Center Parcs: ‘99.9% of locals’ back its plan to open in IrelandThe holiday company is about to reveal models of its proposed resort in Co Longford. What benefits might its plan bring – and what are its centres like?Sat Sept 05 2015 - 01:00
An average bad Irish summer, but there’s been far worseElectric Picnic festival in Stradbally looks like being cool and dry for the weekendThu Sept 03 2015 - 16:55
Electric Picnic: Crowd to exceed 50,000 at sold-out festivalBlur and Grace Jones among star attractions at Ireland’s biggest music festivalTue Sept 01 2015 - 17:30
Paul Murphy accuses gardaí of political policing after permit deniedIrish Water campaigner to appeal decision on fundraising for Anti-Austerity AllianceTue Sept 01 2015 - 01:00
Farmers dump grain in protest at ‘non-existent’ farm incomesEuropean Commission urged to intervene and help falling agricultural pricesTue Sept 01 2015 - 01:00
Farmers dump grain in protest over incomes ‘ripped apart’Dairy, cereal and pork sectors in crisis as IFA protest outside European Commission officesMon Aug 31 2015 - 17:11
Too much attention on growth, says social justice lobbyistIssues that have ‘major implications’ for society neglected in pursuit of GDPMon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
War of Independence gun found stashed under stairsRook rifle found in former home of IRA volunteer who was interned during conflictSun Aug 30 2015 - 21:29
Center Parcs to unveil model for €200m Longford siteLeisure giant set to seek planning permission for 375-acre facility in BallymahonFri Aug 28 2015 - 16:39
Customs seize cigarettes worth €4m at Dublin PortCigarettes would represent a €3.6 million loss to the Exchequer if sold on black marketWed Aug 26 2015 - 20:36
Indian summer due as dry, settled period expected at lastSummer 2015 not that bad says Met Éireann - though colder and wetter than normalWed Aug 26 2015 - 19:01
Missing: Barry Corcoran (39) of Wicklow not seen since early JulyJobseeker’s benefit not collected, funds not accessed and phone silent since July 6th lastWed Aug 26 2015 - 18:35
Archives of 53,000 Jews who lived in Ireland made available to the publicVolumes of births, marriages and deaths go back to the 17th centuryWed Aug 26 2015 - 01:00
Minister to look into data concerns of new Irish citizensMigrant Rights Centre ‘astounded’ that 25,000 names and addresses are accessibleWed Aug 26 2015 - 01:00
President invited to Frongoch to mark Rising centenaryWales village became home to 1,800 republican prisoners following events of 1916Tue Aug 25 2015 - 01:00
Dublin world’s ‘friendliest’ destination, Twitter users sayDublin and Ireland feature strongly in most enjoyable city and country to visitFri Aug 21 2015 - 10:12
Man arrested following armed robbery at shop in Co MeathHandgun and iron bar used in raid at KildalkeyFri Aug 21 2015 - 08:44
Home of Kiss star Gene Simmons raided in child porn investigationBassist not under suspicion as police believe he may have been a victim of hackingFri Aug 21 2015 - 08:42
Rose of Tralee Elysha Brennan the only one still in shock‘I’m not the next Maria Walsh, I’m the new Elysha Brennan,’ says medicine studentWed Aug 19 2015 - 16:51
Rose of Tralee 2015 makes it a first for Royal CountyRatings winner: Popularity boosted by social media as #roseoftralee trends worldwideWed Aug 19 2015 - 08:50
Rose of Tralee says win is ‘highest of highs’ after cancer battleMeath Rose Elysha Brennan (22) says she never imagined winning would be possibleWed Aug 19 2015 - 00:38
What the Rose of Tralee means to me, as an emigrant and mother of a former RoseEibhlin Henggeler, who lost her daughter to a brain tumour two years after she was the Washington Rose, on the importance of the festival to the diasporaTue Aug 18 2015 - 15:00
VJ Day 70 years on: The Irish connectionMichéal Martin among the many Irish people whose relatives fought in the Far EastTue Aug 18 2015 - 07:32
More women setting up high-potential start-upsRose of Tralee business conference told number of women involved has doubledTue Aug 18 2015 - 01:01
Night of firsts as Dáithí Ó Sé sports tutu at Rose of TraleeDefinition of a talent stretched to include ability to recite the 32 counties in 10 secondsTue Aug 18 2015 - 00:29
Father of Washington Rose who died cements links with TraleeThe Henggelers, whose daughter was in 2011 event, buy the Fels Point Hotel in KerryMon Aug 17 2015 - 22:29
Up to 12 Irish may have witnessed attack on NagasakiSalters Stirling, former academic at TCD, says there were at least another three thereMon Aug 17 2015 - 15:32
Rose of Tralee comes down to earth without a bumpSkydiving holder ‘running on adrenalin’ as she completes one of the last tasks in her reignMon Aug 17 2015 - 01:00
Kevin Kilbane launches HSE Community Games in AthloneThousands of participants and supporters to take part over two weekendsSun Aug 16 2015 - 10:18
100 years ago today: The Irish rugby ‘Pals’ slaughtered at Gallipoli7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers suffered terribly in failed attack on Turkish positionsSat Aug 15 2015 - 16:47
100 years ago today - an Irish Division lands at Suvla BayA hundred years ago, Irish soldiers fought at Gallipoli, and suffered terrible lossesSat Aug 15 2015 - 16:47
Seamus O’Hara optimistic about Irish craft beer industry’s futureFounder of Carlow Brewing Company sees potential for further significant growthFri Aug 14 2015 - 07:30
Ray D’Arcy chat show to spearhead RTÉ’s autumn scheduleVeteran presenter to vie for guests and ratings with the Late Late ShowFri Aug 14 2015 - 01:00
Former Tory minister Michael Portillo to make film on RisingDocumentary to be made for RTÉ to tell story of 1916 rebellion from British perspectiveThu Aug 13 2015 - 20:26
A guide to watching the spectacular meteor showersAnnual celestial extravaganza will reach its peak after midnightThu Aug 13 2015 - 15:29
Bullet For My Valentine: 'We are a heavy metal band. We always have been'Michael Paget from Welsh metallers Bullet For My Valentine takes time out from their US tour with Slipknot to talk about new album 'Venom', their upcoming Irish and UK dates, and what Corey Taylor is like when the mask is downThu Aug 13 2015 - 14:18
Music is beneficial to surgery patients, study findsMusic can reduce pain and anxiety during the surgical process, ‘the Lancet’ reportsThu Aug 13 2015 - 01:00
Sun comes out as Roses make their first public appearanceThe 32 hopefuls vying to be Rose of Tralee have stories of triumph and tragedy to tellWed Aug 12 2015 - 01:00
West support for ‘Charlie Hebdo’ seen as ‘triumphalist hatred’Blasphemy expert tells Parnell Summer School that an entire community was stigmatisedTue Aug 11 2015 - 01:00
Intervention in Greek crisis seen as France’s ‘vocation’Parnell Summer School told France has always had a sense of its own importanceTue Aug 11 2015 - 01:00
Life is a rollercoaster for 93-year-old ex-RAF airmanWicklow-based Ted Veal was the sole survivor of a bomber which crashed in ItalyMon Aug 10 2015 - 12:32
The Irish eyewitness to the atomic bomb at NagasakiDr Aidan MacCarthy was in POW camp: ‘I thought we had arrived at Judgement Day’Sun Aug 09 2015 - 18:13
Cheers fill RDS grandstand as Ireland reclaims Aga Khan trophyFirst Irish win for three years brings return to good old days of showjumpingSat Aug 08 2015 - 01:00
Irish team captures Aga Khan Trophy at Dublin Horse ShowRides by Allen, O’Connor, Broderick and Kenny secure first Nations Cup in three yearsFri Aug 07 2015 - 19:07
IFA seeks tax breaks for rural businessesGovernment must help if a ‘two-tier recovery’ is to be avoided, IFA president Eddie Downey saysThu Aug 06 2015 - 21:50
Style contest a black-and-white affair at Dublin Horse ShowLaura Jayne Halton scoops Ladies’ Day prize at RDS with monochrome dress and capeThu Aug 06 2015 - 19:47
The Galway nun who witnessed the atomic bomb drop at HiroshimaSr Julia Canny: ‘Everywhere people lay either dying or dead from the flash of radiation’Thu Aug 06 2015 - 10:48
Dublin Horse Show ticket sales ‘very strong’, says RDS chiefEvery corporate hospitality package sold out weeks ago for the five days of the RDS showThu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00
Dublin Horse Show opening day to draw crowds to RDSEvent features rising talent Bertram Allen and Michael Bloomberg’s daughter GeorginaTue Aug 04 2015 - 21:52
Sligo man Matt Kivlehan stabbed to death, postmortem findsTwo held over death of musician (59) as gardaí treat incident as murder caseTue Aug 04 2015 - 14:17
