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Aer Lingus passengers complain of ‘wretched’ service as a result of IT glitch

Aer Lingus passengers complain of ‘wretched’ service as a result of IT glitch

Thousands of passengers experienced travel disruption after airline’s booking system went down

Mon Sept 12 2022 - 17:59
Aer Lingus passengers at Dublin Airport: ‘It is horrendous’

Aer Lingus passengers at Dublin Airport: ‘It is horrendous’

‘We were waiting for five hours before we were told the flight was cancelled,’ says family due to fly to Malaga

Sat Sept 10 2022 - 19:26
Hundreds gather in Dublin to remember Declan Flynn 40 years after his death

Hundreds gather in Dublin to remember Declan Flynn 40 years after his death

The 31-year-old man’s murder in 1982 in Fairview Park galvanised the gay rights movement in Ireland

Sat Sept 10 2022 - 15:54
Flowers left at British Embassy in honour of Queen Elizabeth

Flowers left at British Embassy in honour of Queen Elizabeth

Members of the public have been leaving flowers and written notes outside the British Embassy in Dublin as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

Sat Sept 10 2022 - 12:52
Irish people pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth: ‘She won the hearts of a lot of right-thinking people’

Irish people pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth: ‘She won the hearts of a lot of right-thinking people’

Books of condolences for late monarch opened across Ireland

Fri Sept 09 2022 - 21:22
‘I’m in the country of love’: Garth Brooks holds court before playing in front of 400,000 fans at Croke Park

‘I’m in the country of love’: Garth Brooks holds court before playing in front of 400,000 fans at Croke Park

Country superstar says he hopes to send his fans home happy

Thu Sept 08 2022 - 17:56
Basic income support for artists described as a ‘seismic leap forward’

Basic income support for artists described as a ‘seismic leap forward’

Some 2,000 artists will be guaranteed a weekly wage of €325 per week

Thu Sept 08 2022 - 16:22
Senior civil servant appointed as State’s first gambling regulator

Senior civil servant appointed as State’s first gambling regulator

Anne Marie Caulfield will take up her role next year

Thu Sept 08 2022 - 00:01
Three held as speed boats, scooters and scramblers seized in garda drug raid

Three held as speed boats, scooters and scramblers seized in garda drug raid

Drugs worth some €681,000 and 12 scrambler bikes found in Dublin raid

Wed Sept 07 2022 - 22:15
Driver in his 80s dies following Co Limerick road collision

Driver in his 80s dies following Co Limerick road collision

Car collided with another on the N21 near Newcastle West

Wed Sept 07 2022 - 20:10
Up to 200 Ukrainian refugees to move into Abbotstown sports campus tomorrow

Up to 200 Ukrainian refugees to move into Abbotstown sports campus tomorrow

Some asylum seekers sleeping rough due to accommodation shortage

Wed Sept 07 2022 - 19:40
‘Like five All-Ireland finals together’: Croke Park prepares for arrival of Garth Brooks

‘Like five All-Ireland finals together’: Croke Park prepares for arrival of Garth Brooks

American country star begins ‘unique and one-off series’ of concerts this weekend with 400,000 tickets sold

Mon Sept 05 2022 - 20:38
Reductions in student registration fees and an increase in grants are on the table, Harris says

Reductions in student registration fees and an increase in grants are on the table, Harris says

Minister for Higher Education says students and their families have to be helped in the budget

Mon Sept 05 2022 - 17:47
Airports should ‘reward’ Ryanair for energy savings, says airline chief

Airports should ‘reward’ Ryanair for energy savings, says airline chief

Chief executive says new North Runway at Dublin Airport will be good for the environment

Mon Sept 05 2022 - 04:51

Cork hotelier in shock as electricity bill increases by almost €10,000 in a month

Neil Grant of the Celtic Ross Hotel predicts many businesses will go to the wall as a result of price increases as electricity bill more than doubles

Fri Sept 02 2022 - 16:01
Weather warning spells bad news for 70,000 fans at Electric Picnic

Weather warning spells bad news for 70,000 fans at Electric Picnic

Heavy rain expected to make for mud to go with the music at Stradbally venue

Fri Sept 02 2022 - 13:41
Hosepipe user who left tap running cuts off water supply to 90 people

Hosepipe user who left tap running cuts off water supply to 90 people

‘Excessive’ use of water deprived 35 houses and four businesses of necessary supplies

Thu Sept 01 2022 - 18:52
Ireland sees fifth season in a row with above average temperatures — Met Éireann

Ireland sees fifth season in a row with above average temperatures — Met Éireann

Record monthly temperatures for the country were recorded in July and August

Thu Sept 01 2022 - 18:01
Two more men arrested over 2012 fatal fire in Kerry

Two more men arrested over 2012 fatal fire in Kerry

Anthony O’Brien and five-year-old daughter Nadine died in Tralee house fire

Thu Sept 01 2022 - 09:15
Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine: ‘I said, This one’s for the cause. We had to be taken out of the place in a bulletproof bus’

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine: ‘I said, This one’s for the cause. We had to be taken out of the place in a bulletproof bus’

As the thrash metal band release their first album for six years, their guitarist and singer talks about overcoming adversity — and his brush with the Troubles

Tue Aug 30 2022 - 02:00
Kilkenny mansion influenced White House design, new study suggests

Kilkenny mansion influenced White House design, new study suggests

Architect James Hoban spent his childhood in Desart Court, Cuffesgrange, which was burned down by anti-Treaty republicans during the Civil War

Sun Aug 28 2022 - 10:39
Number of homeless in State hits record high

Number of homeless in State hits record high

Some 10,568 people, including 3,137 children are now homeless

Fri Aug 26 2022 - 19:35
Weekend temperatures could reach 23 degrees as summer holidays come to an end

Weekend temperatures could reach 23 degrees as summer holidays come to an end

Warm weather will be experienced in many places across the country for the next five days

Fri Aug 26 2022 - 11:50
New Zealand’s next ambassador to Ireland issued trespass notice to Covid protesters

New Zealand’s next ambassador to Ireland issued trespass notice to Covid protesters

New NZ parliament speaker issues apology for actions of his predecessor, Trevor Mallard

Thu Aug 25 2022 - 19:30
On-the-run Winnie the wallaby has been found safe and well and has returned home to Omagh

On-the-run Winnie the wallaby has been found safe and well and has returned home to Omagh

Marsupial Winnie was located in long grass none the worse for her three day ordeal

Thu Aug 25 2022 - 10:54
An Post celebrates 100 years of Irish stamps with special series featuring art by Orla Kiely, Maser and others

An Post celebrates 100 years of Irish stamps with special series featuring art by Orla Kiely, Maser and others

Art by Orla Kiely, Maser, Philip Treacy, Robert Ballagh, Harry Clarke, Amanda Coogan and Paul Henry to feature in series

Thu Aug 25 2022 - 00:01
Thousands rally in Dublin to mark Ukraine’s independence day

Thousands rally in Dublin to mark Ukraine’s independence day

‘We fought for our independence for many centuries. We are fighting for our independence again,’ says Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland

Wed Aug 24 2022 - 21:50
Béal na Bláth ambush: Elderly nun ‘witnessed last moments of Michael Collins’ as a girl

Béal na Bláth ambush: Elderly nun ‘witnessed last moments of Michael Collins’ as a girl

Sr Isidore Kelly was 12 when the National Army commander-in-chief was shot dead near her home in Co Cork

Wed Aug 24 2022 - 17:10
Dublin Airport’s north runway to come into operation 15 years after planning permission granted

Dublin Airport’s north runway to come into operation 15 years after planning permission granted

First flight to take place on Wednesday following completion of €320m project hit by planning and economic issues

Wed Aug 24 2022 - 11:24
Controversial New Zealand politician appointed as  ambassador to Ireland

Controversial New Zealand politician appointed as ambassador to Ireland

Parliament speaker Trevor Mallard has been embroiled in many controversies over the years

Tue Aug 23 2022 - 11:28
Michael Collins commemoration held at Cathal Brugha Barracks to mark centenary of death

Michael Collins commemoration held at Cathal Brugha Barracks to mark centenary of death

Centenary of general's death marked with a military ceremony

Mon Aug 22 2022 - 18:19
The Hollywood star who provides a living link to the death of Michael Collins

The Hollywood star who provides a living link to the death of Michael Collins

Audrey Dalton is the daughter of Major General Emmet Dalton, who was with Collins when he died

Sun Aug 21 2022 - 12:41
Man killed in Cavan hit-and-run named locally

Man killed in Cavan hit-and-run named locally

The body of Frank Nulty (57) was found on the side of the road on Friday

Sat Aug 20 2022 - 14:53
Collins descendants welcome Micheál Martin’s acceptance to speak at Béal na Bláth

Collins descendants welcome Micheál Martin’s acceptance to speak at Béal na Bláth

Martin will be first Fianna Fáil Taoiseach to speak at commemoration when he joins Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in delivering address

Sat Aug 20 2022 - 09:48
Who shot Michael Collins? One hundred years on, the question remains unanswered

Who shot Michael Collins? One hundred years on, the question remains unanswered

Ronan McGreevy visits Béal na Bláth ahead of the centenary in search of the truth about an assassination whose impact is still felt today

Sat Aug 20 2022 - 05:00
President Michael D Higgins pays tribute to elderly Irish man who was stabbed to death in London

President Michael D Higgins pays tribute to elderly Irish man who was stabbed to death in London

A GoFundMe page to help pay the funeral expenses of Thomas O’Halloran has already raised more than £5,000

Fri Aug 19 2022 - 18:47
How The Irish Times reported the shooting of Michael Collins 100 years ago

How The Irish Times reported the shooting of Michael Collins 100 years ago

‘The Irish nation will be shocked beyond measure at this awful news,’ read an editorial in the August 23rd, 1922, edition of the newspaper

Fri Aug 19 2022 - 17:17
‘He was a lovely bloke, he was my friend’: Shock and sadness over death of Thomas O’Halloran

‘He was a lovely bloke, he was my friend’: Shock and sadness over death of Thomas O’Halloran

Warmly regarded 87-year-old from Ennistymon was known in his area for playing music and raising money for Ukraine

Thu Aug 18 2022 - 22:22
Two men arrested in Arklow assault case

Two men arrested in Arklow assault case

Victim who sustained head injuries still in critical condition almost three weeks after assault

Thu Aug 18 2022 - 21:01
Choice of controversial MP as NZ’s possible next ambassador to Ireland criticised

Choice of controversial MP as NZ’s possible next ambassador to Ireland criticised

Opposition party ‘flabbergasted’ at rumours that controversial politician will get Dublin job

Thu Aug 18 2022 - 01:00
‘Intense thunderstorm activity’ across Ireland as heatwave ends

‘Intense thunderstorm activity’ across Ireland as heatwave ends

Thousands without power on Monday morning as heatwave ends with flashing flooding, thunder and lightning

Tue Aug 16 2022 - 08:28
Russian ambassador dismisses embassy protesters as ‘frost people’

Russian ambassador dismisses embassy protesters as ‘frost people’

Yury Filatov tells Russian TV news that the war in Ukraine is just an excuse for protesters

Tue Aug 16 2022 - 05:00
Man dies in Wexford car crash

Man dies in Wexford car crash

Victim was killed when the car he was a passenger in hit a tree

Mon Aug 15 2022 - 12:57
Give Me a Crash Course in... Ireland’s heatwave

Give Me a Crash Course in... Ireland’s heatwave

Ireland has had some long periods of hot, dry weather in the past with the summers of 1976 and 1995 being particularly hot

Sat Aug 13 2022 - 05:00
Michael Collins: The diaries that have not been public for the last 100 years offer a closer insight

Michael Collins: The diaries that have not been public for the last 100 years offer a closer insight

Diaries he kept from 1918 to 1922 will now be accessible to the public through the National Archives of Ireland

Sat Aug 13 2022 - 03:30
Ireland’s highest  ever August temperature of 31.7 degrees recorded in Co Carlow

Ireland’s highest ever August temperature of 31.7 degrees recorded in Co Carlow

Almost three dozen water supplies in drought, Irish Water says

Fri Aug 12 2022 - 21:15
Rally scheduled to protest against police handling of Noah Donohoe case

Rally scheduled to protest against police handling of Noah Donohoe case

Protest follows decision by Northern Ireland Secretary of State to give a public interest immunity certificate to some case files

Fri Aug 12 2022 - 20:40
Tourists rescued from Dublin sand bank after rising tide traps them

Tourists rescued from Dublin sand bank after rising tide traps them

Irish Coast Guard in Dún Laoghaire criticises “unacceptable behaviour” by jet skis operating near Forty Foot swimmers

Fri Aug 12 2022 - 17:19
Expert group ‘advised against’ State event for Arthur Griffith centenary

Expert group ‘advised against’ State event for Arthur Griffith centenary

Death of original Sinn Féin founder 100 years ago is marked in informal ceremony after omission from official commemoration programme

Fri Aug 12 2022 - 15:03
Heatwave: Highest August temperature for almost 20 years recorded at 29.2 degrees

Heatwave: Highest August temperature for almost 20 years recorded at 29.2 degrees

Met Éireann forecasts 30 degrees could be breached for the first time since 2003 on Thursday

Wed Aug 10 2022 - 20:36
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