Aviva Stadium opens for 5,000 to watch soccerIT HAS the potential to be a Trivial Pursuit question in the years aheadMon Jul 12 2010 - 01:00
Discovery of water on Saturn moon raises prospect of lifeTHE SURPRISE discovery of water on one of Saturn’s moons holds out the tantalising prospect of life being elsewhere in the solar…Mon Jul 12 2010 - 01:00
Weather blows hot and cold but vuvuzelas prove reliableSLATE-GREY SKIES, incessant drizzle and an appearance by one of the world’s best-known celebrities – some things never change…Sat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
'No Frontiers' faces new advertising rulesTV ADVERTISING: NEW RULES which will clearly state what support RTÉ gets from travel agencies and airlines for its No Frontiers…Sat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
Punchestown pilgrimage begins in earnestOXEGEN PROMOTERS MCD and those of its sister festival T in the Park have issued further statements confirming that headliner …Thu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
Punchestown pilgrimage underwayOxegen promoters MCD and those of its sister festival T in the Park have issued further statements confirming that headliner …Thu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
Finance a growing problem for cancer patientsCANCER PATIENTS face additional and unnecessary financial hardship as a result of their illness, according to new research.Thu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
Revised bottled water norms introducedSTANDARDS for bottled water have been introduced to reflect changes in European and national legislation on food hygiene.Thu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
Ignore the rumours - Eminem 'will be there' . . . along with many moreOXEGEN FANS have been told to pay no attention to internet rumours suggesting that some major acts will not be appearing at the…Wed Jul 07 2010 - 01:00
Oxegen organisers scotch Eminem rumourOxegen fans have been told to pay no attention to internet rumours that major acts such as Eminem will not be appearing at the…Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
1901/1911 censuses central to bid to boost visitor numbersHERITAGE TOURISM: A MAJOR marketing campaign has begun worldwide to use the recently released 1901 and 1911 censuses to bring…Sat Jul 03 2010 - 01:00
Alastair Campbell's crumb of comfort for Cowen after spin in a Dublin taxiFOR A man who was once a self-confessed obsessive about press headlines, Alastair Campbell has worked himself up to indifference…Sat Jul 03 2010 - 01:00
Major contemporary art event to be held in DublinTHE LARGEST contemporary art event ever staged in Ireland will be held in Dublin next year.Fri Jul 02 2010 - 01:00
Website of rural shop unwittingly hosted child pornographyTHE WEBSITE of a family-owned specialist clothes shop in rural Ireland ended up unwittingly hosting child pornography put there…Thu Jul 01 2010 - 01:00
'No Frontiers' show favoured Aer LingusRTÉ’s POPULAR No Frontiers travel programme engaged in improper product placement and gave undue prominence to Aer Lingus at …Wed Jun 30 2010 - 01:00
Outright ban on smacking children being consideredAN OUTRIGHT ban on the smacking of children by their parents is being considered.Tue Jun 29 2010 - 01:00
Most men 'too embarrassed to talk about depression'Condition viewed as a state of mind rather than a medical condition, new research findsTue Jun 29 2010 - 01:00
Parents favour 'odd smack' for childTwo thirds of Irish parents believe giving their child an occasional smack is allowable, the first comprehensive survey of parental…Mon Jun 28 2010 - 01:00
Business booming for ferry companiesFERRY TRAFFIC: STENA LINE, the largest ferry company on the Irish Sea, is reporting business up 15 per cent this year as a result…Sat Jun 26 2010 - 01:00
Census may attract tourists, says MinisterTHE DECISION to place the 1901 census online could lead to thousands of visitors coming to Ireland, Minister for Tourism Mary…Fri Jun 25 2010 - 01:00
Hundreds attend solstice at TaraSeveral hundred people turned up this morning on the Hill of Tara in Co Meath to watch a glorious sunrise and celebrate the summer…Mon Jun 21 2010 - 01:00
GAA bans vuvuzelas before they blow away the Croke Park atmosphereTHE GAA has got its retaliation in first against the dreaded vuvuzelas by banning them before they have even been blown in anger…Fri Jun 18 2010 - 01:00
Vodafone in line to join file-sharing clampdownVODAFONE IRELAND is in talks with the record industry to join Eircom in its “three strikes and you’re out” rule for those involved…Wed Jun 16 2010 - 01:00
28,000 children in State may be carersTHERE COULD be as many as 28,000 children in the State under the age of 18 caring for relatives, an Oireachtas committee was …Wed Jun 16 2010 - 01:00
Visitor from Azores to bring sunny spellAN ELUSIVE summer visitor is likely to bring a welcome spell of settled weather this week.Tue Jun 15 2010 - 01:00
Arcade Fire to headline Oxegen festivalCANADIAN BAND Arcade Fire are the surprise headliners of the first day of the Oxegen music festival ahead of superstar rapper…Tue Jun 15 2010 - 01:00
Christian group rallies in support of IsraelA GROUP of Irish Christians held a prayer rally in support of Israel and its “right to exist” at the Israeli embassy in Dublin…Mon Jun 14 2010 - 01:00
Sizzling food festival serves up optimismTHE RECESSION may well be over if the annual Taste of Dublin is a portent of things to come.Mon Jun 14 2010 - 01:00
Arcade Fire to burn bright at OxegenCanadian band Arcade Fire are the somewhat surprise headliners of the first day of the Oxegen music festival ahead of superstar…Mon Jun 14 2010 - 01:00
Honours paper divides opinion and adds up to whole lot of heartacheHuge gap still evident as prevailing mood far more upbeat among ordinary and foundation level students, writes RONAN McGREEVY…Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00
Tubridy to take over Gerry Ryan radio slotRYAN TUBRIDY was the “only name on the list” to replace Gerry Ryan, the head of 2fm has said.Fri Jun 11 2010 - 01:00
Government to cut rent supplements to landlordsTHE RENT supplement paid by the Government to the landlords of tenants claiming social welfare payments is to be cut by up to…Fri Jun 11 2010 - 01:00
Coronas' delight over McCartney gigThe Coronas' lead singer Danny O'Reilly said the band is "absolutely shocked and delighted" to be announced as the support act…Fri Jun 11 2010 - 01:00
Port plan rejected by Bord PleanálaTHE PROPOSED development of Dublin Port which would have increased its capacity by 50 per cent has been rejected by Bord Pleanála…Thu Jun 10 2010 - 01:00
Rent supplement to be cutThe amount of rent supplement paid by the Government to landlords of tenants claiming social welfare payment is to be cut by …Thu Jun 10 2010 - 01:00
'Children's czar' to be recruited abroadA NEW senior executive to oversee the HSE’s childcare policies will have to be recruited from outside the State, Minister of …Thu Jun 10 2010 - 01:00
Free passes for Electric Picnic cyclistsFestival goers to the Electric Picnic have been invited to cycle there from Dublin in exchange for a free ticket.Thu Jun 10 2010 - 01:00
McElhinney Fashions closes doorsMcELHINNEY FASHIONS in Athboy, a landmark in Irish retailing, has closed 10 days before a winding-up petition against it was …Wed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
'He was a child, he should not have died'THE LIFE of murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie could have been saved had his needs been addressed by a properly functioning childcare…Wed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
Funeral for Daniel McAnaspie heldThe neglect of the State was a “major contributing factor” to the death of troubled teenager Daniel McAnaspie, his funeral service…Tue Jun 08 2010 - 01:00
McElhinney's men's shop trading wellMcElhinney’s for Men in Athboy, Co Meath, has said it is trading well and is not connected to the well-known department store…Sat Jun 05 2010 - 01:00
Road opens after years marked by bitter rowsTHE BIGGEST and most contentious single stretch of roadway in Irish history was opened without a hitch yesterday morning.Sat Jun 05 2010 - 01:00
Michael Jackson's Irish retreat for rentA HOUSE which Michael Jackson was refurbishing as an Irish retreat is to be launched as a self-catering holiday mansion.Sat Jun 05 2010 - 01:00
Gardaí prevent final attempt at protestTHE OPENING of the M3 motorway yesterday was a day that protesters had hoped would never come.Sat Jun 05 2010 - 01:00
'Chinese Democracy' comes to IrelandFormer Slane headliners Guns N' Roses are to play concerts at Dublin and Belfast, it has been announced.Fri Jun 04 2010 - 01:00
Winding-up petition on McElhinney'sA WINDING-UP petition has been served on one of rural’s Ireland’s best-known department stores.Fri Jun 04 2010 - 01:00
Gardaí insist gun laws are as tough as they can be to stop mass killingsTHE STATE’S gun laws are as stringent as they can be to prevent a mass shooting similar to the one in Cumbria this week, according…Fri Jun 04 2010 - 01:00
Garden inspired by winter floods carries all before itA GARDEN inspired by the floods of last November has won best in show at the Bloom Garden Festival in the Phoenix Park.Fri Jun 04 2010 - 01:00
