Sneak preview: Chef Cúán Greene’s Collison-backed Laois restaurant and guesthouse takes shape
Bastible and Noma veteran says he is living his ‘life’s dream’ as he builds chef-led project
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‘Someone peed on our tent. It wasn’t nice’: Your verdict on Electric Picnic 2025
From Chappell Roan on the Main Stage to expensive food, festivalgoers share their highs and lows
Electric Picnic 2025 in pictures: The party kicks off at summer’s largest music festival
Campsites are a hive of activity as thousands of festivalgoers arriving today join the 40,000 who pitched their tents on Thursday
Temperatures to dip to nine degrees tonight as Met Éireann forecasts downpours at Electric Picnic
Unsettled conditions expected over the weekend as 80,000 descend on Co Laois for music festival
Electric Picnic 2025: Line-up, main stage times, site access, ticket information and more
Everything you need to know about Ireland’s largest music festival, August 29th to September 1st
How to survive and thrive in the rain at Electric Picnic
If you’re having a forgettable experience at the Stradbally festival, then you just aren’t doing it properly
HSE warns Electric Picnic festivalgoers of new psychoactive drugs, offers substance tests on site
Gardaí say they will work with health service’s harm-reduction initiative, but warn of consequences of drug possession
Weather to turn ‘wet and very blustery’ this week, Met Éireann says
Met Éireann says forecast ‘not looking great’ for thousands heading to Electric Picnic festival
Rose of Tralee winner Katelyn Cummins ‘delighted’ to represent women in trades
Katelyn Cummins speaks about working in a male dominated industry and having a hearing aid
Festivals: The best Irish events in August, from music and comedy to literature and science
There’s something for everybody in our guide to the many events being held around Ireland this month
Man loses appeal following dispute with couple in Co Laois who kept exotic pets in garage
he couple got a High Court injunction in 2014 preventing any further interference with their garage by Mr Martin snr, his son, and Drumgoan
Forest Fest 2025: stars align to send feelgood festival fans home happy
It was all about the music at Forest Fest in the picturesque village of Emo in Co Laois
Why do we hoard? My mother’s death made me think again about possessions
Scarcity of the past has given way to rampant consumption and waste
Solicitor facing professional misconduct allegations over handling of €100,000 in client account
Michael A O’Brien, solicitor and principal of a firm of the same name based in Carrick on Suir, Co Tipperary, denies any wrongdoing
Forest Fest 2025: Daily line-ups, stage times, ticket information, weather and more
Everything you need to know about the big summer festival taking place in Emo Village, Co Laois, this weekend
Wildlife rescued in Dublin park following diesel spill at Bank of Ireland
Kildare Wildlife Rescue responded to an oil spill in Kilbogget Park near Cabinteely and a separate incident in Kilminchy, Portlaoise
The best restaurants around Ireland worth travelling to
Sensational sea views or a Michelin-starred stone-wall cottage? These places offer something more than just great food
Drugs valued at €2.2m seized by gardaí in Dublin and Laois
Gardaí find ketamine, cocaine and cannabis in home after they stop car and arrest man
When dinner becomes theatre: ‘Guests love it. They sometimes even applaud after the carving’
Trolleys have returned to add drama and excitement to the fanciest of restaurants, this time carrying Martinis as well as meringues
‘€100k a minute, no trespassing’ sign put up on land at centre of row over unlawful peat extraction
Man has been repeatedly ordered by court not to trespass on 400-acre Bord na Móna midlands bog
Man (20s) dies in single-vehicle crash in Co Laois
Man was pronounced dead at the scene in Borris-in-Ossory, near Ballaghmore
Irish protesters on march to Gaza recall ‘sinister’ detention and armed ‘paid locals’ surrounding them
Demonstrators from more than 50 countries went to Egypt for peaceful attempt to reach Rafah crossing
Five ‘severely neglected’ dogs rescued from Portlaoise property
ISPCA inspector says it was ‘one of the worst cases of neglect I have seen’
Ireland’s remaining bogs can have a second tale - of creation rather than extraction
Unlike trees, a living, healthy bog will soak up more carbon per square metre than almost any other ecosystem on Earth
Summer 2025: 100 great restaurants, cafes and places to eat around Ireland
Some of the best restaurants in Dublin, Cork, Galway and around Ireland from brand new places to classic favourites
Fiona Pender murder investigation: Second search operation for her remains ends
But results of searches not disclosed for operational reasons
Bord Pleanála’s appeal over climate law duties could have ‘far-reaching consequences’, senior judges say
Supreme Court agrees to hear case of ‘systemic importance for the entire planning process’
Camogie team told to change shorts or match would be called off
Referee warns Laois U-23 team match against Kilkenny side would be abandoned if they did not change shorts worn in protest
Tony O’Reilly’s lost Dublin town house has a new owner: his godson
Plus: Eoghan Harris’s presumed muse may have worked for MI5; no advantage for Paddy Cosgrave at tennis club; and Abbeyleix puts cleanliness before godliness
Man who threatened to kill girl’s pet dog if she told anyone about abuse fails in appeal against conviction
James Quigley had been found guilty on 12 counts of sexually abusing young child between 2012 and 2018
DPP seeks to overturn judge’s ‘irrational’ refusal to convict more than 30 drivers on speeding charges
District judge had said GoSafe speeding vans were ‘shooting fish in a barrel’
High-speed Garda chase of stolen cars across Kilkenny and Waterford results in arrest of eight male youths
Incident started when two vehicles failed to stop for gardaí in Kilkenny shortly before 6pm on Monday
Bin collections set to be hit by strike action at Bord na Móna
Siptu concerned staff terms and conditions may be eroded if sale of last publicly-owned waste disposal operation goes through
Verdict of unlawful killing in death of journalism student Joe Drennan
Co Laois student (21) died of ‘catastrophic injuries’ caused by hit and run, inquest hears
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