Jackie Farrell obituary: ‘A very special man’Covid-19 Lives lost: ‘He was our hero. He had a heart that was made of gold’Thu May 28 2020 - 14:42
Ruth Burke obituary: ‘A mischievous wee woman who loved to play tricks’Lives Lost to Covid-19: Antrim mother of five worked in special school in NewtownabbeyThu May 28 2020 - 14:42
Elon Musk rocket launch postponed due to bad weatherCraft was to be the first private enterprise vehicle in history to take humans into spaceWed May 27 2020 - 22:04
Charities could lose €500m due to Covid-19 pandemicCancelled fundraising events and economic downturn is affecting public contributionsWed May 27 2020 - 21:43
Hot, sunny weather forecast in lead-up to bank holiday weekendLong spell of dry, settled weather set to continue everywhere except in the westWed May 27 2020 - 17:19
University of Limerick to refund students living in campus accommodationThousands of students left to return home during Covid-19 lockdownTue May 26 2020 - 21:59
University of Limerick head resigns over personal Covid-19 health concernsUL president Dr Des Fitzgerald admits virus will curtail his interactions with studentsTue May 26 2020 - 19:40
Dig for remains of Red Hugh O’Donnell finds skull and coffinsArchaeologists discover bones in Spanish chapel where Christopher Columbus was also buriedTue May 26 2020 - 19:18
New measures introduced to help English language foreign students in IrelandStudents will have their visas extended to complete their studiesTue May 26 2020 - 16:28
Archaeologists are ‘quite sure’ they have found Red Hugh O’Donnell’s burial placeSpanish team is set to begin a dig inside the remains of a chapel in ValladolidSun May 24 2020 - 18:17
Micheál Martin predicts a government will be formed within two weeksFianna Fáil leader describes discussions with Fine Gael and Green Party as ‘serious’Sat May 23 2020 - 00:08
Spanish archaeologists recover bones in search for remains of Red Hugh O’Donnell‘We are close’ - says City of Valladolid official as search resumes for tragic Irish heroFri May 22 2020 - 21:57
Bord na Móna welcomes report into transition away from peat in the midlandsSemi-State says Just Transition is in harmony with its ‘brown to green’ strategyFri May 22 2020 - 19:15
Air Corps helicopter door falls from sky into Clondalkin school groundsInvestigation under way after incident involving air ambulance returning to baseThu May 21 2020 - 21:13
Male motorcyclist killed following collision with truck in DublinMotorcyclist dies on Naul Road, death brings to 57 number of fatalities on Irish roads in 2020Thu May 21 2020 - 19:18
Two pro-Israel websites in Ireland hacked in suspected Iranian cyberattackIreland Israel Alliance and the Ireland Israel Business Network both targetedThu May 21 2020 - 19:13
Coronavirus: Call to partially reopen primary schools in JuneNational Parents’ Council Primary urges review, but Harris rules out sixth-class returnWed May 20 2020 - 17:31
Reopening of McDonald’s brings joy and traffic jams to Dublin‘When I heard it was open, I said, ‘why not?’ The lockdown has been ‘tough on the kids’Wed May 20 2020 - 12:08
Warm and sunny weather ahead with highs of 22 degreesGrass growth has been restricted as there has been little or no rain for the last six weeksWed May 20 2020 - 08:51
Charities fear for finances and survival as Covid-19 pandemic continuesConcerns some operations will not be able to offer services in six months timeTue May 19 2020 - 20:55
Menthol cigarettes to be banned in Ireland from WednesdayThe ban comes into force under an EU directive six years agoTue May 19 2020 - 20:21
Golf club told to cancel tee times for members breaching 5km restrictionGardaí told Cahir club it was ‘unacceptable’ for distant members to use courseTue May 19 2020 - 15:12
Covid-19 taking ‘emotional toll’ on frontline staff, says ex-Rose of TraleeDr Elysha Brennan, who survived cancer, is helping health staff who have caught virusTue May 19 2020 - 02:20
Spring begins in garden centres as the public makes up for lost timeCrash barriers but no long queues outside flagship Woodie’s storeMon May 18 2020 - 22:24
Garda deaths by suicide four times national average, figures suggestThirteen gardaí died by suicide in last three years; 16,116 days lost due to mental illnessSun May 17 2020 - 20:40
Reopening preparations under way as Harris warns firms not to open illegallyHardware shops, garden centres, garages and bicycle repair shops are among those to openSun May 17 2020 - 12:01
Coronavirus: 15 new deaths reported in the RepublicThere have now been a total of 1,533 deaths associated with the virus in the StateSun May 17 2020 - 11:58
Coronavirus: Minister warns of action if businesses reopen illegallySimon Harris to sign updated regulations this weekend on easing lockdownSat May 16 2020 - 20:31
Commercial vehicle roadworthiness tests to recommence on MondayThere is as yet no date as to when either driving tests or NCTs will recommenceSat May 16 2020 - 11:43
Department of Education focused on September reopening of schools, says HolohanParents’ group hopes public health advice will be under constant review over coming weeksSat May 16 2020 - 10:54
Irish children checked for rare illness potentially linked to Covid-19European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control issues alert over inflammatory syndromeFri May 15 2020 - 21:00
Covid-19: Argentina’s ambassador to Ireland buried in Co MayoThe mass of Laura Bernal held in Foxford after she died suddenly of virus aged 64Fri May 15 2020 - 15:41
Primary schools must reopen. It’s time for parents to make their voices heardOpinion: If there are sound reasons why schools cannot go back until September, they have not been explained to the Irish publicThu May 14 2020 - 13:44
Coronavirus: Childcare scheme for healthcare workers cancelledOnly six providers volunteered for scheme set up for workers during Covid-19 pandemicWed May 13 2020 - 21:32
Irishman is now sole survivor of Winston Churchill’s second World War “Few”Dubliner John Hemingway (100) fought in the Battle of BritainSun May 10 2020 - 16:54
Credit notes to customers who have to cancel their holidays will be Government backedCustomers will receive credit note to the value of their holiday if refund is not possibleFri May 08 2020 - 21:11
Guarded welcome by unions and third-level institutions to new LC arrangementsEducational bodies say solution 'far from ideal' but at least gives certainty to studentsFri May 08 2020 - 20:52
A riot, champagne and Charlie Haughey: Garret FitzGerald’s eve of VE Day diary“At 9.19 on way back to College, at bottom Grafton St, we met Charlie Haughey”Fri May 08 2020 - 16:48
VE Day 75: Haughey, FitzGerald and that ‘Irish Times’ front pageTrinity students’ provocative decision to raise the Union flag led to riotous scenesThu May 07 2020 - 21:34
To open or not to open: pubs facing existential crisis in Covid-19 eraPublicans lobby for accelerated openings, but many worry about their viabilityThu May 07 2020 - 11:09
Traffic volumes up more than 10% since lifting of restrictions beganMain routes into Dublin and other cities up by 10 per cent in many places on TuesdayWed May 06 2020 - 17:02
Over 70s can go for a drive within 5km of home, department confirmsGuidelines for those ‘cocooning’ were eased on Tuesday to allow for exerciseWed May 06 2020 - 13:52
Lockdown foxes: Eight cubs emerge from a den in Dún LaoghaireThere has been an increase in anecdotal sightings of urban foxesMon May 04 2020 - 19:05
Something’s happening today? Here’s how the restrictions are changingQ&A: Coronavirus measures will be eased in stages from May 18th, but there will be two changes before thenMon May 04 2020 - 16:08
No live music, no standing at the bar: Publicans lay out plans for opening up before AugustBlueprint would see table service only with a limit on customers and a ban on live musicMon May 04 2020 - 15:57
Gardaí close Phoenix Park gates as anti-lockdown protesters try to assemblePeople told to return home by officers and that they were breaking the 2km ruleSat May 02 2020 - 18:57
Meet Sam, the resourceful young fox that has made Dublin city centre its homeFox seen looking mournfully towards Merrion Square where parents liveSat May 02 2020 - 18:25
Man due in court after cannabis worth €200,000 seized in DublinGardaí discover drugs after stopping motorist in Raheny on Friday eveningSat May 02 2020 - 10:46
League of Ireland club St Patrick’s Athletic on the coronavirus front lineClub have not allowed own financial woes to stop them helping othersFri May 01 2020 - 02:30
Photos by Irishman who helped liberate Bergen-Belsen go on display onlineNational Museum’s Reflections on Resilience exhibition gives ‘pause for thought’ during crisisThu Apr 30 2020 - 21:24
