Election 2024 updates: Simon Harris conducts last-minute Dublin canvass as campaign enters final stretch Mary Lou McDonald signals that Sinn Féin voters should give transfers to Social Democrats and People Before ProfitThu Nov 28 2024 - 20:53
‘Quiet heroine’ Louise Asmal, who co-founded Irish anti-apartheid campaign, diesPresident Higgins pays tribute to human rights campaigner who worked alongside her husband Kader Asmal on ‘defining’ moral issue of their dayTue Nov 26 2024 - 15:42
‘I don’t believe Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael have the desire to truly tackle the housing crisis’: How will first-time buyers vote?Election 2024: Many voters struggling to get on property ladder will be basing their first preferences on parties’ policies on issueTue Nov 26 2024 - 06:00
Election 2024: Latest poll results show momentum is with Sinn Féin, says McDonald‘I don’t think fair people will judge me on 40 seconds,’ Harris says following backlash over disability worker interactionMon Nov 25 2024 - 17:52
‘I’m going to go home and see my dog and get a Chinese’: Irish Unifil troops welcomed home from LebanonIsrael’s invasion of Lebanon made peacekeeping tour among most dangerous and complex undertaken by an Irish unitMon Nov 25 2024 - 17:19
General election 2024: What are the issues in housing?Housing is a central issue in this election, from building targets and government supports for prospective house buyers to rising rents and building defectsMon Nov 25 2024 - 06:00
Election 2024: Gerry Hutch lodges papers to run as independent candidatePeople Before Profit says it will abolish UCS for those earning less than €100,000 as Simon Harris confronted over homeless crisisThu Nov 14 2024 - 21:15
Election 2024: Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Féin-led government would cut rents and ban rent increases for three yearsFianna Fáil accuses Green Party of creating ‘additional hurdles’ for first-time buyers in its manifestoWed Nov 13 2024 - 19:14
Election 2024: day five of the campaign - as it happenedAontú presents its immigration policies as Labour pledges €7bn of Apple tax cash for housingTue Nov 12 2024 - 21:53
‘I am very worried for my son’: Mother calls for release of Belfast man detained in DubaiCraig Ballentine (33) held under ‘slander’ law over negative Google review of dog grooming centre where he had workedTue Nov 12 2024 - 18:05
Food Safety Authority of Ireland issues 16 enforcement orders on businesses in OctoberEnforcement orders issued for breaches of food safety legislationTue Nov 12 2024 - 11:58
Father of girl hit in the eye by fireworks appeals for witnessesDad of 14-year-old also wants a nationwide fireworks ban after Halloween incident in GalwayThu Nov 07 2024 - 06:15
Stardust campaigner plans to run as National Party election candidateSinn Féin names replacement for Brian Stanley on Laois ticket as party leader tells TD to ‘man up and take responsibility for his own behaviour’Mon Nov 04 2024 - 21:35
Criminal barristers in Belfast to withdraw services in protest over fee levelsBarristers voted not to take on any new ‘Category A’ cases going forward, Bar of Northern Ireland saysMon Nov 04 2024 - 00:01
Classes cancelled following cybersecurity incident at South East Technological University‘No evidence’ any data or information compromised at this point, university saysFri Nov 01 2024 - 18:26
Births to women aged 40 and over increased by 21.5% in 10 yearsFirst-time mothers accounted for 21,943 or 40.3% of all births in 2022.Thu Oct 31 2024 - 14:56
University open days: when they take place and what makes each university uniqueKey details about 2024-2025 open days for UCC, UCD, TCD, UL, Maynooth University, University of Galway, DCU and RCSITue Oct 29 2024 - 02:00
Open days at technological universities and other higher education institutions: everything you need to knowKey details about 2024-2025 open days for National College of Ireland, St Patrick’s University, IADT, NCAD, Munster Technological University and moreTue Oct 29 2024 - 01:45
Man missing in Wexford Harbour named locally as Brandon Roche (20)Coast Guard, RNLI and Garda water unit will continue search on Tuesday for man who entered water at 2am on SundayMon Oct 28 2024 - 21:32
Kyran Durnin: ‘Very clear failings’ in case of missing Co Louth boy, O’Gorman saysLast positive sighting of Kyran Durnin was at the end of the school year in 2022, when he was aged sixSun Oct 27 2024 - 16:43
Kyran Durnin timeline: What we know so far about missing eight-year-oldLast positive sighting of Kyran was in 2022, and missing persons case has been upgraded to a murder investigationThu Oct 24 2024 - 14:51
Long waits and poor performance at Drogheda emergency department, watchdog findsDemand exceeds inpatient and emergency department capacity at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Hiqa findsWed Oct 23 2024 - 16:38
HSE employment strategy likely to result in ‘major industrial dispute’ this winterFórsa trade union says strategy threatens public service healthcare provision and is balloting for industrial actionWed Oct 23 2024 - 14:36
CSO figures show 10,000 more Ukrainians in Ireland since same time last yearThere were 109,566 arrivals to Ireland up to the end of September since the Russian invasion in 2022Wed Oct 23 2024 - 14:11
Kathleen Lynn Hospital, Dolores O’Riordan Park and Catherine Corless Place: Readers on how we should honour Irish womenWe asked Irish Times readers if there were any streets, buildings, places or structures in Ireland that they thought should be named, or renamed, after womenTue Oct 22 2024 - 06:00
Who is Niall Ó Donnghaile, the former Sinn Féin senator who resigned over ‘inappropriate’ texts to teenager?A former Lord Mayor of Belfast, he resigned his Seanad seat last year citing health reasonsTue Oct 15 2024 - 15:52
‘Loneliness’ main reason behind calls to Alone’s national helpline last year, charity saysAbout one third of people experiencing loneliness told Alone they did not have someone to visit themTue Oct 15 2024 - 14:43
Donal Murray, former bishop of Limerick, dies aged 84Murray resigned in light of Murphy commission report on handling of child sex abuse allegations in Dublin archdiocese from 1975 to 2004Mon Oct 14 2024 - 22:16
Irish Times receives almost 50 nominations for Irish Journalism AwardsShortlist demonstrates ‘rude health of Irish journalism which continues to hold power to account’, says NewsBrands Ireland chief executiveMon Oct 14 2024 - 18:42
Safety of Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon is paramount, Taoiseach tells Israeli presidentTaoiseach Simon Harris speaks with Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog about ‘deteriorating situation’ in regionMon Oct 14 2024 - 14:53
Met Éireann issues status yellow rain warnings for Cork and Waterford this weekendHeavy and persistent rain could lead to potential spot flooding, forecaster saysSat Oct 12 2024 - 16:11
Death of Martin Salinger in Cloverhill cell was ‘hugely traumatic’ for his family, funeral toldHorse and carriage driver Salinger was stabbed to death in prison last weekendSat Oct 12 2024 - 13:22
Richard Quirke, arcade owner and former garda, remembered at funeral as generous and funnyBusinessman (77) owned Dr Quirkey’s Good Time Emporium on Dublin’s O’Connell StreetSat Oct 12 2024 - 12:38
Hurricane Milton path: Will the storm impact Ireland’s weather after it hits Florida?Met Éireann says the storm will mix with the jet stream after it hits Florida and moves away from the Gulf CoastWed Oct 09 2024 - 13:16
‘She is now in her chrysalis’: Girl injured in Parnell Square attack remains non-verbal but is ‘getting stronger’The child, who turned six last week, spent 281 days in Temple Street Children’s Hospital, her parents saidTue Oct 08 2024 - 10:19
‘It’s just a no brainer’ - renters swap the Republic for lower-cost homes in BelfastTwo students, from Dublin and Galway, have chosen to move North for cheaper housing - and one is even considering commuting home for work from her new rented homeTue Oct 08 2024 - 06:00
Some landlords still seeking sex for rent, says National Women’s Council Organisation calls for legislation outlawing the practice to be prioritised in advance of general electionTue Oct 08 2024 - 01:00
Irish Hospice Foundation ends funding relationship with Kingspan after Grenfell reportA continued relationship would be ‘incompatible’ with charity’s values, says spokeswomanFri Sept 27 2024 - 22:01
Almost 100 prosecutions made over sharing intimate images without consent since law enacted Minister for Justice hails ‘positive impact’ of legislation making ‘abhorrent form of sexual abuse’ a crimeFri Sept 27 2024 - 18:31
Over 500 contacts made with gardaí since schools historical sexual abuse appealThe majority of contacts came from older men who are sharing their experiences with An Garda Síochána for the first timeThu Sept 26 2024 - 20:05
Warning issued on hazards of illegal fireworks in advance of HalloweenMinister urges people to think hard before using and misusing fireworks as ‘we hear far too often of casualties’Thu Sept 26 2024 - 19:29
‘It’s completely unfair’: How a broken rung on the property ladder locks out first-time buyersCash buyers - often overseas investment funds - are snapping up thousands of apartments in Ireland for which others can’t get mortgages because of fire safety issuesWed Sept 25 2024 - 06:00
Overseas cash buyers snap up bargain apartments that first-time buyers cannot get because of defects Banks are refusing to approve mortgages for apartments in Ireland with even minor defects - which is shutting out first-time buyersWed Sept 25 2024 - 05:52
Civil society alliance calls for 40 per cent gender quota for local election candidatesNew group, the Alliance for Gender Quotas at Local Level, brings together academics and advocates for Traveller, migrant and disabled womenTue Sept 24 2024 - 20:02
Gardaí searching for suspect after car with five-month old baby in it hijacked in DublinGirl was found ‘safe and well’ in city centre hours after car was stolen in Mountjoy SquareMon Sept 23 2024 - 18:25
This Boy Is Cracking Up: Killian Sundermann’s sold-out stand-up show is cathartic, relatable and funnyDublin Fringe Festival 2024: You’d barely notice the hour pass as TikTok breakout star takes his audience on a witty journey from childhood dreams and identity dilemmas to his later strugglesTue Sept 17 2024 - 09:34
Cannabis-like drug causing severe psychosis in young men, College of Psychiatrists warnHexahydrocannabinol (HHC) is legal in Ireland and commonly available in the form of vapes or added to jellies or chocolateMon Sept 16 2024 - 19:00
‘There’s not a bad word I could speak about Ireland’: Rugby star Bundee Aki gains Irish citizenshipConnacht player is one of 3,600 people who became Irish citizens on Monday in ceremonies in DublinMon Sept 16 2024 - 18:16
What I Read This Week: Irish life laid bare in Letterkenny court and civil war in SudanJade Wilson picks the stories that struck her this week including a moving piece about volunteers helping asylum seekersSat Sept 14 2024 - 08:00
Croke Park summit by US software firm with links to Israeli military postponedRed Hat firm event in GAA headquarters had come under recent criticism from current and former players and members of publicFri Sept 13 2024 - 20:27
