What does VAT cut mean for haircut prices?
From July 1st hairdressers will see a VAT reduction from 13.5 per cent to 9 per cent but that might not mean a price cut for consumers. Video: Enda O'Dowd
Will the VAT reduction result in lower prices in hair salons?
Will the VAT reduction result in lower prices in hair salons?
Taoiseach: Building all-island relationships will require a hard slog
Micheál Martin was speaking at a Shared Island conference in Dublin. Video: Enda O'Dowd
'It's exceptionally hot for them': Zookeepers struggle to keep animals cool
Zookeepers at the Dublin Zoo are feeding animals frozen juices to help keep them cool in the heat wave. Video: Enda O'Dowd
‘It’s exceptionally hot for them’: Zookeepers in Dublin Zoo battle to keep animals hydrated
Zookeepers at the Dublin Zoo are feeding animals frozen juices to help keep them cool in the heat wave. Video: Enda O'Dowd
'It's in our bones': Hundreds mark summer solstice at Hill of Tara
Hundreds of people have marked the summer solstice at the Hill of Tara in Co Meath. Video: Enda O'Dowd
‘The first one took us 1,060 hours’: How the OPW went 'old school' to restore the Four Courts
The scaffolding has recently come down from the dome of Dublin's Four Courts revealing the recent restoration work. Video: Enda O'Dowd
Will Ireland follow UK ban on social media for under 16s?
Irish Times Education Correspondent Niamh Towey looks at if the Irish Government will bring in a social media ban similar to the UK. Video: Enda O'Dowd
‘It's monumental for Irish theatre’: Oklahoma to open in Dublin's Bord Gáis Theatre
The cast and crew of a new production of Oklahoma met for the first time ahead of a run in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre from June 19th until July 6th
In pictures: Dublin celebrates Bloomsday 2026
People have been marking the literary occasion with Edwardian dress and re-enactments from James Joyce’s Ulysses in the capital
‘It’s long, some would say too long for its own good’: Joycean scholars celebrate Ulysses
June 16 marks Bloomsday in Dublin and fans of James Joyce turned out to host a performance of the ‘Hades’ episode of Ulysses. Video: Enda O'Dowd
Dublin’s outdoor painters: ‘The adrenaline is going. There’s people watching’
Over 200 artists descended on Skerries in Dublin for the opening of the Plein Air Painting Festival. Video: Enda O'Dowd
Vehicles set alight and homes attacked amid night of violence in Belfast
There was a night of violence in Belfast following a knife attack that left one man critically injured. Video: Reuters/Enda O'Dowd/Andrew McNair
Customers queue for over 20 hours for free chicken in Dublin
Customers queued for 26 hours for the chance to win a lifetime supply of free chicken from Popeyes in Blanchardstown. Video: Enda O'Dowd
Guinness Choir celebrate 75th year with concert in Dublin
The Guinness Choir celebrated their 75th year with a concert in St Patrick's Cathedral. Video: Enda O'Dowd