Emily Hand’s sister says family ‘have hope back’ after suspected Hamas abductionNatali Hand says the last few weeks have been a ‘rollercoaster’ as family presumed the eight-year-old was deadMon Nov 06 2023 - 14:46
Ireland will miss renewable energy goals unless wind and solar projects get timely planning permission, conference told Most renewable projects take 10 years to go from initial design to the gridWed Oct 25 2023 - 22:34
Poor population forecasts making housing crisis worse, academic warnsProjections suggest the State needs to double the number of homes being built by the middle of the century to keep up with demandWed Oct 25 2023 - 18:32
Engineers Ireland calls for more modular homes to be builtCurrent target of 1,500 units is not ambitious enough to alleviate housing shortages, the body will stateWed Oct 25 2023 - 00:01
Biden urges Netanyahu to maintain ‘urgently needed’ aid to Gaza StripHamas releases two Israeli women who were taken hostage on October 7thTue Oct 24 2023 - 12:40
Israeli diplomat in Ireland deletes tweet suggesting Ireland funded Hamas tunnels in GazaIsraeli embassy says tweet was ‘wrong’ and ‘does not represent the official position of Israel’Mon Oct 23 2023 - 15:53
Israel says it carried out ‘limited raids’ into Gaza Strip overnightTank and infantry raids struck Hamas targets and sought information on 222 hostages being held, Israeli military saysMon Oct 23 2023 - 15:09
Web Summit to take place as planned after Paddy Cosgrave resignationEvent management group scrambles to limit damage as departing chief executive concedes comments on Israel-Hamas conflict had become ‘distraction’Sun Oct 22 2023 - 17:39
Funding to residential drug treatment should increase as alternative to custody, says assemblyCitizens’ Assembly on drug use recommends end to State’s criminal justice approach to people possessing drugs for personal useSun Oct 22 2023 - 14:59
Paddy Cosgrave resigns as Web Summit chief with ‘immediate effect’ over Israel-Hamas commentsWeb Summit chief executive said his comments had become ‘a distraction from the event’ taking place in Lisbon next monthSat Oct 21 2023 - 16:22
Citizens’ Assembly votes to end current approach to possession of drugs for personal useMajority of members of voted for comprehensive health-led approach to policy on illegal drug useSat Oct 21 2023 - 15:39
Heavy rain expected in coming days, with seas around Ireland several degrees warmer than averageSeveral roads impassable in Wicklow and Cork on Saturday as clean-up from Storm Babet continuesSat Oct 21 2023 - 12:09
How Irish women failed to persuade Éamon de Valera to treat them as equal citizensStatus of women was better ‘under British rule’, activists told de Valera a year before he signed off on ‘women’s place in home’ clause in ConstitutionSat Oct 21 2023 - 11:47
Don Tidey on his IRA kidnappers: ‘There was no small talk ... I survived in some miraculous way’Former Quinnsworth chief executive speaks for first time in 40 years about his 23-day ordeal that transfixed the nationSat Oct 21 2023 - 06:00
Irish army trains with Javelin missile system123rd Infantry Battalion soldiers, in advance of their south Lebanon deployment, trained with Javelin anti-tank missiles.Fri Oct 20 2023 - 16:08
Irish Army demonstrates Javelin missiles in advance of south Lebanon deploymentPortable anti-tank system was used by Ukraine to devastating effect against Russian armoured vehiclesThu Oct 19 2023 - 19:48
An Post launches stamp honouring Irishman who made the Sydney Opera House a realityPeter Rice’s engineering genius was able to fulfil architect’s Jørn Utzon’s vision for one of the world’s most famous buildingsThu Oct 19 2023 - 19:37
New book shines a light on the emotional legacy of the Troubles Irish Times books editor Martin Doyle’s Dirty Linen focuses on the trauma in his home parishWed Oct 18 2023 - 21:13
Met Éireann to shake up its weather warning system Chief forecaster Eoin Sherlock says wind and temperature thresholds may rise so there will be fewer yellow weather warningsWed Oct 18 2023 - 18:25
Gaza hospital explosion should be ‘investigated as a war crime’ - Michael D HigginsPresident says reliable inquiry needed to establish how incident happened and who was responsibleWed Oct 18 2023 - 16:57
Met Éireann issues orange level weather warning with Storm Babet on the way Cork, Kerry and Waterford expected to get very heavy rain and high winds over the coming days as weather conditions worsenMon Oct 16 2023 - 16:43
Road policing is ‘strong’, says Helen McEntee, as figures show drop in Garda checkpointsFellow Minister says there is a need to ‘strengthen enforcement’ as proposal go to Cabinet for increased penalty points for offences on bank holidaysMon Oct 16 2023 - 14:27
Five men die on Ireland’s roads over the weekendJournalism student Joe Drennan and drummer Chris Bradley among those who diedSun Oct 15 2023 - 17:32
Imelda May leads walk of historic Moore Street area which was final Easter Rising battlegroundSinger and actress has lent her support to campaign to redevelop site incorporating laneways and buildings of Easter RisingSat Oct 14 2023 - 21:30
Supporters of Palestine march to Israeli embassy in Dublin to protest against bombing of GazaLarge crowd of demonstrators march from O’Connell Street to the embassy in BallsbridgeSat Oct 14 2023 - 18:42
Varadkar accuses Israeli government of breaching international law in Gaza siegeTaoiseach says Israel is engaging in ‘collective punishment’ against people of Gaza over crimes of HamasThu Oct 12 2023 - 23:20
Meteorologist Joanna Donnelly: ‘My mother’s sudden departure from this world set me adrift’Joanna Donnelly says she couldn’t be the meteorologist she is without husband and fellow weather obsessive Harm Luijkx as her ‘right-hand man’Sat Oct 07 2023 - 06:00
Explosives find could be linked to the event that started the War of IndependenceFormer RTÉ journalist Fergal Keane has found gelignite that may have been stolen during the Soloheadbeg ambushFri Oct 06 2023 - 16:37
Exodus of Irish fans under way for Rugby World Cup match against Scotland Heart-stopping win over South Africa a fortnight ago and victory in the Six Nations away in Murrayfield would suggest an Irish victoryFri Oct 06 2023 - 16:02
Ireland’s October hot spell: Temperatures to soar to 24 degrees as records could be brokenRecord Irish temperature for October of 25.2 degrees could be threatened at start of warm spell forecast to last until TuesdayFri Oct 06 2023 - 08:09
Long-standing October temperature record could be broken on SaturdayOctober record of 25.2 degrees, recorded at Clongowes Wood in Kildare, has stood since 1908Thu Oct 05 2023 - 19:58
Road infrastructure investment ‘core part’ of plan to eradicate road deaths by 2050, says MinisterChambers addresses ‘stark’ warning about dangers of not completing projects at launch of first dedicated bus service for Phoenix ParkThu Oct 05 2023 - 19:37
Report calls for child benefit to be paid for children living in direct provision and for an increase in the daily allowanceIrish Refugee Council says it is unjust that the parents in direct provision do not receive something which is supposed to be a universal benefitThu Oct 05 2023 - 15:20
Former St Conleth’s College pupil dismisses school’s statement about ex-Nazi teacher Uki Goñi says St Conleth’s has not gone far enough in addressing the presence of a former SS officerThu Oct 05 2023 - 12:07
Dublin school says it was not aware of teacher’s Nazi past until after deathLouis Feutren, an SS officer and Nazi collaborator in France, taught at fee-paying school for almost 30 yearsWed Oct 04 2023 - 21:02
Dublin school says former Nazi was not prohibited from teaching there after warLouis Feutren, a Breton nationalist and SS officer, taught French at St Conleth’s College for almost three decadesTue Oct 03 2023 - 18:32
Apology sought from Dublin school for employing former Nazi SS officer as a teacherLouis Feutren taught French at St Conleth’s College in Ballsbridge for almost 30 years, during which he physically assaulted pupilsTue Oct 03 2023 - 06:00
Micheál Martin in Kyiv for EU ministers’ meeting to discuss greater support for UkraineFirst Foreign Affairs Council meeting held outside EU is expected to produce aid announcements for UkraineMon Oct 02 2023 - 08:44
Government pledges to address recruitment and retention in the Defence ForcesMinister of State Jack Chambers said the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces shows the way forwardSun Oct 01 2023 - 19:00
Gardaí charge teenager over death of woman in OffalyGardaí appeal to people not to share footage of aftermath of incidentSat Sept 30 2023 - 13:25
Plans for Dublin to get new 2,000-seater music and arts venueHarry Crosbie has unveiled plans to build new concert venue twice as big as Vicar Street in Dublin’s Thomas StreetThu Sept 28 2023 - 14:10
Ireland weather: Storm Agnes tracks northeastwards leaving damage in its wakeMet Éireann orange level wind and weather warnings remain in place in several countiesWed Sept 27 2023 - 18:35
Living wage should rise to €14.80 an hour, says lobby group for unions and charitiesLiving Wage Technical Group says its figure, higher than the €13.80 recommended by the Government, compensates workers for inflationWed Sept 27 2023 - 09:08
Highest immigration since Celtic Tiger pushes State population to almost 5.3mSome 141,600 immigrants entered the Republic between April 2022 and 2023, many of them from Ukraine, CSO figures showMon Sept 25 2023 - 12:15
Storm Agnes: Met Éireann issues wind warning for Leinster and Munster on Wednesday Met Éireann is monitoring a potentially damaging storm track off the south coast that could bring strong winds and heavy rainMon Sept 25 2023 - 11:38
Gardaí investigating death of man trampled by bullock at Galway martMan (60s) died following incident at Loughrea mart on Saturday eveningMon Sept 25 2023 - 11:21
State not doing enough to encourage more women to enter politics, human rights watchdog warnsIrish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) identifies ‘structural barriers’ to women’s representation in politicsMon Sept 25 2023 - 09:19
Church’s excommunication of anti-Treaty combatants in Civil War left ‘bad taste’, says ArchbishopCatholic hierarchy’s 1922 letter was used by pro-Treaty side to povide moral justification for ‘sinful and criminal behaviour’Sun Sept 24 2023 - 21:07
HSE chief ‘seriously concerned’ about Temple Street hospital’s oversight of surgery-springs purchaseIndependent review of surgery practices in hospital to be fair and not focused on a single individual, says Bernard GlosterSun Sept 24 2023 - 19:38
Ceann Comhairle warns it is ‘virtually inevitable’ far-right agitators will seek entry into Leinster HouseSeán Ó Fearghaíl: Those involved in Wednesday’s protests were ‘professional hatemongerers’ and Irish society needs to wake up to the threatSun Sept 24 2023 - 16:27
