Bank holiday road users warned of ‘killer driver behaviour’Crackdown to focus on speeding, drink- and drug-driving, seat belts and mobile phonesThu Aug 01 2019 - 17:42
New Garda mobile app ‘will revolutionise roads policing’Gardaí at the roadside can instantly check driver and vehicle histories and addressesThu Aug 01 2019 - 15:54
One-third of Irish ‘could not afford’ week’s holiday away from home in 2017EU report finds European average of 28 per cent and just 9.7 per cent of Swedes could not afford seven days awayWed Jul 31 2019 - 10:59
Work on State’s longest bridge delays New Ross bypass openingConstruction difficulties delay opening of €230 million bypass by more than six monthsMon Jul 29 2019 - 06:00
Bray Air Display: ‘I thought the yellow lad was a goner’Thrills and jaw-dropping moments drew 40,000 to Co Wicklow seafront on SundaySun Jul 28 2019 - 20:04
Man stabbed near Grafton Street in DublinLuas was partly suspended following early morning incident in the city centreFri Jul 26 2019 - 14:46
Communities living in fear of eight-year-old gang members, forum toldMothers bringing sons to be shot by appointment, Police Authority hearsThu Jul 25 2019 - 14:54
Embassies may not claim diplomatic immunity on workers’ rightsLabour Court rules worker may sue Kuwaiti Cultural Office under Unfair Dismissals ActThu Jul 25 2019 - 02:28
Temperatures reach over 25 degrees in Donegal and DublinBundoran closed over pollution on the beach while bathing restrictions put in place at WatervilleTue Jul 23 2019 - 18:39
‘Only for them my daughter wouldn’t be here:’ Father thanks young men after rescueUS coast guard member joins rescue as girl (6) falls off toy near Portmarnock beachTue Jul 23 2019 - 14:00
Anger among commuters as Irish Rail fixed problem ‘too soon’Passengers walking after bridge strike dismayed to see Dart start again without themTue Jul 23 2019 - 12:36
Cavan man ordained auxiliary bishop of Armagh archdioceseFr Michael Router is told new life will be ‘fulfilling’ but ‘not without its challenges’Sun Jul 21 2019 - 21:58
Man (45) charged with murder of another man in Dublin‘I didn’t do it’ was accused’s response to charge, court hearsSat Jul 20 2019 - 18:59
Woman (49) in court on drugs charges asks to be remanded in custodyJudge grants defendant legal aid before adjourning caseSat Jul 20 2019 - 14:52
Builder of children’s hospital slates ‘uncontrollable risks’Bam chief executive tells Taoiseach to make changes or face problems with Project 2040Fri Jul 19 2019 - 01:00
Varadkar willing to meet cervical smear women to discuss apologyTaoiseach says discussions under way on a formal apology to be made in the DáilThu Jul 18 2019 - 21:31
Taoiseach opens Enniscorthy bypass amid locals’ concernsLeo Varadkar criticises ‘growing anti-roads agenda’ while supporting public transportThu Jul 18 2019 - 19:42
Providers of wireless internet services suggest alternative broadband planUsing a mix of fibre and wireless services would cost ‘millions instead of billions’Tue Jul 16 2019 - 22:05
Ireland ‘being deforested’ due to low planting rates, campaigners sayJust 4,000 hectares planted last year – 11,000 below target, warns Environmental PillarMon Jul 08 2019 - 03:11
The Carlow village that wants to ‘cancel the commute’The commuter village of Ballon has a cure for weekday ‘ghost town’ syndromeSat Jun 29 2019 - 06:15
Two Dublin swimming areas reopen after sewage dischargeSandycove, where algal orange slick was spotted, to remain closed for another dayThu Jun 27 2019 - 12:37
Farmers warn over EU trade deal for South American beef‘Rank hypocrisy’ to expect Irish to tackle emissions when meat flown across the worldTue Jun 25 2019 - 18:33
Algal bloom the cause of Sandycove ‘orange slick’, tests showSwimming bans in Dublin the result of lack of investment, says Irish WaterTue Jun 25 2019 - 18:27
Trawlers to blockade €300m Greystones harbour development‘Extremely smelly, gone-off bait’ in conflict with new €1m waterside homesFri Jun 21 2019 - 17:16
Summer solstice: Ancient rituals celebrated on longest daySeventeen hours of daylight expected – but maybe not sunshine as cloud is comingFri Jun 21 2019 - 09:06
Women pilots told ‘terminate your pregnancy or employment’Many contract pilots afraid to speak up, says head of Irish Air Line Pilots' AssociationThu Jun 20 2019 - 14:07
Airmen killed in plane crash died ‘doing what they loved’, funerals toldAidan Rowsome and James Price were killed when plane crashed in Co KildareTue Jun 18 2019 - 17:48
Kildare aircraft crash: Two men killed are named locallyPlane being used for training flight appears to have broken in two on impact in a fieldSat Jun 15 2019 - 07:03
‘Low hanging fruit’ in road safety has been taken, conference hearsExperts say new strategy 2021-2030 will have to focus on walking, cycling and urban roadsThu Jun 13 2019 - 17:22
Housing crisis to continue to get worse until 2023, Oireachtas toldLocal authorities criticised as ‘the single player that is refusing to come on the pitch’Wed Jun 12 2019 - 19:59
Indian family suffers torrent of racial abuse on Belfast to Dublin train‘Boisterous’ man abused Indian visitors over nationality, skin colour and ‘other things’Mon Jun 10 2019 - 20:02
Fianna Fáil’s Paul McAuliffe elected Lord Mayor of DublinFianna Fáil dominates council chairs including GP John Sheahan in Cork cityFri Jun 07 2019 - 21:11
May was ‘a dry month for most with near average temperatures’ – Met ÉireannSpring was warmer than usual with nearly all temperatures above long-term averagesThu Jun 06 2019 - 16:15
Irish Rail releases videos of vehicles striking level crossingsCompany says 82 per cent increase in incidents this year ‘extremely worrying’Thu Jun 06 2019 - 13:45
Department told to release details of jet use by Higgins, McAleeseRight to Know group sought material under Access to Information on the Environment regulationsTue Jun 04 2019 - 17:42
Luas releases CCTV footage showing collisions and near misses‘Seconds can change your life’ says Transdev in latest appeal to motorists, cyclists and pedestriansTue Jun 04 2019 - 13:01
Columban Schools journalism winners stage climate strikeReligious order praises initiative of climate action protest at Dalgan Park, NavanFri May 31 2019 - 22:11
Four electric vehicle ‘rapid chargers’ to open at Kinnegad PlazaM4, M6 service station to host ‘EVs’ from Dublin, Galway, Sligo during bank holidayFri May 31 2019 - 13:41
Forests ‘in the front line of Ireland’s response to climate change’But targets are weak and even those are not achieved on a yearly basis - conference hearsThu May 30 2019 - 21:07
‘Serious poverty’ at the core of cattle rearing farms in IrelandNational Farm Survey 2018 shows farm incomes hit by cold winter and hot summerThu May 30 2019 - 20:43
Bank holiday weather: Sunny southeast set to live up to nameHighest values to crest 19 degrees on Friday with mixed outlook for Saturday and SundayTue May 28 2019 - 16:50
Fianna Fáil TD calls for inquiry into RTÉ-TG4 exit pollPoll dominated news agenda for two days ‘as if it was gospel’, says Darragh O’BrienMon May 27 2019 - 21:50
Plans to buy 600 electric and battery-electric powered carriages over 10 yearsProposed framework tender provides for purchase of 300 more carriages, which will include replacement of the Dart fleet by 2027Mon May 27 2019 - 20:36
South Dublin County Council: Former UFC fighter Holohan electedAll 40 candidates announced with strong peformances for FF, FG and SFMon May 27 2019 - 13:13
Meeting Prince Charles: 'My legs went from under me. I thought I would faint'Prince of Wales impresses schoolchildren while duchess is wowed by Avoca weaversTue May 21 2019 - 17:01
Charles and Camilla arrive for private visit to RepublicPrince meets Higgins in Co Wicklow during trip aimed at boosting Anglo-Irish relationsMon May 20 2019 - 17:17
Scientists puzzled by arrival of invasive seaweed in Co MayoResearchers call for volunteer divers and snorklers to check entire island for CuvieSun May 19 2019 - 16:57
Drones to be used to tackle forest fires this summerMore than 600 hectares of Coillte forest was damaged by fires last yearSat May 18 2019 - 14:53
Redevelopment of Greystones harbour prevents fishermen landing catches€300m marine leisure quarter has no room for commercial fleet and smelly fishSat May 18 2019 - 11:56
New €5.6m ‘Blueway’ brings in historic castles and watersportsTipperary to offer 53kms of trails from Cahir to Carrick-On-SuirFri May 17 2019 - 15:38
