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Death row survivor Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs found ‘tranquility’ in Connemara before death in house fire

Death row survivor Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs found ‘tranquility’ in Connemara before death in house fire

Jacobs spent five years on death row in Florida for murder she did not commit

Wed Jun 04 2025 - 20:09
Woman who died in Connemara house fire named as former US death row inmate Sunny Jacobs

Woman who died in Connemara house fire named as former US death row inmate Sunny Jacobs

US citizen, who had conviction overturned after almost 17 years in prison, died along with man in his 30s

Tue Jun 03 2025 - 14:53
Tributes to two Irish women who died after competing in separate marathon events

Tributes to two Irish women who died after competing in separate marathon events

Olivia Touhy and Ellen Cassidy (both 24) died at the Edinburgh and Cork city half marathons

Tue Jun 03 2025 - 11:42
Woman killed in road traffic collision in Donegal

Woman killed in road traffic collision in Donegal

The woman (70s) died after a collision near Milford on Friday

Tue Jun 03 2025 - 09:37
The truth behind the Normans and Ireland: ‘They abolished slavery’

The truth behind the Normans and Ireland: ‘They abolished slavery’

Historians give their view on plans to mark the 1,000th anniversary of William the Conquerer and what was more an English than a French invasion

Mon Jun 02 2025 - 17:20
Antenna made by Irish company found in Russian bombs in Ukraine

Antenna made by Irish company found in Russian bombs in Ukraine

Taoglas says it is unable to stop ‘nefarious’ use of its equipment

Fri May 30 2025 - 06:00
‘I came here for protection’: John Magnier complains about ‘unfair’ treatment in court

‘I came here for protection’: John Magnier complains about ‘unfair’ treatment in court

Judge says billionaire businessman and defence barrister are both ‘decent and honourable gentlemen’

Thu May 29 2025 - 18:49
Ireland weather: Temperatures could reach nearly 20 degrees over bank holiday weekend but rain and wind also forecast

Ireland weather: Temperatures could reach nearly 20 degrees over bank holiday weekend but rain and wind also forecast

Showers and heavy rain expected on Saturday, turning noticeably cooler later

Thu May 29 2025 - 16:12
‘Are you trying to rile me? You’re doing a good job,’ John Magnier tells Barne Estate’s barrister

‘Are you trying to rile me? You’re doing a good job,’ John Magnier tells Barne Estate’s barrister

Billionaire businessman says he is being treated like a parrot, having to repeat the same points over and over

Wed May 28 2025 - 20:25
John Magnier tells Barne Estate trial that money does not mean much to him except as a way ‘to keep score’

John Magnier tells Barne Estate trial that money does not mean much to him except as a way ‘to keep score’

Billionaire businessman says he left school at 15 and left ‘legal jargon’ to the experts

Wed May 28 2025 - 15:27
‘Disproportionate’ level of paperwork leaves little room for seating at John Magnier’s Barne Estate case

‘Disproportionate’ level of paperwork leaves little room for seating at John Magnier’s Barne Estate case

John Magnier recounts details of €15m deal with Richard Thomson-Moore for sale of Tipperary lands and its subsequent collapse

Tue May 27 2025 - 20:19
Bloodstock billionaire John Magnier was told ‘one word, John: greed’ on why his €15m Tipperary land deal failed

Bloodstock billionaire John Magnier was told ‘one word, John: greed’ on why his €15m Tipperary land deal failed

Mr Magnier took the stand to give evidence regarding the sale of historic Barne Estate

Tue May 27 2025 - 18:41
‘I’d never seen anything like it’: Irish Liverpool fans witness parade crash

‘I’d never seen anything like it’: Irish Liverpool fans witness parade crash

Jack Trotter was ‘in agony’ after being hit while out celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title win

Tue May 27 2025 - 16:05
John Magnier’s case over alleged €15m Barne Estate sale begins today

John Magnier’s case over alleged €15m Barne Estate sale begins today

Barne Estate in Tipperary is mainly fertile tillage land with 12-bedroom mansion

Tue May 27 2025 - 09:49
Fontaines DC at Guinness Storehouse: A match made in heaven

Fontaines DC at Guinness Storehouse: A match made in heaven

Support for Palestine and Kneecap evident from both Fontaines and Lankum

Mon May 26 2025 - 17:10
‘Devastating blow’ as Russians destroy Ukrainian warehouse containing aid donated from Ireland

‘Devastating blow’ as Russians destroy Ukrainian warehouse containing aid donated from Ireland

‘Seeing it deliberately targeted and reduced to ashes is heartbreaking,’ says charity director

Mon May 26 2025 - 12:27
Hecklers ejected from Dublin event as Bernie Sanders refuses to call Israel’s actions genocide

Hecklers ejected from Dublin event as Bernie Sanders refuses to call Israel’s actions genocide

US Senator says actions in Gaza are ‘horrific’ events unfolding and does not want discussion of Israel ‘bogged down’ by word

Sun May 25 2025 - 13:24
Athy, the town of the plaques, gets ready to welcome US senator Bernie Sanders

Athy, the town of the plaques, gets ready to welcome US senator Bernie Sanders

‘We’re a midlands town. We have got to sell ourselves however we can’

Sat May 24 2025 - 09:55
Irish revolutionary Madeleine ffrench-Mullen to be honoured with plaque at childhood home

Irish revolutionary Madeleine ffrench-Mullen to be honoured with plaque at childhood home

Ffrench-Mullen with her lover Dr Kathleen Lynn founded St Ultan’s Hospital for children in Dublin

Sat May 24 2025 - 07:30
Celtic Tiger baby boom has turned to bust as fertility rates decline

Celtic Tiger baby boom has turned to bust as fertility rates decline

There are 20,000 fewer children being born every year in the State compared to during the Celtic Tiger years

Fri May 23 2025 - 13:45
Metallica in Dublin: Band announce two shows at Aviva Stadium in June next year

Metallica in Dublin: Band announce two shows at Aviva Stadium in June next year

No Repeats Weekend gigs will see different setlists and guests on each of two nights

Thu May 22 2025 - 09:07
Ireland’s population outperforms increasingly ageing EU

Ireland’s population outperforms increasingly ageing EU

Ireland’s rate of population growth is almost four times EU average of 0.4 per cent, according to Eurostat

Wed May 21 2025 - 18:15
Book of Leinster goes on display in Trinity College Dublin

Book of Leinster goes on display in Trinity College Dublin

Caoimhe Ní Ghormáin, an expert in medieval Irish manuscripts, and John Gillis, who led the conservation, talk about the Book of Leinster. Video: Ronan McGreevy

Wed May 21 2025 - 08:11
The ‘Wikipedia of the age’: Restored 900-year-old Book of Leinster manuscript goes on first public display in Dublin

The ‘Wikipedia of the age’: Restored 900-year-old Book of Leinster manuscript goes on first public display in Dublin

The 12th-century Book of Leinster contains the origin story of the Irish people

Wed May 21 2025 - 06:00
Ireland’s Norman heritage to be celebrated more than 850 years after arrival

Ireland’s Norman heritage to be celebrated more than 850 years after arrival

European-wide initiative to celebrate group’s far-reaching impact on western civilisation

Tue May 20 2025 - 19:31
Smartphones for children ‘not a human right’, public meeting on a ban in primary schools is told

Smartphones for children ‘not a human right’, public meeting on a ban in primary schools is told

Schools in North Dublin hoping to implement collective ban on primary school children owning smartphones

Fri May 16 2025 - 19:03
‘My life is back’: Dublin’s Mater hospital marks 20 years since Ireland’s first lung transplant

‘My life is back’: Dublin’s Mater hospital marks 20 years since Ireland’s first lung transplant

Medics and former patients gather on Friday to acknowledge lives saved and improved as a result of the complex surgery

Fri May 16 2025 - 18:10
Death of Garda Kevin Flatley: Gardaí warn of ‘completely inaccurate’ misinformation circulating over incident

Death of Garda Kevin Flatley: Gardaí warn of ‘completely inaccurate’ misinformation circulating over incident

Alleged eyewitness accounts have ‘no basis whatsoever in fact’

Wed May 14 2025 - 10:39
‘Very satisfying, but madly fortunate, to have won’: student Oscar Despard on his University Challenge victory

‘Very satisfying, but madly fortunate, to have won’: student Oscar Despard on his University Challenge victory

Celebrations at Dublin’s Bretzel Bakery as president sends congratulations to captain of Christ’s College, Cambridge, team

Tue May 13 2025 - 15:45
Met Éireann forecasts Ireland’s extraordinary sunny weather to continue for at least 10 days

Met Éireann forecasts Ireland’s extraordinary sunny weather to continue for at least 10 days

Met Éireann said temperatures will reach 24 degrees

Tue May 13 2025 - 15:24
Irish Times chess columnist JJ Walsh retires after 70 years: ‘Everything has to come to an end’

Irish Times chess columnist JJ Walsh retires after 70 years: ‘Everything has to come to an end’

Walsh surpassed the world record as the longest-serving chess columnist in 2016 and kept going

Tue May 13 2025 - 06:15
Convicted Real IRA bomber speaks at event marking 80th anniversary of VE Day

Convicted Real IRA bomber speaks at event marking 80th anniversary of VE Day

At a gathering in Co Meath, John Connolly addressed those whose ancestors from the Soviet Union helped defeat Nazi Germany

Sun May 11 2025 - 20:42
Castletown House: Vandals cause more than €500,000 of damage amid dispute over right-of-way access

Castletown House: Vandals cause more than €500,000 of damage amid dispute over right-of-way access

Campaigners who want the full opening of access to Castletown House in Kildare are shocked at alarming turn of events

Sun May 11 2025 - 19:00
VE Day 80: The story of The Irish Times’ most famous front page

VE Day 80: The story of The Irish Times’ most famous front page

Editor Bertie Smyllie was determined to celebrate the Allied victory and get it past the censors

Thu May 08 2025 - 12:13
Met Éireann forecasts glorious sunshine to continue through the weekend

Met Éireann forecasts glorious sunshine to continue through the weekend

Met Éireann forecasts temperatures up to 19 degrees in parts of the country

Thu May 08 2025 - 07:00
Twenty pipe bombs seized by gardaí in Co Louth

Twenty pipe bombs seized by gardaí in Co Louth

Pipe bombs

Wed May 07 2025 - 23:11
Irish Times angling correspondent Derek Evans dies aged 80

Irish Times angling correspondent Derek Evans dies aged 80

Evans, formerly a printer with the newspaper, turned to writing about fishing following retirement

Wed May 07 2025 - 21:13
Vandals cause €500,000 worth of damage to OPW site used to access Castletown House

Vandals cause €500,000 worth of damage to OPW site used to access Castletown House

Vehicles overturned and CCTV towers smashed in bank holiday weekend incident in Co Kildare

Wed May 07 2025 - 19:47
Ireland ‘highly likely’ to have a warmer-than-average summer, says Met Éireann

Ireland ‘highly likely’ to have a warmer-than-average summer, says Met Éireann

Drought risk rising as most places in Ireland see no rain since April 27th with none on the horizon

Tue May 06 2025 - 19:26
 High-tech drones to be used to stop killing of peregrine falcons in Northern Ireland

High-tech drones to be used to stop killing of peregrine falcons in Northern Ireland

Protected species is regularly targeted by poisoners as a threat to lifestock

Sun May 04 2025 - 13:53
Gardaí appeal for witnesses to hit-and-run incident with scrambler in Dublin city centre

Gardaí appeal for witnesses to hit-and-run incident with scrambler in Dublin city centre

Women in her 60s was struck as she crossed the road at Gardiner Street

Fri May 02 2025 - 16:50
De Valera’s condolences on the death of Hitler continue to provoke 80 years on

De Valera’s condolences on the death of Hitler continue to provoke 80 years on

Notorious second World War incident is still cited today by those critical of Ireland

Fri May 02 2025 - 14:03
Former minister for children Roderic O’Gorman defends decision not to publish Grace report last year

Former minister for children Roderic O’Gorman defends decision not to publish Grace report last year

Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness renews criticism of inquiry, telling Norma Foley: ‘You cannot walk away from this’

Thu May 01 2025 - 17:45
Roderic O’Gorman re-elected as Green Party leader

Roderic O’Gorman re-elected as Green Party leader

Janet Horner elected as new chair of the party

Thu May 01 2025 - 14:34
Irish-born Australian residents surpass 100,000 for first time

Irish-born Australian residents surpass 100,000 for first time

The figure of 103,080 from the Republic eclipses the figure reached after the Irish economic crash more than a decade ago

Thu May 01 2025 - 10:05
Bright and sunny weather to continue into bank holiday weekend, but no more record-breaking temperatures

Bright and sunny weather to continue into bank holiday weekend, but no more record-breaking temperatures

Met Éireann predicts high pressure will stay in charge of the weather for the next week

Thu May 01 2025 - 06:56
Submissions of Grace’s legal team not referred to ‘in any way’ in final investigation report, says wardship solicitor

Submissions of Grace’s legal team not referred to ‘in any way’ in final investigation report, says wardship solicitor

State solicitor granted meeting with Minister for Children Norma Foley to discuss concerns

Tue Apr 29 2025 - 21:17
Animal welfare inspectors shocked by huge menagerie of animals in a deplorable state

Animal welfare inspectors shocked by huge menagerie of animals in a deplorable state

More than 200 dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters and a snake rescued from Co Kildare premises

Tue Apr 29 2025 - 18:05
When Pope Francis met abuse survivors in Ireland: ‘He drew a picture of a toilet. Anything that goes into that is caca’

When Pope Francis met abuse survivors in Ireland: ‘He drew a picture of a toilet. Anything that goes into that is caca’

Pope met eight Irish survivors of clerical abuse when he visited Ireland in August 2018

Wed Apr 23 2025 - 18:00
Whistleblower at centre providing State accommodation to asylum seekers was told allegation could not be investigated

Whistleblower at centre providing State accommodation to asylum seekers was told allegation could not be investigated

Hiqa had declined to look into complaints about two centres as these had not been officially designed by Minister

Wed Apr 23 2025 - 14:41
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