Covid crisis: 416 new infections bring October total to almost 25,000Public health emergency team’s Dr Mary Favier commends reduced contacts by youngSun Nov 01 2020 - 08:48
Kevin Barry: An Irish rebel in his relatives’ own wordsSíofra O’Donovan and Eunan O’Halpin discuss their biographies of their rebel ancestorSat Oct 31 2020 - 06:02
Halloween 2020 activities: Camp at home, visit a fairy trail or view an online festivalDr Tony Holohan tells children they can’t be moving from house-to-house this yearFri Oct 30 2020 - 19:00
Author Julia O’Faolain has died, aged 88Best known for Booker-shortlisted No Country for Young Men and her memoirWed Oct 28 2020 - 12:47
Horse named after Terence MacSwiney wins big race in EnglandJim Bolger owned MacSwiney victorious a day before centenary of former Lord Mayor of Cork’s deathSat Oct 24 2020 - 16:43
How Terence MacSwiney’s death led to estrangement between his wife and daughterMother and daughter, Muriel and Máire MacSwiney, did not speak for 50 yearsSat Oct 24 2020 - 12:33
Government warned by pastors of ‘severe’ consequences if churches are not opened upClosure of churches deemed ‘unwarranted’ by group of 70 pastors in letter to TaoiseachFri Oct 23 2020 - 22:54
Dropping Covid-19 positivity rates give grounds for hope, says HSE bossPaul Reid believes early trends should give everybody ‘encouragement’Fri Oct 23 2020 - 21:55
Three arrested as cannabis worth €7m is seized at Dublin PortThree men are arrested following seizure as part of investigation into criminal gangsFri Oct 23 2020 - 20:26
Ireland to be hit by remnants of Hurricane EpsilonStatus yellow weather warnings are issued as Galway, Mayo face risk of flash floodingFri Oct 23 2020 - 18:33
Golf and tennis clubs closed under Level 5 as deemed ‘non-essential’ servicesSam McConkey says ‘Golfgate’ highlighted the problem of socialising after a sport during the pandemicFri Oct 23 2020 - 12:23
Young people ‘sick of being told what not to do’, says WHO’s Mike RyanMore moral support needed for those in quarantine, MacGill Summer School hearsFri Oct 23 2020 - 02:59
Reasons to believe Covid-19 pandemic will ease next spring, says health expertProf Devi Sridhar: ‘If we can get to March, we will be in a profoundly different situation’Thu Oct 22 2020 - 19:57
People will need to get used to a ‘simpler life’ because of Covid-19, says prominent medicProfessor Mary Horgan says several foreign holidays a year are out in the futureThu Oct 22 2020 - 19:26
Warning of 180,000 jobs at risk due to international travel restrictionsOverseas visitors generate 75 per cent of all tourism revenue in the StateWed Oct 21 2020 - 20:55
Teenager arrested following stabbing incident in CarlowMale (16) in serious condition after being stabbed at house in early hours of MondayMon Oct 19 2020 - 13:16
No gender parity in Dáil ‘until 2063’ at current rate of progressCitizens’ Assembly also told of problems caused by gender imbalance in mediaSun Oct 18 2020 - 17:01
Coronavirus: Eight further deaths and 1,276 new Covid-19 cases reportedThirty patients in ICU, with 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hoursSat Oct 17 2020 - 18:06
Teachers in ‘fear and trepidation’ of schools being open during Level 5 restrictionsUnion says safety and welfare of teachers and students is paramountSat Oct 17 2020 - 14:53
Reasons to be optimistic for a Covid-19 vaccine by Christmas, says expertProfessor Luke O’Neill believes data is promising and treatments are getting betterSat Oct 17 2020 - 13:27
Art O’Brien and Irish Nationalism in London 1900-25: A ‘grossly underestimated’ figureShedding light on the work of the ‘presiding genius’ of the Irish movement in LondonSat Oct 17 2020 - 01:00
Women ‘far from achieving gender equality’, says Citizens’ AssemblyChairwoman issues warning as Citizens’ Assembly to discuss issue for second weekendSat Oct 17 2020 - 01:00
Advert advocating lifting of restrictions ‘belittles’ impact of Covid-19, says HSE chief clinical adviserAdvert advocating herd immunity placed by tech millionaire drew ‘wrong conclusions’Thu Oct 15 2020 - 19:59
Cork, Letterkenny and Cavan hospitals exceed normal ICU capacity over Covid-19HSE chief Paul Reid says public, not health workers are first line of defence against virusThu Oct 15 2020 - 19:00
Cork, Letterkenny and Cavan hospitals exceed normal ICU capacity over Covid-19Coronavirus hospital admissions have increased by 62 per cent from last weekThu Oct 15 2020 - 16:51
‘The people we deal with are people who are living daily in fear,’ says arts organiserOireachtas committee hears cuts to the PUP makes it harder for artists to surviveWed Oct 14 2020 - 22:59
Level 3 restrictions see traffic fall by 17.5 per cent last week, gardaí sayOperation Fanacht sees private car volumes down to just 70 per cent of normalWed Oct 14 2020 - 19:37
Shot dead in Dublin 100 years ago: the man who started the War of IndependenceSean Treacy, one of the most-wanted men in Ireland, was shot on Talbot Street in DublinWed Oct 14 2020 - 18:08
Budget 2021: Musicians welcome €50m for live entertainment industryEleanor McEvoy says Government support is ‘unprecedented’ for musiciansTue Oct 13 2020 - 21:31
My budget: ‘Disappointed PUP wasn’t restored’Luke Murphy qualified last year with a diploma and was earning €1,000 a week before Covid-19 struckTue Oct 13 2020 - 17:26
Donegal couple frustrated at lack of support to meet cost of cocooningMy budget: Kevin Monaghan (74) says he and his wife ‘are to the pin of our collar’ with expensesTue Oct 13 2020 - 17:20
Irish musicians post video in call for help from Budget 2021Thousands on the ‘breadline’ with live music venues closed since MarchTue Oct 13 2020 - 08:13
Gardaí seize 70kg of cannabis worth €1.4 million in DublinHerbal cannabis found at business premises in Coolock in joint operation with RevenueMon Oct 12 2020 - 18:02
The God Squad author and ‘fearless campaigner’ Paddy Doyle dies at 69Disability activist wrote about cruelty and abuse he suffered in Waterford industrial schoolMon Oct 12 2020 - 09:17
Restrictions around the world: How countries are tackling the latest surgeMeasures vary from country to countryThu Oct 08 2020 - 20:40
Covid-19 checkpoints and traffic congestion were ‘sharp shock’ to motoristsPeople planning to avoid measures ‘will be left very disappointed’, say gardaíWed Oct 07 2020 - 13:31
Cycling is safer than many people believe it to be, says MinisterHildegarde Naughton says cycling is statistically safer than it was 20 years agoMon Oct 05 2020 - 15:58
Influential whiskey critic faces accusations of sexismJim Murray says book will evolve; says he aims to enlighten and entertain – not offendMon Oct 05 2020 - 11:14
Rain, flooding and wind warnings as Atlantic storm Alex arrivesStatus yellow warning: Threat of flooding in places as storm arrives on Sunday morningSun Oct 04 2020 - 13:59
Anti-mask campaigners hold sit-down protest on Grafton StreetGardaí investigate organisation of protests which may breach the Covid-19 regulationsSat Oct 03 2020 - 21:08
More than 1,000 Covid-19 clusters linked to private homes in SeptemberSeptember was second worst month for new cases but deaths remain far lower than AprilSat Oct 03 2020 - 19:49
Ten deaths and 613 new cases of coronavirus reported in the StateEight deaths occurred before September; total of 37,668 confirmed cases in RepublicSat Oct 03 2020 - 19:22
Covid-19: World in ‘for a hell of a ride’ in coming months, Dr Mike Ryan saysWHO official estimates that 750m people globally have likely had coronavirus to dateFri Oct 02 2020 - 16:58
Men should be taught to do ‘fair share of housework’ from early ageCharity says ‘gender justice’ won’t happen until males share domestic responsibilitiesFri Oct 02 2020 - 15:18
Focus on daily Covid-19 cases causing ‘fear, anxiety and despair’, says VaradkarIreland on course for record Covid-19 numbers, says TánaisteFri Oct 02 2020 - 09:24
Top Irish authors contribute to new book to help adult literacyPublication in plain English marks 40 years of the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA)Fri Oct 02 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: stricter house visitor limits nationwide as 442 new cases confirmedNPHET says there should be maximum of six people from one household rather than threeThu Oct 01 2020 - 22:10
Small children should be restricted to one square of chocolate a weekNew guidelines for children (0-4) recommends ‘tiny’ amounts of treatsThu Oct 01 2020 - 19:24
Ireland’s travel green list reduces to four countriesState curently has one of the strictest travel regimes in EuropeMon Sept 28 2020 - 09:53
People who fail to self-isolate should be fined for their ‘selfish behaviour’, says GPDr Illona Duffy says she called a patient with positive result to find ‘they were not at home’Sat Sept 26 2020 - 10:41
