Irish education spending low by OECD standardsExpenditure per student down 7% since 2008 while figure rose 8% across OECD over periodFri Sept 16 2016 - 10:52
Girls earn better results than boys in Junior CertGreater percentage of boys receive either E, F or NG marks in most subjectsFri Sept 16 2016 - 01:00
Antique Chinese teapot fetches $3.5m at Sotheby’s NY auctionPurchase of 250-year-old Qianlong Dynasty porcelain item seen as reflecting upturnThu Sept 15 2016 - 17:42
Ex-Columbine principal warns children’s use of social media ‘dangerous’Frank DeAngelis was head of Colorado high school, where two students carried out massacreWed Sept 14 2016 - 21:12
Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green shopping centre closed after fatalityEmergency services cordon off scene after man falls from a heightWed Sept 14 2016 - 18:16
Call to rebrand Artane Band due to ‘trauma’Council to debate significance of Artane industrial school link to band playing for GAAMon Sept 05 2016 - 01:00
Row over €190m new road through landscape that inspired HeaneyLate poet had expressed opposition to road over damage to environmentFri Sept 02 2016 - 09:04
Berkeley tragedy: US law aimed at preventing repeat passedBill seeking to compel transparency over construction firms with negligent histories adoptedThu Sept 01 2016 - 17:05
EC’s Apple tax ruling will not endanger Government - CoveneyMinister confident Cabinet to reach consensus on potential appeal over ruling on FridayThu Sept 01 2016 - 14:49
Coping with being pipped in the points raceNot getting your preferred course might well just lead you to a better pathThu Sept 01 2016 - 06:00
Amateur drone users unable to get insurance in IrelandNeither of the country’s two drone insurance providers covers amateurs or hobbyistsThu Sept 01 2016 - 05:33
Sea search continues for camper missing off Donegal coastMan in 50s disappeared on stretch of coastline at Isle of Doagh on Inishowen PeninsulaTue Aug 30 2016 - 21:39
Dutch minister offers support to Ireland ahead of BrexitBert Koenders met with Charlie Flanagan in Dublin to discuss the UK’s exit from the EUTue Aug 30 2016 - 20:25
Cavan in shock after five die in suspected murder-suicideThree children who died at home in Ballyjamesduff ‘will be greatly missed’Tue Aug 30 2016 - 09:10
Manufacturer offers Annalise Murphy her silver medal boatLaser Performance chief executive gifts sailor her Olympic vessel named ‘Good Egg’Tue Aug 30 2016 - 01:00
Self-defence training flourishes amid rise in reported assaultsA growing number of people are learning defence techniques due to the risk of attackMon Aug 29 2016 - 01:00
Áras Attracta’s services criticised in a draft HSE reportThe care home was the controversial subject of an RTÉ Prime Time Investigates programmeFri Aug 26 2016 - 20:24
Inside Track: Helen Cahill of Cahill’s Farmhouse CheeseThe Cahills have been farming since in 1902 and exporting cheese for more than 20 yearsFri Aug 26 2016 - 07:34
UK Strongest Man contest attracts four of Ireland’s bestSean O’Hagan, Ivan Gannon, Pa O’Dwyer and Jonathan Kelly take part at Belfast City HallThu Aug 25 2016 - 19:43
Savoy Cinema staff protest at owner’s plan to usher in new termsWorkers angry operator IMC has discontinued pay grade and cut rate for some covering shiftWed Aug 24 2016 - 19:35
HRT treatment ‘increases’ breast cancer risk, study findsWomen using the therapy 2.7 times more likely to develop the disease, researchers sayTue Aug 23 2016 - 19:17
Olympic sailing silver medallist Annalise Murphy arrives home‘Being Irish you don’t want this to be affecting the athletes and the achievements’Tue Aug 23 2016 - 18:08
Rio 2016: ‘They didn’t take credit cards’ - athlete’s fatherFamily of Olympian claim Pro10 firm had no online order system and ignored callsTue Aug 23 2016 - 01:00
Taking it to the third level - and enjoying the experienceMake sure the basics are covered first then shift your attention to settling in and enjoying college lifeMon Aug 22 2016 - 06:00
Member of Hutch family identifies himself as intended targetMajorcan police interview man who says he met Trevor O’Neill by chance at hotelSat Aug 20 2016 - 01:02
Residents of pyrite-damaged homes sent backdated LPT billsProperty owners say they were assured by Revenue their homes were exemptSat Aug 20 2016 - 01:01
President Michael D Higgins urges action on refugeesWelcoming draft UN declaration on tackling issue he calls on governments to follow throughFri Aug 19 2016 - 21:02
DIT students with mental health issues up 700% in four yearsEfforts to address stigma over mental health issues among young people seen as paying offFri Aug 19 2016 - 01:00
Garda investigates suspected human trafficking in Co MeathUnconfirmed number of arrests made as property in Nobber attendedThu Aug 18 2016 - 23:12
Philippines formally added as country for Irish adoptionsAdoption Authority of Ireland signs arrangements under Hague ConventionWed Aug 17 2016 - 21:05
Annalise Murphy ‘reaps rewards of hard work’, President saysTaoiseach also congratulates Irish silver Olympic medal-winning sailorTue Aug 16 2016 - 19:12
Psychiatric nurses cancel industrial action after HSE dealPNA says all temporary nurses and 2016 graduates to be offered permanent postsTue Aug 16 2016 - 19:01
Brexit bounce: fintech firms look to Ireland to establish HQsCentral Bank moves to reassure sector that Irish regulatory system is preparedMon Aug 15 2016 - 07:24
Ireland set for ‘devastating crash’ if rules relaxed, says GerlachFormer Central Bank deputy warns against loosening property lending regulationsFri Aug 12 2016 - 14:54
New mortgage agreements amount to €417m in JuneVariable rate mortgages made up two-thirds of all new agreements over past yearFri Aug 12 2016 - 14:45
Hugh Grosvenor (25) becomes new Duke of Westminster on the death of his fatherProperty heir’s overnight €10.5bn fortune sparks calls for UK tax overhaulFri Aug 12 2016 - 12:30
Mother of Berkeley balcony victim starts online petitionJackie Donohoe seeking support for introduction of higher building standards in San FranciscoThu Aug 11 2016 - 12:50
Berkeley tragedy ‘did not need to happen’, says Aoife BearyBalcony collapse survivor gives emotional testimony to California senate hearingThu Aug 11 2016 - 01:00
List of new senior counsel includes 20 men and three womenNew advisory committee to oversee inner bar admissionThu Aug 11 2016 - 00:25
Berkeley: Students’ mothers call for laws to prevent similar tragedy‘Ashley will never get married. Her father will never walk her up the aisle’Wed Aug 10 2016 - 22:10
Berkeley survivor Aoife Beary: ‘I miss my friends so much’Woman injured in balcony collapse says birthday will always be reminder of friends’ deathsWed Aug 10 2016 - 20:40
Rehab worker failed to monitor homecare, tribunal hearsSylvia Ozurumba McJyn accused of mismanaging home visits for the disabledTue Aug 09 2016 - 20:42
Irish tourism body wants action on sterling rateFears that US tourists will prefer London and ScotlandMon Aug 08 2016 - 01:00
Hiroshima bombing victims remembered in DublinSeventy-one years on people in Hiroshima are still struggling with illness, Japanese ambassador saysSat Aug 06 2016 - 20:44
The Cadillac of rural IrelandThe ‘Little Grey Fergie’ tractor, designed by Co Down engineer Harry Ferguson 70 years ago, changed the lives of Irish farmers and brought about a virtual revolution in farmingSat Aug 06 2016 - 06:00
Strike averted at National Ambulance ServiceSiptu receives commitment to ‘substantial’ additional funding arrangementsFri Aug 05 2016 - 22:15
Mental health taskforce will seek to help young peopleOmbudsman for Children Niall Muldoon hopes initiative will make a ‘real difference’Fri Aug 05 2016 - 21:28
Death of woman in Cavan not treated as suspiciousGardai receive result of postmortem on 54-year-old found with head injuriesThu Aug 04 2016 - 19:42
Man seriously ill in hospital after scrapyard shootingVictim of suspected case of mistaken identity expected to survive attack in WalkinstownThu Aug 04 2016 - 19:33
G4S cash-in-transit company moves back into profitCompany identifies robberies and shift towards electronic payment as biggest threatsWed Aug 03 2016 - 16:01
