Oscar-nominated director: Irish people’s attitude to film ‘post-colonial’Irish productions only seen at home if they’re success abroad, Song of the Sea’s Tomm Moore saysFri Feb 20 2015 - 15:34
Fund of €12m will bring broadband to rural companiesEuropean Investment Bank paying to roll out fibre to small and medium enterprisesFri Feb 20 2015 - 01:00
English council to consider flying Tricolour to mark Easter RisingRequest in Preston provokes fierce denunciation from British army veteranFri Feb 20 2015 - 00:13
Anti-water charge protest at Mountjoy Prison after five jailedSocialist Party TD Paul Murphy says sentences an ‘attack on right to protest’Thu Feb 19 2015 - 18:36
Blur to release first album together in 16 years‘The Magic Whip’ will be the first album as a foursome since 1999’s ‘13’Thu Feb 19 2015 - 18:23
Ed Sheeran to play Croke Park in JulyAt 24, the singer-songwriter says he is at the peak of his careerThu Feb 19 2015 - 09:21
Gay Byrne opens Guinness first World War exhibitionBroadcaster’s father, who was a Guinness employee, and seven uncles fought in the warWed Feb 18 2015 - 18:11
Green Fields of France ‘written to tackle anti-Irish prejudice’Author Eric Bogle says the song was ‘subtle reminder’ of Irish war deadWed Feb 18 2015 - 12:21
Men questioned after street seizure of €20,000 worth of heroinGardaí say seizure part of an operation to dismantle criminal networksWed Feb 18 2015 - 12:17
Sudden Adult Death Syndrome: the genetic screening that saves young livesIreland’s capacity for cardiac genetic testing must improve, says Dr Joe GalvinTue Feb 17 2015 - 12:00
‘Charlie Hebdo’ cartoons linked Islam to terrorism, academic saysProf Neville Cox questions the motivations behind the Je Suis Charlie campaignMon Feb 16 2015 - 21:50
Rural Ireland needs better broadband to compete globally‘To me broadband is as important to rural areas as electricity,’ says TD Stephen DonnellyMon Feb 16 2015 - 07:45
Ger O’Sullivan: ‘It’s like being in the Stone Age in 2015’Coomhola- Borlin valley in west Cork is home to 380 homes and about 1,000 peopleMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Lack of availability causing rental flight from Dublin, Daft report suggestsRents are accelerating in commuter counties as Dublin reaches the limit of affordabilityMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Jason Coyle: ‘I have to put it to a window at an angle’Manufacturer has satellite broadband which he says is worse than useless for businessMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Eoin Ó Riain laments poor service in electronic communicationsFrustrated publisher of technical periodical and online resource in the same areaMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
Historians call for commemoration of ‘forgotten Irish’ in American civil warAt least 170,000 Irish emigrants were involved in the war to end slaveryMon Feb 16 2015 - 00:04
Ireland’s broadband black spotsOur cities have world-class internet speeds and distribution, but rural areas rank among the worst-served regions of Europe. Will the national broadband plan finally change that?Sat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
Guerin’s family ask for flyover naming idea to be droppedJimmy Guerin says making ‘political football’ out of name would be ‘inappropriate’Fri Feb 13 2015 - 22:52
Wikipedia editing class to build knowledge of Irish role in WWI‘Edit-a-thon’ will help show public how to contribute to the online encyclopediaFri Feb 13 2015 - 16:00
Major conference announced in Ireland for Gallipoli centenaryEvent will discuss military disaster that claimed lives of thousands of IrishmenFri Feb 13 2015 - 15:58
Fianna Fáil to host its own Easter Rising commemorations next yearÉamon Ó Cuív says party ‘drew its inspiration from the ideals of the Proclamation’Thu Feb 12 2015 - 18:15
U2’s new single ‘Every Breaking Wave’ released as short filmSong part of teenage love story set against the background of the TroublesThu Feb 12 2015 - 16:17
Tributes paid at funeral of mother of Dublin acting family, Daphne Brennan‘Strumpet City’ actor described as a woman with great love for words and familyWed Feb 11 2015 - 21:20
President Michael D Higgins releases text of his new poemThe Prophets are Weeping tackles extremism and is first poem since assuming officeTue Feb 10 2015 - 09:29
It is right that British royals won’t be at 1916 events‘The invitation to foreign heads of state is problematic’Mon Feb 09 2015 - 15:32
Government ‘embarrassed’ by 1916 Rising, Adams saysSinn Féin launches its own programme to mark Easter Rising centenaryFri Feb 06 2015 - 17:13
Seized puppies cannot be adopted yet due to criminal investigationDSPCA says pups are in good form and ‘pooping beautifully and in large quantities’Fri Feb 06 2015 - 16:26
Cinema says church did not object to ‘50 Shades of Grey’Buncrana cinema rubbishes claims of Church veto on steamy filmThu Feb 05 2015 - 15:01
President cites youth unemployment as Europe’s biggest challengeHiggins says it would be ‘very wrong’ to marginalise young peopleThu Feb 05 2015 - 01:02
Joe Duffy to publish book on children killed in Easter RisingBroadcaster says 40 children are forgotten victims of Easter Week 1916Wed Feb 04 2015 - 17:08
The original Michael O’Leary, fighting man and propaganda giftCork man awarded Victoria Cross was feted as a war hero but struggled with civilian lifeSat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00
Shortlist announced for Ireland’s best loved poemKavanagh, Yeats and Heaney among contenders in A Poem for Ireland projectFri Jan 30 2015 - 21:25
The life and troubled times of an authentic Irish war heroMichael O’Leary VC will be remembered 100 years on from his celebrated act of braveryFri Jan 30 2015 - 16:38
Ireland’s latest centenarian celebrates his birthday in the pubBorn in 1915, George Smith worked as a docker until his retirement 35 years agoThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:00
Willie Penrose lambasts RTÉ for ‘failing’ Irish musicFormer minister says French-style quota system should be introduced by broadcasterWed Jan 28 2015 - 21:29
Ray D’Arcy’s salary covered by sponsorship, RTÉ chair saysOireachtas committee hears how Volkswagen will help cover cost of new programmeWed Jan 28 2015 - 15:51
Rare photographs of Gallipoli in Collins Barracks exhibitionDr Andrew Horne’s first World War pictures of international interest in centenary yearWed Jan 28 2015 - 08:08
Irish veteran of D-Day gets France’s highest military honourMichael d’Alton given Légion d’Honneur by French ambassador Jean Pierre-ThébaultMon Jan 26 2015 - 20:05
Micheál Martin’s family history: from old IRA to the British armyFianna Fáil leader’s background shows Irish family connections can be complicatedMon Jan 26 2015 - 01:00
Irish D-Day veteran to get Légion d’Honneur, France’s highest military honourMichael d’Alton joined the royal navy to ‘try and stop that awful German monster’Mon Jan 26 2015 - 01:00
1916 Rising an event of world importance, conference toldRussian Bolsheviks and Indian nationalists among those inspired by seminal revoltThu Jan 22 2015 - 16:35
Pre-school animation show nets worldwide distribution dealIreland’s Nelly and Nora to air on RTÉjr, CBeebies and broadcaster ZDF in GermanyThu Jan 22 2015 - 08:01
Harvey’s Point in Donegal tops TripAdvisor Irish hotel rankingsInfluential travel website lists four Irish properties in world top rankingsWed Jan 21 2015 - 17:14
Social welfare officer told immigrant to ‘go back home’‘Person or Number?’ study cites incidents of rudeness to immigrants accessing servicesTue Jan 20 2015 - 01:00
Two new planets bigger than Earth ‘found’ in our solar systemScientists say discovery would be ‘truly revolutionary for astronomy’Mon Jan 19 2015 - 22:03
Fears about future of Quinn Glass at meeting of 1,000 peopleCavan meeting organised by Concerned Irish Citizens wants local group to take on companyTue Jan 13 2015 - 01:00
Funerals for last of four Athy crash victims held on bleak mid-winter day‘We are not our past, we are not our future, we are the present. With our dreams we [can] transform the world from the mundane to the beautiful, from the grey to the gold’Sun Jan 11 2015 - 21:58
Eurovision winner recalls homeless brother who drownedCharlie McGettigan said his brother Declan ‘wasted life’ on drug addictionSun Jan 11 2015 - 18:18
