Niall Mellon saddened Higgins unable to visit projects in South AfricaCharity organiser disappointed but hails ‘great President’ who is making a differenceWed Nov 12 2014 - 15:43
New exhibition remembers rugby players killed in warLansdowne ‘posh pals’ joined fight but many died in battleTue Nov 11 2014 - 11:16
Spoiler alert: Is Nidge dead? Tom Vaughan Lawlor hints the answerActor ‘hugely grateful’ to Love/Hate and its fans but ‘ looking forward to new challenges’Mon Nov 10 2014 - 18:34
Farmers and meat processors hold talks as protests continueMeat Industry Ireland says IFA’s €350 UK price difference figure misleadingMon Nov 10 2014 - 13:22
Irish animated short Coda makes last 10 for Oscar nominationsHighly acclaimed film won awards at Edinburgh, SXSW and Anca festivalsThu Nov 06 2014 - 16:41
Charities must question senior staff salaries - former AIB executiveCharities controversy ‘devastating’ for sector already dealing with cutbacks, says ICTRThu Nov 06 2014 - 13:25
Is a swathe of poppies at the Tower of London the best way to remember Irish war dead?Opinion: Regrettably, the poppy still remains a divisive symbol in IrelandTue Nov 04 2014 - 15:16
Calvary receives four nominations at British Independent Film AwardsJohn Michael McDonagh nominated for best director, Brendan Gleeson in running for best actorTue Nov 04 2014 - 13:52
Roscommon Hospital adjusting to a new working modelBut any prospect of emergency department reopening fading into the distanceTue Nov 04 2014 - 01:00
Racism claim after DUP member ‘speaks Irish’ in AssemblyGregory Campbell accused of ‘pure ignorance’ by Sinn Féin after Stormont commentsMon Nov 03 2014 - 22:00
Edward Francis Hawe, a boy soldier of the Great WarAn Irishman’s Diary on a Tipperary teenager who died in AfricaMon Nov 03 2014 - 01:00
National Library warns it will have to cut servicesLibrary predicts ‘very unpalatable and unavoidable decisions’ without funding increaseSun Nov 02 2014 - 22:09
‘Hopelessly inaccurate’ record of Irish WWI dead criticisedGathering hears study of national and local archives could give more accurate figureSun Nov 02 2014 - 19:54
Rose of Tralee sees ‘worst of misery and best of spirit’Maria Walsh travels to Kolkata to view Hope Foundation’s work in the Indian citySat Nov 01 2014 - 01:00
GPO’s 1916 interpretative centre gets €7.8m green lightSome 300,000 visitors a year expected at centre which will tell story of Easter RisingFri Oct 31 2014 - 09:48
U2 claim they worked for IDA during recessionBono said band wanted to help country that ‘has been so good to us and that we love’Thu Oct 30 2014 - 01:04
President Higgins thanks public for support on Welsh visitBacking has given President ‘great energy’ in performing duties over first three yearsTue Oct 28 2014 - 18:40
New project hopes to find out how many Irishmen died in the first World WarHumphreys acknowledges Irish War Memorial Records ‘need correcting and cross-checking’Tue Oct 28 2014 - 09:56
Diary reveals Temple Street hospital’s part in 1916 RisingA compelling account of Easter Week found in order of nuns’ archivesTue Oct 28 2014 - 09:35
President Higgins praises work of Dylan ThomasMichael D Higgins opens exhibition on poet in Swansea during official visit to WalesTue Oct 28 2014 - 08:49
Michael D Higgins begins official visit to WalesPresident to open new exhibition on centenary of poet Dylan Thomas’s birthMon Oct 27 2014 - 14:38
Marine gallantry awards presented following ‘Tit Bonhomme’ tragedySinger Damien Dempsey among the recipients at ceremonyFri Oct 24 2014 - 01:00
Tiger mother Amy Chua brings her battle hymns to Dublin’s Mansion HouseYale Professor who caused a worldwide debate about parenting spoke to a full houseThu Oct 23 2014 - 15:51
John Redmond a ‘man of violence’, says Gerry AdamsSinn Féin president accuses IPP leader of sending thousands of Irish men to their deathsWed Oct 22 2014 - 17:03
Irish doctor defends HaigLloyd-George’s memoirs did more than anyone else to foment the belief that the British Tommies were ‘lions led by donkeys’ and the biggest donkey of all was General Douglas Haig, but another picture emerges from an Irishman who knew him better than most, Col Eugene ‘Mickey’ RyanWed Oct 22 2014 - 00:00
Germany pursuing policies that allowed Nazis come to power, says Siptu headJack O’Connor says Berlin making same economic mistakes made in the 1930sTue Oct 21 2014 - 20:10
Asbestos traces found in exhibit at the Irish Museum of Modern ArtWork by Brazilian artist went on display following safety assurances from galleries where it had been shownTue Oct 21 2014 - 01:00
Unease grows over Easter Rising commemorationsLack of programme prompts expert group chairman to say ‘it is time for things to happen’Sun Oct 19 2014 - 18:02
First World War dead remembered at Ypres ceremonySome 600,000 soldiers - including 9,000 Irish - died in Belgian killing fieldsSat Oct 18 2014 - 11:10
Irish in Australia ‘were not shirkers’ in first World WarConference to hear of 6,000 Irishmen who signed up to the Australian WWI forcesFri Oct 17 2014 - 11:28
RTÉ denies overpaying top radio presenters‘If we were, we would have paid the money to keep Pat Kenny on Radio 1’Thu Oct 16 2014 - 06:40
RTÉ to delay closing down of longwave radio serviceBroadcaster says it will struggle to break even this year due to €5m budget hitWed Oct 15 2014 - 16:38
No Budget change in arts funding, says departmentCurrent allocation of €212m for 2015 is €4m higher than this year’s €208mWed Oct 15 2014 - 10:46
Budget allocates €4m for Easter Rising commemorationsStandoff between minister and 1916 relatives continues despite funding allocationTue Oct 14 2014 - 18:43
Cork schoolgirls make ‘Time’ list of most influential teenagersTrio’s work on crop growth ‘could play crucial role in solving global food crisis’Tue Oct 14 2014 - 09:06
Working group announced to examine direct provisionGroup will look at practical ways of improving the lives of refugeesTue Oct 14 2014 - 01:52
The Battle of Le PillyAn Irishman’s Diary on a dark day for an Irish regiment in the first World WarTue Oct 14 2014 - 01:00
Stage and screen actor Gabrielle Reidy dies aged 54Abbey Theatre veteran was noted for ‘sheer intensity as a performer’Tue Oct 14 2014 - 00:34
Six young financial services workers win €500,000 in lottoMen in their 20s had bought first quick pick ticket together as a syndicateMon Oct 13 2014 - 20:12
Blackberry Smoke: Southern sons of anarchyAhead of their first-ever Irish show, Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr talks classic rock, Irish influences and working with AC/DC producer Brendan O’BrienFri Oct 10 2014 - 16:34
Wind energy body recommends tax breaks for individual investorsIndividuals and credit unions should be allowed to claim tax relief, says IWEAFri Oct 10 2014 - 01:00
Focus Ireland calls for €500m investment in social housingCharity says more than one family a day in Dublin are rendered homelessMon Oct 06 2014 - 12:31
Film-maker refuses to let Motor Neuron Disease stop him directing first featureSimon Fitzmaurice, who screened a short film at the Sundance Film Festival just before his diagnosis, is halfway through shooting ‘My Name is Emily’ on location in Co WicklowMon Oct 06 2014 - 10:15
Former MEP Paul Murphy accuses Sinn Féin of ‘dirty trick’Mary Lou McDonald apologises for sharing Facebook post from fake accountSun Oct 05 2014 - 16:14
Home birth advocates to protest over midwife insuranceAbout 2,500 people sign petition over treatment of Philomena CanningSun Oct 05 2014 - 15:56
Taoiseach handed ‘8th amendment knickers’Pro-choice demonstrators interrupted Fine Gael fundraising dinner in LondonSat Oct 04 2014 - 20:20
RTÉ Radio 1 dominates annual radio awardsIrish Times columnist Michael Harding among winners for documentary on darknessSat Oct 04 2014 - 12:56
Alex Ferguson in Dublin on same day of Keane book releaseArguing with Roy Keane was frightening to watch, says FergusonFri Oct 03 2014 - 18:17
