Covid-19: HSE chief urges private hospitals to ‘put on green jersey’ and provide capacityBlackrock Clinic, Galway Clinic and Hermitage Clinic to sign up to new agreementThu Jan 07 2021 - 20:01
Motorists urged to take ‘extreme caution’ as ice and low temperatures forecastMet Éireann issues yellow weather warning, with temperatures due to drop to -7Thu Jan 07 2021 - 19:19
Covid-19: ‘Best case scenario’ is 200 patients in ICU next weekSurge capacity could be breached as virus numbers continue to rise, doctors warnThu Jan 07 2021 - 19:16
Government considering cutting off-licence hours, says VaradkarTánaiste: publicans serving ‘takeaway’ pints ‘seem to be getting around the law’Thu Jan 07 2021 - 12:29
Oireachtas committee chair calls for RTÉ to remove ‘blasphemous’ sketch from playerAengus Mac Grianna apologises over NYE item which prompted almost 6,000 complaintsWed Jan 06 2021 - 22:26
Tony Blair admitted British were partially responsible for Troubles – documentaryNew Martin McGuinness programme details how peace process was agreedWed Jan 06 2021 - 18:34
2020 was wetter and warmer than usualDry spring coincided with first lockdown but summer was a disappointmentWed Jan 06 2021 - 17:17
Shebeen with draught beer and stout on tap is raided by gardaíPremises in Westport, Co Mayo kept barrels outside in a deep freeze unitMon Jan 04 2021 - 22:51
Student nurses should be paid €100 per week during pandemic, report recommendsINMO rejects Government review of student nurses pay as too little too lateMon Jan 04 2021 - 22:18
Five prisoners confirmed with Covid-19 at Wheatfield PrisonOutbreak among staff now spread to prisoners in the jailMon Jan 04 2021 - 19:10
Targeted Covid-19 testing may be necessary, doctors warnedIrish College of General Practitioners says pressures may see some with symptoms not testedSun Jan 03 2021 - 22:14
Covid-19: Surge has childcare workers ‘scared stiff’ about returning to workAlmost half of staff members at one facility test positive ahead of planned reopeningSun Jan 03 2021 - 21:23
2021’s truce, treaty and Northern Ireland commemorations will test our goodwillLast year’s rows over the RIC and Kilmichael do not bode well for next year’s centenariesSat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00
Protesters gather outside Garda station in wake of Dublin shootingGeorge Nkencho killing sparks demonstration despite Level 5 ban on public assemblyFri Jan 01 2021 - 20:34
Baby it’s cold outside – meet the first babies born in Ireland in 2021Brodie McWilliams Brown was born in Holles Street at four seconds past midnightFri Jan 01 2021 - 19:20
Covid-19, cocooning, new normal – 10 phrases that defined 20202020 was filled with expressions that we never, ever want to hear againThu Dec 31 2020 - 11:48
Covid-19 silences the bells of Christ Church Cathedral on New Year’s EveCenturies-old tradition another casualty of the stricter lockdownWed Dec 30 2020 - 20:06
Schools welcome decision to close until January 11thCabinet moves to delay reopening after 21 clusters reported during seven daysWed Dec 30 2020 - 19:43
Fishing trawler crew rescued off the coast of Co DublinVessel sent out a distress call in the early hours of Wednesday morningWed Dec 30 2020 - 18:31
100 years ago today the partition of Ireland was made officialIreland is still living with the consequences of the Government of Ireland ActWed Dec 23 2020 - 11:50
Super conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn to be visible in Irish skies tonightA once-in-a-lifetime event involving the two gas giants will occur during Christmas weekMon Dec 21 2020 - 14:29
Dublin Port makes pitch to become major cultural hubPlays recorded at the port to showcase future plans to renovate old warehousesFri Dec 18 2020 - 21:02
Handcuffs in mental health facilities ‘sends all the wrong messages’, says watchdogPractice has ‘lasting and traumatising impact’ on patients – MHC chief executiveFri Dec 18 2020 - 12:15
Animal charity run by Cathy Davey hits the financial buffers over Covid-19My Lovely Horse animal rescue is facing a deficit this year of €70,000Fri Dec 18 2020 - 10:54
Lifting restrictions for Christmas: What will change from today?Covid-19 cases are rising but travel and household visits rules will be relaxed for almost three weeksThu Dec 17 2020 - 14:56
Widespread disruption to Luas lines caused by electrical faultBoth Red and Green lines are suspended in the city centre as a resultThu Dec 17 2020 - 09:27
Hairdressers told to wear masks not visors to combat Covid-19Trade association hopes if State moves to Level 4 in January salons will be allowed stay openWed Dec 16 2020 - 17:44
Leo Varadkar says ‘we have lost our way’ in the decade of centenariesTánaiste says ‘inclusive and respectful’ tone must return to the commemorationsWed Dec 16 2020 - 12:55
Til death do us Dart: Train driver says ‘I choo’ after platform proposalConor O’Sullivan proposed to his girlfriend as the Dart train pulled into Pearse StreetWed Dec 16 2020 - 12:11
Shelbourne Hotel statues restored to front of buildingSculptures had been removed following concerns they represented Nubian slavesTue Dec 15 2020 - 09:24
Dublin pub told by gardaí it must serve food after suspension of €9 mealOscars Café Bar had earlier offered customers option of charity donation in bid to stop food wasteSun Dec 13 2020 - 12:50
Large Co Louth bakery closes temporarily as 17 members of staff hit by Covid-19McCloskeys’ Bakery says its first responsibility is to the welfare of staffSat Dec 12 2020 - 19:16
Identity of Auxiliary letter writer admitting burning of Cork revealed after 100 yearsCharlie Schulze fought against his father’s home country Germany in first World WarSat Dec 12 2020 - 12:46
Joint schooling in North should be revisited, Foster suggestsUnionist and nationalist identities not as strong for many young now – First MinisterThu Dec 10 2020 - 17:34
Yeats’ teenage letters sold at Sotheby’s for more than €53,000Letters written between 1883 and 1885 were expected to sell for €13,300-€20,000Thu Dec 10 2020 - 12:17
Tom Barry said Provos only had ‘themselves to blame’ for losing supportKilmichael commander did not support PIRA bombing of civilian targetsSun Dec 06 2020 - 15:24
Astronaut Chris Hadfield surprises Adam King of the Late Late Toy ShowFormer ISS commander tells boy to pursue dreams of working on space missionsFri Dec 04 2020 - 22:02
New campaign to combat fake news targeted at young people in Ireland#KeepItReal advocates for an Irish social media council to tackle disinformationFri Dec 04 2020 - 16:05
Rare letters from teenage WB Yeats to be auctioned in LondonLetters include encounter with veteran Fenian John O’Leary of September 1913 fameFri Dec 04 2020 - 14:52
Irish people should not stereotype the British, says PresidentHistory of Irish republicanism too often showed disregard for life, says HigginsFri Dec 04 2020 - 14:00
One-to-one dance instruction permitted under Covid restrictions, Minister tells DáilDance teachers protest outside Dáil over exclusion from reopeningThu Dec 03 2020 - 18:53
Anger grows as theatre sector asks why it’s not allowed to openReopening of cinemas but not theatres described as ‘inconsistent and illogical’Wed Dec 02 2020 - 16:50
What happened in the Kilmichael and Narrow Water IRA attacks?Ambushes of British forces referred to by Sinn Féin TD were very different from each otherMon Nov 30 2020 - 18:30
Irish public pessimistic about a return to normal within the next yearMore than half surveyed say it will take at least a year before normal life can resumeMon Nov 30 2020 - 13:42
Some musicians dissatisfied with ‘Lord of the Flies’ Covid-19 funding processSinead O’Connor among artists receiving State help to cope with impact of pandemicMon Nov 30 2020 - 12:50
Role of ‘survivor cannibalism’ during Great Famine detailed in new TV documentaryThe Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine isRTÉ’s first major project on the catastropheMon Nov 30 2020 - 07:20
Coronavirus: 243 more cases, seven further deaths reported in the StateStudy finds that GAA finals were cause of outbreaks of the virus in four countiesSat Nov 28 2020 - 22:17
Late Late Toy Show duet with musical hero ‘absolutely mad’ says delighted teenMichael Maloney (14) didn’t know he would be singing with Dermot Kennedy on the showSat Nov 28 2020 - 18:32
Shot, bayoneted and clubbed: the ruthless lengths the IRA went to at KilmichaelAutopsy reports show how the IRA sought to ensure none of the enemy were left aliveSat Nov 28 2020 - 01:00
