Navan train line reopening moves one step closer with plans to appoint consultantsIarnród Éireann expects to fill roles by early 2024, but railway line not expected to open until early 2030sMon Sept 25 2023 - 20:52
Stars review: Moments of pathos interwoven with clever, dark humourDublin Fringe Festival 2023: Hannah Mamalis plays a multitude of characters in her hilarious and absurdist solo showFri Sept 22 2023 - 12:04
‘I can’t believe it’s finally my turn’: Mother of 12 realises dream of studying medicine at 40Persistence pays off for Rosemary Murphy, who always wanted to become a doctor and remembers her father’s stories of being a hospital porterWed Sept 20 2023 - 20:00
Housing shortage preventing Dublin Simon Community helping more people exit homelessnessNumbers relying on charity fall by 17% but lack of supply in accommodation a ‘critical concern’, says chief executiveWed Sept 20 2023 - 14:50
Introduce public childcare model to make it widely accessible, National Women’s Council urgeAffordable childcare ‘absolutely critical’ for women’s equalityTue Sept 19 2023 - 13:33
‘I found accents here hard to understand. I felt inferior or stupid at first because of that barrier’New to the Parish: John Ocasion moved to Ireland from Italy in 2019 and now feels thoroughly at home in DublinTue Sept 19 2023 - 06:30
Budget 2024: Rent tax credit should double to €1,000, says Simon HarrisRent ‘is expensive in this country’ and ‘significant uplift’ is needed in spending on student accommodation, says MinisterMon Sept 18 2023 - 14:01
Bohemian FC’s Bob Marley shirt sales pay for scholarship for former direct-provision residentPeacemore Magonya (28) will study production in a bachelor’s degree course at BIMMMon Sept 18 2023 - 10:35
Ballymun children turning up at education centre ‘hungry and sick’, notes letter to departmentCommunity service in need of funding caters for 40 minors, some of whom on occasion have experienced ‘deep trauma’Sat Sept 16 2023 - 12:26
Sl(t)áinte: An immersive body-horror journey through Ireland’s healthcare systemDublin Fringe Festival 2023: Aerial artist Kate Dunne transfixes and unnervesSat Sept 16 2023 - 11:09
This Is You review: Promising new actors portray a coercive relationship, wrought with dangerous power dynamicsDublin Fringe Festival 2023: This show has an intriguing premise but, ultimately, leaves some questions unansweredFri Sept 15 2023 - 10:15
Matt and Hat review: An innovative show that combines motion capture and choreography with VRDublin Fringe Festival 2023: Interactive show will entertain the endless imaginations of young peopleThu Sept 14 2023 - 09:35
Are You Mad at Me? review: The audience can barely catch a breath through their laughter Dublin Fringe Festival 2023: Fiona Frawley makes difficult topics seem effortlessly funnyWed Sept 13 2023 - 08:26
Road safety: RSA campaign aims for no deaths on Irish roads by 2050Campaign centres on the story of Mary Ward, who died in Birr in 1869 and was the first person in the world to be recorded as killed by a motor vehicleTue Sept 12 2023 - 09:25
One person dies in fire on Dublin’s Capel Street Six units of Dublin Fire Brigade involved in operation to tackle second floor blazeMon Sept 11 2023 - 20:45
Fake letters claim Ukrainian men in Ireland face extradition to fight in warDepartment of Justice confirm it is not behind the correspondenceMon Sept 11 2023 - 19:08
Ireland’s oldest woman Máirín Hughes dies aged 109Born two months before war broke out in 1914, ‘inspirational’ Hughes remembered Black and Tans in KillarneyWed Sept 06 2023 - 11:57
Daytime partying: ‘It’s just a normal night out except I’ll get to go to bed early enough to be up for work’New partying trend includes disco parties and sober dance events as people re-evaluate how they spend their weekendsSat Sept 02 2023 - 06:00
Girls and boys cross decades-long gender divides as single-sex schools go mixedMore schools becoming co-ed with Department of Education not sanctioning a new single-sex school in 24 yearsFri Sept 01 2023 - 16:08
Newly arrived Ukrainians to be placed in tents due to accommodation shortfallMore than 10,000 new arrivals from the war zone have arrived in Ireland since May 1stFri Sept 01 2023 - 15:30
Price hikes for petrol and diesel, waste disposal and hospitality come into force today New levy for unrecycled waste applies from September 1st as reduced taxes for transport and tourism come to an endFri Sept 01 2023 - 06:51
HPSC reports 15.1% decrease in Covid-19 cases in past weekThe highest number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases recorded last week was in the 75-84 age groupThu Aug 31 2023 - 19:00
My friend phoned from the airport saying ‘the Taliban is on its way. Pack your bags, life has ended for us’New to the Parish: Manizha Khan came to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2021Tue Aug 29 2023 - 06:00
Ukrainian community in Ireland marks Independence Day with series of events around countryThose who have fled due to Russian invasion are ‘showing that we are still here and we will keep fighting’Thu Aug 24 2023 - 16:18
Temple Bar market cancelled at short notice due to Saturday American football gameNavy vs Notre Dame match leaves traders without income due to traffic and access restrictionsThu Aug 24 2023 - 07:13
Ukrainians and Irish ‘understand each other because we have been through similar problems’New to the Parish: Elvira Sieitablaieva came to Ireland from UkraineTue Aug 22 2023 - 06:00
Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust sees busiest year with 255 Irish people brought homeCharity alleviating financial hardship of bereaved families has brought back to Ireland more than 1,620 loved ones who died abroadMon Aug 21 2023 - 04:30
Dublin hospital sees threefold rise in emergency admissions over weight-loss surgeries overseas‘Terribly unethical and unprofessional practices’ used to market proceduresSun Aug 20 2023 - 17:50
Number of TDs in Dáil set to rise by up to 20 under electoral review‘Red hot interest’ by politicians in soon-to-be-published report on new constituency boundaries - DonohoeSun Aug 20 2023 - 15:01
Taking in the sights, sounds and history of Inis MeáinInis Meáin is the middle of the three main Aran Islands in Galway Bay, off the west coast of Ireland.Fri Aug 18 2023 - 08:54
Life on Inis Meáin: ‘Some people will say there’s nothing here, but in fact there is everything here’The middle of the Aran islands gets far fewer visitors than the other two, something locals are happy aboutFri Aug 18 2023 - 05:30
Like We Were Born to Move: A sharp, witty, compassionate depiction of young people’s lives in IrelandThis 2023 National Youth Theatre production brings a dynamic group of new talent to the Abbey TheatreThu Aug 17 2023 - 10:31
Staff shortages force closure of 16-bed psychiatric unit in DublinStep-down unit at St James’s Hospital is due to close on August 21st due to staffing shortagesWed Aug 16 2023 - 21:33
Bank of Ireland warns credit ratings could be affected by withdrawals made during IT outageGarda says decisons taken locally to deploy officers to ATMs due to ‘public saftey’ concerns as queues builtWed Aug 16 2023 - 19:30
Ombudsman for Children seeks permission to ‘engage directly’ with Ukrainian children accommodated by StateOffice wants to hold ‘rights-awareness workshops, consultations with children and their parents, and complaints clinics’Wed Aug 16 2023 - 01:59
White-tailed eagles spread their wings with 24 new chicks released into Irish skiesThe chicks were released in locations around Lough Derg, the Shannon Estuary and the west of Ireland.Mon Aug 14 2023 - 17:07
Spending on mental health services by Irish universities tops €6.7m over past two yearsExpenditure at Trinity College Dublin highest at €1.74m on student counselling, with total including staff pay and sundry costsMon Aug 14 2023 - 15:41
Children’s ombudsman accuses State of ‘profound violation of children’s rights’ on mental health and disability careLetter obtained under Freedom of Information shows Niall Muldoon believes HSE has ‘seriously failed in its duty to uphold the rights of children to the best possible healthcare’Mon Aug 14 2023 - 05:00
Irish in Maui tell of ‘living nightmare’ as wildfires tear through communitiesDepartment of Foreign Affairs has told ‘small number of Irish’ on holiday island to comply with evacuation ordersFri Aug 11 2023 - 11:53
Temperatures up to 25 degrees forecast today with ‘warm and humid’ week ahead Ireland will see some sunshine, with spells of rain, for the rest of the week, Met Éireann forecastsWed Aug 09 2023 - 07:45
Irish scouts leave Jamboree site ahead of tropical storm landfallStorm Khanun is expected to strike South Korea as early as Wednesday as teenagers depart for cityTue Aug 08 2023 - 09:19
‘There are lots of similarities between Irish and English people. It makes it easy to settle in’ New to the Parish: Rosie McDonagh moved from St Alban’s to Ireland in 2019, where she has co-founded a charity which assists people in needTue Aug 08 2023 - 06:00
Bike restoration project gets boost from Men’s Shed in Mountjoy PrisonThe Mountjoy training unit has recently restored its 60th bike for the Good Bike ProjectTue Aug 01 2023 - 19:00
Deirdre Jacob’s father appeals for information 25 years after her disappearanceTrainee teacher (18) went missing near Newbridge family home on July 28th, 1998Fri Jul 28 2023 - 20:43
Sinéad O’Connor: Events held in Dublin and London in honour of singer as tributes pour inDublin artist is remembered as a woman who ‘challenged’ and helped change IrelandThu Jul 27 2023 - 22:50
Number of new residential addresses added in last year falls by more than one-fifthNational residential vacancy rate dropped in June to 3.9% from 4.2% a year earlier as vacant or derelict properties return to useWed Jul 26 2023 - 00:01
‘In Brazil, it’s all about the food. Here it’s more about the drink’New to the Parish: Laura Devides, who moved to Ireland in May 2014, says she has ‘so many opportunities’ here that she would not have in BrazilTue Jul 25 2023 - 06:00
Rate of hospital deaths for pneumonia and COPD drops after Covid-19 vaccine roll-out - reportCrude mortality rate for stroke conditions and Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) declined over last decadeTue Jul 25 2023 - 00:01
Greece wildfires: ‘We got on the bus with people clambering to get on but no idea where it was taking us’Dublin family forced to shelter in a school after being evacuated from their hotel in RhodesMon Jul 24 2023 - 21:17
‘We find ourselves at war with fire’: Battle to contain wildfires continues in GreeceAlmost 19,000 helped to safety in Rhodes amid biggest emergency operation of its kind in country’s historyMon Jul 24 2023 - 14:49
