Election 2024 live updates: Independent Ireland candidate Cllr Philip Sutcliffe quits party after it condemned his association with Conor McGregorThere’s plenty happening on the campaign trail as all the major parties continue their efforts with the election just a few days awaySat Nov 23 2024 - 18:48
Anthrax’s Charlie Benante: ‘I was always a big U2 fan. They just got better and better’Drummer Benante discusses how the music industry rips off bands, rumours of a new Anthrax album and his love for U2Sat Nov 23 2024 - 11:48
Storm Bert: Met Éireann issues red and orange warnings with severe flooding possibleRed warning for two counties while orange warning in place for six countiesFri Nov 22 2024 - 21:18
Election 2024 live updates: Testy exchanges between Claire Byrne and Mary Lou McDonald, Simon Harris pours cold water on proposed allianceWith just a week to go until the country votes in the 2024 General Election, the campaign trail is in full swingFri Nov 22 2024 - 18:40
Galway location sells Lotto jackpot winning ticket worth more than €7 millionWin is the 10th jackpot won in the country so far this yearFri Nov 22 2024 - 06:00
Gaisce Gold Awards: President Michael D Higgins praises winners’ ‘hard work, perseverance and commitment’ Seventy-three young people presented with awards at ceremony at Áras an UachtaráinThu Nov 21 2024 - 18:32
Family of Jean McConville criticise ‘hurtful’ Disney+ dramatisationNine-part series Say Nothing deals with abduction and murder of Belfast mother by Provisional IRA in December 1972Wed Nov 20 2024 - 22:19
Election 2024 live: Sinn Féin claim RTÉ not ‘up to scratch’ on Gaza as Greens pledge to tackle school homeworkFine Gael targets SF spending proposals in ‘piggy bank’ videoWed Nov 20 2024 - 19:30
Sinn Féin pledges to abolish local property tax and revise USC as it launches manifestoElection 2024: Social Democrats pledges €1 offpeak public transport fares and 50,000 affordable purchase homes if in governmentTue Nov 19 2024 - 19:29
Election 2024: Sinn Féin and Soc Dems launch manifestos with pledges on housing and healthFianna Fáil to aim to reduce class sizes at primary level in education policy promiseTue Nov 19 2024 - 18:45
Homeowners have net worth 57 times higher than those who rent, CSO findsNumber of single parent families who are worried about making ends meet almost doublesTue Nov 19 2024 - 14:23
‘I can’t see Sinn Féin getting in’: How will Drogheda and Bray football fans vote in the election?Football supporters hold a range of views at their teams’ playoff in TallaghtSun Nov 17 2024 - 11:32
Motivations of the Irish who served in the first World War were complicatedMany were from the vanished tribe of Catholic ‘loyalists’ who saw no contradiction between their faith, desire for Home Rule and loyalty to the British EmpireSun Nov 17 2024 - 06:00
‘The working classes are getting robbed’: How will customers in a Finglas barbershop vote?Election 2024: Voters in this Dublin barber’s are leaving it longer to get a haircut as the cost of living increases. How will that affect their vote?Sat Nov 16 2024 - 06:00
Election 2024 live updates: Mick Wallace confirms he will run, Soc Dems pledge to reintroduce ban on no-fault evictionsFine Gael outlines justice policy, Fianna Fáil sets out plans to tackle crime and Labour unveils health policiesFri Nov 15 2024 - 19:34
Mick Wallace confirms he is set to contest the general election in WexfordThe former MEP has announced he will stand two weeks before election dayFri Nov 15 2024 - 16:53
Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Féin should not have to answer for IRA any moreSinn Féin president criticises the ‘Free State establishment’ for raising IRA actions with people who were not born or were children during the TroublesWed Nov 13 2024 - 16:15
Robbie Keane’s wife accuses minority of pro-Palestinian campaigners of provoking a ‘witch hunt’ against himKeane’s decision not to resign as Maccabi Tel Aviv manager after October 7th has been criticisedWed Nov 13 2024 - 15:34
Area inside Ballyfin Demesne hotel sealed off as crime scene after fatal assaultMan in his 30s being questioned by gardaí following death of man in his 60s shortly after arrival from USWed Nov 13 2024 - 13:15
‘A life well-lived, a talent realised’: Tributes paid to Johnny Duhan who died in Galway swimming accidentSinger-songwriter drowned at Silverstrand, Co Galway; search continues for woman who went missing after swimming at the same beachWed Nov 13 2024 - 12:37
Kathleen Watkins: Funeral Mass remembers a woman whose life was a ‘hymn of love’Broadcaster and wife of Gay Byrne was immensely talented and beloved by many people, her funeral mass was toldTue Nov 12 2024 - 18:15
Grief and remembrance – Ronan McGreevy on Dublin’s Armistice Day in 1924The crowds that descended on the city took everyone by surprise, not least the Dublin Metropolitan PoliceMon Nov 11 2024 - 18:58
How the 1915 slaughter in Gallipoli of a young man from the Liberties inspired his great-nephew to record an albumFiach Moriarty recorded his album in memory of Jack Kavanagh who was 22 when he died from wounds sustained in one of the first World War’s most momentous battlesMon Nov 11 2024 - 15:02
Sepultura in Dublin review: the mosh pit heaves as Brazilian heavy metalers rock up a storm on farewell tourReview: ‘Do you want to hear the older stuff?’ Sepultura singer Derek Green asks the crowd at sold out show as the band celebrate 40 yearsSun Nov 10 2024 - 12:51
Election 2024: Parties start to unveil promises as campaign gets under wayThree-week long run-in to November 29th polling day begins with party policy launches and poster placingFri Nov 08 2024 - 19:18
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to stand on their record in governmentTaoiseach Simon Harris says the three Coalition parties had governed well together and passed five progressive budgetsFri Nov 08 2024 - 18:50
President Michael D Higgins writes letter of congratulations to Donald Trump after his US election victory President previously criticised Donald Trump’s record on climate change as ‘regressive’Fri Nov 08 2024 - 16:12
Rule-breaking influencers will be named and shamed if they do not comply with guidelines, ASA warnsAdvertising watchdog says social media influencers must flag commercial contentFri Nov 08 2024 - 15:23
Ireland's weird weather: Why does it feel like summer at the moment?High pressure is causing very mild winds from the south and southwest, making it feel more like summer than autumnThu Nov 07 2024 - 18:57
US election results: Kamala Harris urges supporters to accept outcome of presidential voteDemocrat says result must be accepted as Republican claims ‘magnificent victory’Wed Nov 06 2024 - 23:37
John Magnier criticised by judge over claims that go ‘to very heart of administration of justice’Judge says billionaire suggested adviser was potentially guilty of criminal offence in attempt to stop disclosure of documentsTue Nov 05 2024 - 15:58
Stardust campaigner plans to run as National Party election candidateSinn Féin names replacement for Brian Stanley on Laois ticket as party leader tells TD to ‘man up and take responsibility for his own behaviour’Mon Nov 04 2024 - 21:35
Geography and destiny – Ronan McGreevy on the Boundary CommissionNorthern nationalists felt abandoned by processMon Nov 04 2024 - 18:55
Irish woman in Valencia: ‘Living in a fourth floor apartment means we still have a home’ Spain floods: Christine Connolly said no rain fell where she lives but her village was inundated with floodwater from elsewhereMon Nov 04 2024 - 06:46
Sinn Féin councillor suspended from party following allegation of sending inappropriate online messages to minorCllr JJ Magee, a member of Belfast City Council, denies the allegations of inappropriate conductSun Nov 03 2024 - 22:41
Listen: Ernest Shackleton’s adventure is told in his own voice - thanks to AI The voices of seven other crew members who kept diaries while on the Endurance also feature in the documentarySat Nov 02 2024 - 13:00
Thousands gather on Dublin’s O’Connell Street for Halloween parade that did not take placeWebsite had given details of large event hosted by Galway arts ensemble Macnas but no such festivities had been arrangedThu Oct 31 2024 - 21:19
Dublin-Belfast train users: ‘It’s advertised as an hour from Dundalk. It takes an hour and 20’Competition with Dart leads to frustration for north-south travellers as well as capital’s commutersWed Oct 30 2024 - 06:00
Mark Foley drink-driving case: ‘Where he crashed would have been my driver’s seat and my four-year-old in the back’Blood-alcohol test shows ex-EirGrid chief was four times over limit when he crashed into two parked carsSun Oct 27 2024 - 16:55
‘Our lives will never be the same’: Woman lost father, son and brother on the same dangerous roadOld Dublin-Belfast road opposite Monasterboise Inn is another ‘accident waiting to happen’, says Bernie WhelanSun Oct 27 2024 - 06:00
What I Read This Week: A vital read on the origins of the Troubles and Boris Johnson’s memoir flopReporter Ronan McGreevy picks his standout stories of the week including a pertinent piece on an essential truth about Catholic IrelandSat Oct 26 2024 - 08:00
Kyran Durnin case: Gardaí receive ‘huge volume’ of information from publicDetectives no closer to making arrests amid claims the State’s child protection system had ‘failed’ Co Louth boyFri Oct 25 2024 - 06:00
‘It’s surreal. It’s like something off a TV show’: Former neighbours of Kyran Durnin express bewilderment amid Garda digSearch for missing boy (8) had moved from house in Emer Terrace in Dundalk to a shared garden at the back of the terraceThu Oct 24 2024 - 15:45
Kyran Durnin case: Gardaí finish dig in Dundalk back garden without finding fresh evidenceForensic examination of Emer Terrace house and wasteland outside complete, with focus likely to shift to DroghedaThu Oct 24 2024 - 15:30
‘They laugh at us’: Dublin retailers voice fury at €10,000-plus payouts for defamation over shopliftingShopkeepers association hears of rising levels of criminality in stores, from shoplifting to violent robberyWed Oct 23 2024 - 19:47
Boy (15) who competed in Ireland’s Fittest Family ‘will be hugely missed by everyone who knew him’ Cillian Flaherty was a third year students at Blakestown Community College in Dublin 15Wed Oct 23 2024 - 09:44
Drink driving case against former Eirgrid chief executive dismissed over failure to offer a urine testBlood sample taken from Mark Foley which showed him to be four times over legal limit ruled inadmissibleTue Oct 22 2024 - 15:54
Moynalty Horse Chase: ‘I wouldn’t vote for Sinn Féin. They are too inexperienced’Those who turned out for a local football fundraiser in north county Meath are expecting the present Government to be re-electedTue Oct 22 2024 - 06:00
Substantial increase in number of 13 year-olds diagnosed with disability over last decade - reportThe most prevalent physical disability was found to be blindness or visual impairment (24.8%), followed by pain or difficulties breathing (19.1%), trouble doing physical activities (11.9%) and deafness/hearing impairment (2.5%)Tue Oct 22 2024 - 00:01
War and remembrance – Ronan McGreevy on the Battle of Le PillyA dark time for the 2nd Royal Irish RegimentMon Oct 21 2024 - 20:05
