100 years ago today: the Clonmult ambush was the IRA’s worst disasterIRA men had spent weeks in abandoned east Cork farmhouse when crown forces arrivedSat Feb 20 2021 - 09:44
Coronavirus: Three cases of Brazil variant identified in the State for first time28 further deaths and 763 new cases reported as 13,171 more vaccines givenFri Feb 19 2021 - 22:01
Cannabis worth €260,000 seized in separate raids at Dublin PortOfficers discovered 13kg of herbal cannabis headed for Dublin addressesFri Feb 19 2021 - 21:55
Sinn Féin councillor says criticism of IRA bomber commemoration is ‘nonsense’Planned online event for Edward O’Brien, who died in ‘bus bomb’, was ‘shocking says ex-ministerFri Feb 19 2021 - 19:49
More than half of Covid-19 fines given to under-25sAlmost 8,000 fixed penalty notices issued to date with 620 court prosecutions to followFri Feb 19 2021 - 19:27
Trinity to examine colonial legacy in reply to Black Lives MatterTCD’s history from the Plantation of Ulster to the Atlantic slave trade under scrutinyFri Feb 19 2021 - 15:06
Royal British Legion stands by James McClean’s right not to wear poppyArmed forces charity condemns abuse suffered by Ireland international and his familyThu Feb 18 2021 - 19:34
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Finbarr O’Shea, ironworker and Cork City Football Club superfanFinbarr was a beloved figure at the club and always had a smile on his faceWed Feb 17 2021 - 16:43
Lives Lost to Covid-19: James Cross once saw his death announced live on TVBritish diplomat from Co Tipperary was a central figure in Canada’s October CrisisTue Feb 16 2021 - 18:00
Irish unity will take place within a generation – historian Max HastingsEx-editor say State’s wealth makes unification possible in a way it was not in 1960sTue Feb 16 2021 - 13:24
Breakthrough in search for the remains of tragic Irish historical figurePatrick Sarsfield led the Wild Geese into exile after the battles of the Boyne and AughrimTue Feb 16 2021 - 06:56
Gardaí break up funeral Mass of former gangland figure over Covid breachesMass for Philip Griffiths did not go ahead as 250 people were present in the churchMon Feb 15 2021 - 19:34
Signal failure – Ronan McGreevy on the Upton train ambush of February 1921An Irishman’s DiaryMon Feb 15 2021 - 19:01
‘Women’s place is in the home’: Citizens’ Assembly again tackles thorny issueLessons learned from Eighth Amendment on abortion over unintended consequencesSun Feb 14 2021 - 18:20
Sam the Trinity fox finds true love and is expecting cubsCrazy courtship of vixen and paramour kept staff at college amused in recent weeksSun Feb 14 2021 - 12:59
Late Late Show shifts to St Patrick’s Day to boost virtual celebrationsCancellation of usual March 17th festivities for second year sees chatshow shift to midweek slotSat Feb 13 2021 - 19:37
Three held, €211,755 in cash seized in money laundering investigationOfficers from Garda drugs and organised crime bureau searches premises in DublinSat Feb 13 2021 - 18:26
Vaccination once again: Medics look forward to ‘beginning of the end’ on CovidAlmost 5,000 vaccines to be given to medical staff in centres around country over weekendSat Feb 13 2021 - 17:59
Travellers to Tenerife for dental appointment risk prosecution, Drew Harris saysIncrease in calls to clinic from Ireland after Government raised fine for non-essential travelFri Feb 12 2021 - 22:28
Man murdered in Dublin as part of localised dispute, gardaí suspectFather-of-one Patrick ‘Paddy’ Lyons was killed in Ballymun on Thursday nightFri Feb 12 2021 - 18:25
Tenerife dentist willing to inform police about bogus Irish appointmentsIncrease in calls to clinic from Ireland after Government raised fine for non-essential travelFri Feb 12 2021 - 15:29
Politicians shouldn’t mess with order of vaccinations, Harris saysPublic debate continues over Ministers receiving vaccine as Washington visit loomsFri Feb 12 2021 - 13:51
Healthcare workers who refuse vaccination can be removed, says HSE chiefHealth and Safety Act allows for the removal of staff from frontline positionsThu Feb 11 2021 - 17:02
HSE says nearly 250,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered to dateSome 154,900 first doses given, 88,453 people have received their second doseThu Feb 11 2021 - 15:06
Unpublished photographs of Maud Gonne appear in new documentaryIreland’s most famous unrequited love story recalled in Scéalta Grá na hÉireannWed Feb 10 2021 - 16:54
Snow and ice warning in place until Tuesday evening has been issuedMet Éireann move comes as up to 5cm of snow is expected in some parts of the countryMon Feb 08 2021 - 19:49
Hospital reports no new Covid-19 cases in staff after full vaccinationJabs offered ‘ray of hope’ says clinical director of National Maternity HospitalMon Feb 08 2021 - 19:16
HSE to target religious congregations for vaccination after surge of Covid-19 deathsHealth authority says it does not know how many clergy live in congregated settingsFri Feb 05 2021 - 13:15
Met Éireann issues warning for snow and sub-zero temperatures next weekEastern half of country will see ‘significant accumulations’ of snow, forecaster saysFri Feb 05 2021 - 10:00
Man (22) dies after road crash in Co SligoCollision between car and jeep occurred at 5pm in Calry on ThursdayFri Feb 05 2021 - 08:19
Covid-19: UK variant accounts for three in four cases in the StateNphet reports 75 more deaths as State passes 200,000 confirmed casesThu Feb 04 2021 - 19:35
Religious order ‘overwhelmed’ by death of 10 priests in Covid-19 waveSpiritans mourn priests, who worked on missions and in schools, as ‘inspired men’Wed Feb 03 2021 - 17:46
Weather warning as Siberian winds set to bring ‘significant’ snowEast of the country likely to see ice and snow for at least five days as temperatures plungeWed Feb 03 2021 - 16:39
Four Irish among 96 foreigners forced into mandatory quarantine in AustriaPolice raid hotels, boarding houses in search of tourists breaking country’s Covid-19 rulesTue Feb 02 2021 - 16:02
Cabinet to make final decision on format of Leaving Cert exams next weekGovernment hopes to have all schools open by the end of March, depending Covid numbersMon Feb 01 2021 - 20:09
Irish in Myanmar: ‘If people went on to the street I would worry’Despite queues and more security, people are calm as this has happened before, Marie Starr saysMon Feb 01 2021 - 13:26
Weather warning in place with snow forecast in partsStatus yellow snow and ice warning issued as motorists warned of road conditionsSun Jan 31 2021 - 08:20
Dublin Smartphone Film Festival shows quality phone filmmaking is on the riseThis year’s festival attracts 200 entries from 25 countries with 82 film screeningsSat Jan 30 2021 - 20:17
Coronavirus: More than 1,000 deaths and 100,000 cases recorded in JanuaryNphet reports 79 further fatalities as ‘level of infection remains twice that of October peak’Sat Jan 30 2021 - 18:06
Covid-19: Majority of fatalities had underlying conditionsOfficial data shows 83% of those who died from disease had at least one other ailmentFri Jan 29 2021 - 21:53
Covid-19: Traveller organisations ask community to obey funeral restrictionsEstimated 200 people attended funeral in Carrick-on-Shannon despite regulationsFri Jan 29 2021 - 18:59
Irish civilian dead of WW2 to be recognised as Commonwealth casualtiesConcentration camp victim among 52 people to be remembered in Westminster AbbeyFri Jan 29 2021 - 11:19
‘It is an utterly false promise’ - Nphet rejects zero-Covid strategy as ‘impractical and risky’Opposition members support strategy which health officials say offers ‘false promises’Fri Jan 29 2021 - 00:30
Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Brexit makes a united Ireland more likely’‘I firmly believe Scottish independence will happen,’ Scotland’s first minister has saidThu Jan 28 2021 - 21:00
Close contact testing to resume from Friday, HSE’s Paul Reid confirmsHSE will take guidance on whether to vaccinate over-65s with AstraZeneca vaccineThu Jan 28 2021 - 17:06
Irish booksellers have record year as lockdown helps boost salesMore than 13m books, worth €161.5m, sold in 2020 despite shops being closed for monthsTue Jan 26 2021 - 14:20
Man who saw his death announced on TV in October Crisis 50 years ago dies aged 99Irish man James Cross was kidnapped by Quebec separatists in 1970 in landmark momentMon Jan 25 2021 - 21:30
Covid-19: PUP recipients warned of ‘sophisticated scam’Number of people claiming pandemic payment at highest level since end of lockdown in JuneMon Jan 25 2021 - 19:25
‘She never blinked an eye’ – An Irishman’s Diary on the IRA’s killing of Mary Lindsay in 1921Lindsay was killed along with her chauffeur James ClarkeMon Jan 25 2021 - 19:01
HSE outlines order of Covid-19 vaccination priority for healthcare staffDr Colm Henry acknowledges that vaccine rollout has been ‘frustrating’ for staffSun Jan 24 2021 - 12:27
