Existing laws sufficient to prosecute online harassment, experts claimSentencing of Brendan Doolin comes amid debate on need for new legal mechanismsFri Nov 15 2019 - 18:04
I’m feeling harassed online. What can I do?More than you might think: persistent harassment is a crime online as much as offlineFri Nov 15 2019 - 17:53
Gardaí investigate attacks ‘on sex workers primarily in the Dublin area’Violence is used in ‘terrifying incidents’ for the female and male injured partiesWed Nov 13 2019 - 22:31
Dublin family centre closed after botched burglary damages buildingMore than 120 families without services including pre-school breakfast in ClondalkinWed Nov 13 2019 - 21:56
State must consider reparations for Travelling community, committee hearsOireachtas given detailed breakdown of Travellers’ experiences in education systemTue Nov 12 2019 - 16:25
Drivers to receive fine and penalty points for dangerous overtaking of cyclistsLaw comes into force from midnight as cyclist groups call for greater infrastructureMon Nov 11 2019 - 16:02
This Week in Business: Selling Ireland as a conference destinationFáilte Ireland to launch tourism strategy; Aryzta agm to address transparency issuesSun Nov 10 2019 - 18:00
Mother claims daughter (16) died by suicide after campaign of racist abuseGardaí have copy of note naming individuals but are not investigating alleged harassmentThu Nov 07 2019 - 22:05
Over half of homeless men missed education due to expulsion or suspensionReport calls for better student support instead of expelling or suspending pupilsWed Nov 06 2019 - 00:01
RTÉ risks ‘super-serving’ older audience, BAI warnsResearch shows younger viewers abandoning traditional television faster than anticipatedMon Nov 04 2019 - 02:50
This Week in Business: Media and aviation giants report resultsDarina Allen talks to women who don’t lunch, while the FT’s Martin Wolf talks transformationSun Nov 03 2019 - 17:00
Future use of GPO in doubt as staff face possible ‘permanent’ relocation‘Initial estimate to refurbish the GPO is prohibitively expensive,’ An Post saysSun Nov 03 2019 - 06:15
Truck death migrants all believed to be VietnameseBritish police issue appeal to Hughes brothers to hand themselves inSat Nov 02 2019 - 00:05
John Banville hoax call was not from Nobel academyInvestigation concludes caller was able to fake Swedish organisation’s phone numberFri Nov 01 2019 - 02:26
Man arrested over fire at Emyvale garda stationThe man, in his 30s, was arrested in Donegal on suspicion of arsonWed Oct 30 2019 - 22:24
Defence Forces accepts pay settlementPDForra head says ‘executive do not believe that the recommendations go far enough’Wed Oct 30 2019 - 22:10
Garda chief rejects depiction of Border area as ‘lawless’‘Investigations are well resourced and progressing,’ says Drew Harris after Government meetingWed Oct 30 2019 - 21:46
This Week in Business: Tech giants due to report resultsCSO to report retail spending figures. Alphabet, Facebook and Apple to deliver resultsSun Oct 27 2019 - 18:00
Greater Dublin boil water notice lifted for 600,000 customersIrish Water said results for two water samples received today were satisfactoryFri Oct 25 2019 - 17:10
Department declines to say if Ballinamore asylum centre plan ‘paused’Local Sinn Féin TD backing plan says he has reported receiving death threat to gardaíFri Oct 25 2019 - 16:17
Construction work can take two years to begin despite ‘fast-track’ systemStrategic housing development system ‘an affront on democracy’, committee toldTue Oct 22 2019 - 15:53
Your business week: all the results, indicators and meetingsFrom Monday Techstars Startup Week Dublin will host 54 events in 32 venuesSun Oct 20 2019 - 16:00
Far right political group much less likely to gain traction in Ireland, conference toldLack of any obvious figurehead makes an extremist political faction less likelyFri Oct 18 2019 - 17:01
Drug trialled in Cork hospital reduces deaths from head injuryCUH part of global trial of cheap, easy to administer drug that reduces brain bleedsThu Oct 17 2019 - 02:36
Gardaí arrest 28 people as part of Operation ThorThree vehicles and €2,300 worth of fireworks also seized on ‘day of action’Thu Oct 17 2019 - 00:03
Book tracing the 186 children who died in the Troubles launchedChildren of the Troubles by Joe Duffy and Freya McClements launched in DublinWed Oct 16 2019 - 21:49
Speed camera operators to strike over October bank holiday weekendIndustrial action due to working conditions, company’s alleged refusal to engage with unionWed Oct 16 2019 - 18:21
Scramble in Japan as Irish rugby fans search for ticket swapsCian Alcock spent €1,000 on ticket to quarter-final, but now his seat is for the wrong gameWed Oct 16 2019 - 09:39
Patients taken off waiting lists after failing to respond to letters, advocacy group saysFigures are released by treatment purchase fund to Irish Patients’ AssociationTue Oct 15 2019 - 20:16
Clampers told not to engage in ‘predatory’ behaviour towards motoristsCode of practice says clampers must not attach devices to vehicles with people in themMon Oct 14 2019 - 15:06
Your business week: all the results, indicators and meetingsNetflix results due on Wednesday and a Central Bank conference on ThursdaySun Oct 13 2019 - 18:00
John Banville believes ‘man with a grudge’ behind Nobel prize hoaxWriter is sanguine about the incident, saying : ‘for 40 minutes I was a Nobel Prize winner’Sat Oct 12 2019 - 15:22
‘I believed it’: John Banville was told he won 2019 Nobel Prize in hoax callAuthor says he was phoned by Swedish Academy number shortly before announcementFri Oct 11 2019 - 20:08
Late night search for missing fisherman off West CorkCall made to Coast Guard to report concerns man’s 20ft boat had not returned to shoreThu Oct 10 2019 - 00:09
Bones of 325-million-year-old amphibian discovered in Co ClareChance discovery opens up whole new area of potential exploration along Clare coastlineWed Oct 09 2019 - 22:31
Supreme Court ‘the protector of rare birds’, chief justice saysState’s highest court has had run of environmental cases, guests at book launch toldWed Oct 09 2019 - 22:17
US heron-family bird blown to Kerry by Storm LorenzoLeast Bittern, 10th to make it across Atlantic, perished from forced migration to IrelandWed Oct 09 2019 - 21:47
Brexit to end procurement arrangement of Irish and UK blood donation servicesIrish Blood Transfusion Service says critical equipment supplies have been stockpiledMon Oct 07 2019 - 18:35
North’s dairy producers will be unable to process all their milk in no-deal BrexitAt present 35% of the North’s milk pool is processed at facilities in the RepublicMon Oct 07 2019 - 18:03
This Week: A Brexit-proofed Budget 2020Meetings, indicators and results of interest to business, finance and economic communityMon Oct 07 2019 - 08:20
Thin Lizzy get stamp of approval for 50th anniversaryBrace of €1 stamps features the Black Rose album cover and a portrait of Phil LynottThu Oct 03 2019 - 21:39
Minister ‘ashamed’ at waiting list for home help hours‘I am embarrassed and yes I am apologising for that on a daily basis,’ admits Jim DalyWed Oct 02 2019 - 02:00
Homecare needs and costs set to spiral if not tackledRapidly ageing Irish population requires care staff, cash injection and better systemWed Oct 02 2019 - 01:00
Call for imposition of green tax on air passengers in budgetSocial Justice Ireland calls for environmental tax of up to €30 per passenger per flightTue Oct 01 2019 - 13:44
Efforts to plant more trees in Ireland fall short by thousands of hectaresJust 22,500 hectares of land planted against a target of over 27,000 since 2015Mon Sept 30 2019 - 19:02
Farming families overpaid more than any other social protection recipientsC&AG report finds overspend of 12.7 per cent in farm assist payments costing €9.4 millionMon Sept 30 2019 - 18:32
Shellfish tracing system may ease customers’ safety fearsTracing advances could see ‘stigma of shellfish’ start to disappear, says restaurateurMon Sept 30 2019 - 01:00
Your business week: Irish and Euro zone unemploymentAll Island Business Conference and ESRI Ageing Workford in Ireland studySun Sept 29 2019 - 18:00
Drugs worth an estimated €4m seized in DublinTwo men arrested following heroin and cocaine seizureFri Sept 27 2019 - 21:38
New York Times journalist helped by Irish diplomats to flee EgyptDeclan Walsh says assumption US government would assist reporters ‘no longer holds firm’Tue Sept 24 2019 - 17:09
