticket pricesFri Apr 19 2013 - 09:00
Miners strike back: bitter legacy rears its head in old pit villageThatcher funeral coinciding with 20th anniversary of pit closure becomes ‘celebration’ of her deathThu Apr 18 2013 - 06:00
No paywall at RTÉ, says director general Noel CurranNew children’s channel RTÉjr launchedTue Apr 16 2013 - 07:00
Rate of falls among older people has not declined since adoption of new HSE strategyTue Apr 16 2013 - 01:00
Rabbitte says new charge no cure-all for Irish mediaMinister for Communications says newspapers want public fundsMon Apr 15 2013 - 06:00
‘Ding Dong’ reaches number two in British chartsBBC plays snippets of song which climbed charts after death of Margaret ThatcherSun Apr 14 2013 - 19:18
Former TCH chairman says receivership made him feel like a failureAlan Crosbie says he could not afford to invest in the family businessSun Apr 14 2013 - 15:04
Ground control to Cmdr ChrisChris Hadfield, astronaut and lover of things Irish, gives an interview from his home on the International Space StationSat Apr 13 2013 - 06:00
Spring arrives at last as milder weather replaces cold easterly windsHighs of 16 degrees on Sunday marks the end of one of the coldest springs on recordSat Apr 13 2013 - 06:00
Diageo to close Waterford plant with loss of 22 jobsShock as state-of-the-art Guinness essence facility to close by the end of the yearThu Apr 11 2013 - 17:56
Majority of Irish emigrants do not expect to come back to IrelandSurvey results ‘amount to a vote of no confidence’ in a future in IrelandThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
Opposition mounts to building of wind farms in midlandsRoscommon couple take issue with contentious UK studyTue Apr 09 2013 - 06:00
Revealing chronic illnesses to prospective employersUnemployment rates among people with medical conditions are higher than those who do not have such illnessesTue Apr 09 2013 - 06:00
An Taisce denies being opposed to wind farmsOrganisation objected to 40 per cent of all wind farm applications sent to An Bord PleanálaTue Apr 09 2013 - 06:00
Former British PM praised as ’transformative and powerful’Thatcher legacy continues to divide the North’s politicians in death - as she did in lifeMon Apr 08 2013 - 14:00
FG backbencher says wife given his penalty pointsAndrew Doyle says administrative error responsible for mix-upMon Apr 08 2013 - 10:06
Honeyed whiskey hits sweet spot in US marketCork-sourced honey blended with Bushmills OriginalMon Apr 08 2013 - 06:00
BAI rejects six complaints against RTÉ’s coverage of abortion debateBroadcasting watchdog holds that RTÉ was fair in its handling of a contentious issueFri Apr 05 2013 - 20:45
Cruise controlled as blockbuster Irish ancestral roots revealedHollywood actor’s ancestry traced Far and Away to 10th centuryWed Apr 03 2013 - 13:28
Tom Cruise’s Irish ancestry stretches back to the time of StrongbowActor receives Certificate of Irish Heritage from Department of Foreign AffairsWed Apr 03 2013 - 09:18
New test leads to large fall in patients presenting with heart failureIrish doctors research presented at prestigious American conferenceTue Apr 02 2013 - 06:00
RCPI welcomes reprieve for heel prick cards as Minister orders expert group reportDoctors’ body says the cards are an invaluable biomedical databaseTue Apr 02 2013 - 06:00
Third of tobacco smuggling convictions imposed on international criminalsDublin tops 2012 convictions table, followed by CorkTue Apr 02 2013 - 05:00
March likely to be one of the coldest on recordMost weather stations show temperatures three degrees lower than normal for monthTue Apr 02 2013 - 05:00
March likely to be one of the coldest on record, according to Met ÉireannTemperatures were 3 degrees below normal in most places as bitter cold weather continuesMon Apr 01 2013 - 13:53
