EU parliament agrees new rules on medical devicesPatients should have an ‘implant card’ and be given access to ‘track records’ of devicesWed Oct 23 2013 - 01:07
Decision on EU aid required is for Ireland itself, says RehnEU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs gives view after meeting NoonanTue Oct 22 2013 - 22:08
Video: Aung San Suu Kyi collects rights prize 23 years lateSakharov prize for freedom of thought honours Burmese figure’s battle for democracyTue Oct 22 2013 - 15:41
Ireland must back crackdown on traffickers, says immigrant councilEU to debate report urging criminalisation of those who use people trafficked for sexTue Oct 22 2013 - 01:00
Barroso in urgent push for extra €2.7bn Commission budgetEC no longer able to shoulder financial obligations, says parliament presidentMon Oct 21 2013 - 17:38
Famous Mount Anville alumni return to celebrate 160 yearsConference on education addressed by past pupil Catherine Day, European Commission secretary generalSat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00
Half discretionary medical cards 200% over income limitCards never allocated on the basis of a specific disease or illness says MinisterThu Oct 17 2013 - 19:24
Call for €100m loan facility for Shannon GroupGovernment plans to link Shannon Airport and Shannon Development’s property assets in a new groupThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:01
Large security operation outnumbers protestersSeries of events in Dublin fail to cause significant disruption to Budget speechTue Oct 15 2013 - 21:36
Tallaght fire service asked to cover parts of Co KildareConcern as two Tallaght tenders rostered to cover Lucan, Clondalkin, Leixlip and NaasTue Oct 15 2013 - 01:03
Woman killed in Enniskerry house fireMother passed girls out of upstairs window to neighbours but was overcome herselfTue Oct 15 2013 - 01:01
Gilligan free to leave Portlaoise prison from midnightConvicted drug trafficker expected to be released sometime after breakfastMon Oct 14 2013 - 09:30
Winners of Presidential awards for Irish abroad namedGeorge Mitchell, Craig Barrett and Anne Merriman among recipientsSun Oct 13 2013 - 17:48
WIT seeks repayment of former president’s expensesInstitute has taken a High Court action against its former president Prof Kieran ByrneFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:01
WIT takes action to recover €110,000 from former presidentInstitute estimates sum is amount of ‘personal benefit’ allegedly gainedThu Oct 10 2013 - 14:10
Siptu calls for public inquiry into staff levelsUnion’s delegate conference hears frontline staff ’depleted’ as bureaucracy growsThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:35
Siptu wants defined pension ‘crisis’ dealt withNational delegate conference hears just 11 defined benefit schemes are open to new membersWed Oct 09 2013 - 11:24
Emissions from cement industry rise 18 percentIreland will meet Kyoto obligations for 2008 to 2012 but a recovering economy presents challengesWed Oct 09 2013 - 09:41
Noonan confirms budget will take €2.5bn out of economyRuairí Quinn says ‘any room to manoeuvre’ should be used to stimulate the economyTue Oct 08 2013 - 20:21
Car remains favourite form of transport for Irish peopleStatistics for 2012 show four out of five ‘work trips’ were made by carMon Oct 07 2013 - 13:15
Defence personnel increasingly seeking welfare support, conference toldStaff with up to 21 years service to get ‘no support whatsoever’, PDFORRA saysWed Oct 02 2013 - 17:06
Plan to aid emigrants - and bring them backPoliticians hear 386,000 people between the ages of 15 and 44 have left since 2008Wed Oct 02 2013 - 01:00
Pope Francis urged to share decision makingIrish groups among those calling for equal treatment of gays, women and all baptisedMon Sept 30 2013 - 17:06
Memorial unveiled to Bray firefightersMark O’Shaughnessy(25) and Brian Murray(46) died fighting a blaze in 2007.Sat Sept 28 2013 - 18:30
Marchers hear Halappanavar case ‘could happen again’About 1,000 people attend rally for the extension of abortion rightsSat Sept 28 2013 - 18:01
Two Kilkenny restaurants among Irish Michelin starsLady Helen and Campagne among nine Irish restaurants awarded stars in famous guideFri Sept 27 2013 - 00:56
Gardaí renew appeal for missing Dublin woman (65)CCTV images of Peggy Mangan releasedThu Sept 26 2013 - 10:06
Long delays for motorists as N11 shut in both directionsIncident near N11 bridge results in 4km tailback with drivers urged to use other routesThu Sept 26 2013 - 10:01
US Senate urged to alter sepsis care after death of Irish emigrant’s sonFather of Rory Staunton says boy (12) was misdiagnosed by doctorsTue Sept 24 2013 - 19:14
Thousands cheer for Sam’s Dublin homecomingMayo fans welcome home senior and minor football teams in CastlebarMon Sept 23 2013 - 22:04
Shoppers speak their minds on Arthur’s DayOne Dubliner ‘adores’ the event while another welcomes debate on drinkingMon Sept 23 2013 - 20:01
Quinn says he wants to stay in CabinetMinister says comments made five years ago are fuelling speculation he wanted to moveFri Sept 20 2013 - 01:10
Job-hunters must beware digital footprint, conference toldEmployers ‘asking candidates’ to show them their Facebook and Twitter profilesThu Sept 19 2013 - 13:56
Nama offers 4,000 homes for social housingConference hears numbers are too small and calls for social housing stimulus packageWed Sept 18 2013 - 13:41
Nissan claims a waiting list for electric carsAs the pilot ’Great Electric Drive’ comes to an end ESB says ’range anxiety’ is being easedWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:16
Age Action says pensioners forced to choose between food or heatingMany elderly go to bed at 7pm to stay warm, charity says in pre-budget submissionTue Sept 17 2013 - 18:55
Priest, students among owners at community-developed windfarmMinister for Energy Pat Rabbitte welcomes Tipperary initiative and says new guidance for large scale farms is imminentMon Sept 16 2013 - 18:59
President opens inner-city centre for young, jobless DublinersHiggins says ‘real work’ should include looking after elderly, neighbours and voluntary workMon Sept 16 2013 - 15:06
Ten-year-old author steals show at People of Year awardsCommunity and national heroes honoured at Gala ceremony in DublinSun Sept 15 2013 - 12:07
Rose Kennedy’s unintended part in Cuban crisis recalledTed Kennedy Jnr speaks of grandmother at summer school in New RossFri Sept 13 2013 - 19:12
Kennedy’s greatest legacy was ‘hopefulness’, Aldous saysJFK created scale of what is expected of a president which still holds, historian tells summer schoolFri Sept 13 2013 - 14:21
Kennedys return to ‘school’ in New RossRory Kennedy and Ted Kennedy jnr visit family homestead and attend Kennedy Summer SchoolFri Sept 13 2013 - 01:00
Search called off after man drowns in Wicklow riverSecond man survives early-morning incident in ArklowTue Sept 10 2013 - 11:57
Dublin commuters may be consulted on bus routesSouth Dublin council says review of Dublin Bus routes in 2014 is an opportunity to have say on awarding licencesMon Sept 09 2013 - 21:50
Dublin bonfire stockpiles to be targetedSouth Dublin Council to be ’vigilant’ after previous experience of attacks on gardaiMon Sept 09 2013 - 21:49
Protests planned to highlight human rights violations in RussiaOrganisers say new ‘anti-gay’ laws are provoking violence against lesbian, gay and transgendered peopleMon Sept 02 2013 - 15:44
Ireland has never been so clean - IbalSurvey shows Dublin ‘cleaner than European norms’ for first timeMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
Halawa siblings to be detained in Cairo for a further 15 daysIrish citizens caught up in unrest in Egypt are thought to be held in a security campSun Sept 01 2013 - 19:51
‘Heroes’ honoured for services to deaf communitySinger Daniel O’Donnell thanks winners for being inspirational and not giving upWed Aug 28 2013 - 15:14
Over 4,000 to become ‘new’ Irish citizensCandidates are told there “are no second class or half citizens” in the StateTue Aug 27 2013 - 13:25
