CSO figures show sporting organisation get largest number of volunteersMen most likely to volunteer in a sporting organisation, while women more likely to volunteer in their communityThu Feb 01 2024 - 16:58
Full list of destinations for Ministers’ St Patrick’s Day trips publishedA total of 35 Ministers and Ministers of State are travelling overseas, along with other Government and Oireachtas representativesTue Jan 30 2024 - 17:12
UCC reveals €11.2m deficit as it seeks to ‘return to sustainable financial position’University president tells staff a comprehensive plan is in place to achieve a surplusMon Jan 29 2024 - 19:08
South Dublin nursing home to close due to fire safety issues that would cost €1m to rectifyNursing home houses 35 residents who will have to find alternative accommodation, while 46 staff will be made redundantMon Jan 29 2024 - 18:21
Two Irish Times journalists win travel writing awardsRosita Boland secures award in adventure travel journalism category while Gemma Tipton wins in the long haul categorySat Jan 27 2024 - 17:12
Protest march over housing of asylum seekers in Carlow town blocks traffic A total of 14 people have so far moved into former Capuchin FriarySat Jan 27 2024 - 15:26
Protest march over housing of asylum seekers in Carlow town blocks traffic A total of 14 people have so far moved into former Capuchin FriarySat Jan 27 2024 - 15:04
‘My children just deteriorated when we became homeless’: The stolen lives of families in emergency accommodationGrowing number of children in homelessness, emergency housing is enormous concernFri Jan 26 2024 - 16:30
More than 13,300 in homeless accommodation, down by 196 in a monthFigures generally decrease in December due to delayed evictions or people being taken in by friends for festive periodFri Jan 26 2024 - 15:21
Tumblr takes High Court action against Ireland’s media regulatorSecond technology giant to take judicial review against Coimisiún na Meán after being designated a ‘video-sharing platform’Wed Jan 24 2024 - 10:51
Family of Grace O’Malley-Kumar call for end to knife crime ‘epidemic’Speaking to BBC Breakfast, family say it’s easier to get access to a knife than alcohol in EnglandWed Jan 24 2024 - 09:02
Former bakery sales manager receives £75,000 in compensation for age discriminationSeamus Gillespie (60) was made redundant by Northern Ireland’s WD Irwin and Sons in 2022 after more than 30 years' serviceWed Jan 24 2024 - 08:20
HSE recruitment ban poses risk of longer queues, demoralised staff and public money wastage, report warnsDocument obtained under Freedom of Information presents fiscal need to prolong staffing freeze due to health budget overrunWed Jan 24 2024 - 06:00
Storm Jocelyn: Orange wind warning in place for Donegal, Galway and Mayo as 38,000 without powerWeather event brings strong winds with severe gusts along with fallen trees and further damage to power linesTue Jan 23 2024 - 22:01
Gale force wind warning as Storm Isha to hit IrelandStatus yellow gale warning in place from Irish coasts from midnight on Saturday with status yellow wind warning for country from SundayFri Jan 19 2024 - 17:27
More than 500 new student beds to go into construction this yearExtra beds come as Government announces €61m for first phase of new student accommodation schemeFri Jan 19 2024 - 16:54
Investigators believe improvised explosive device caused blast at Dublin homeless hostelVictim, believed to be an eastern European man in his 30s, was staying at Depaul centre on Little Britain Street in the city centreFri Jan 19 2024 - 12:37
‘Significant amount’ of drugs missing from Garda station in eastA criminal investigation has begun following the disappearance of the seized drugsFri Jan 19 2024 - 11:32
EU directive on violence against women will not include rape after legal definition roadblockIrish MEP Frances Fitzgerald says there were months of ‘tough negotiations’ on issueThu Jan 18 2024 - 16:10
Man questioned over Rosslare migrants freed without charge Fourteen people were found in refrigerated container that arrived at port on January 8thThu Jan 18 2024 - 16:04
Varadkar says there will be arrests over recent arson attacks on asylum seeker accommodationTaoiseach insists that Ireland is not a racist country and that the political climate around migration has changedThu Jan 18 2024 - 15:30
Building a strong CV: Skills employers seek and how to stand out from the crowd Students and graduates should develop skills outside of their college degree as wellThu Jan 18 2024 - 05:00
How expensive is college?: Counting the cost of third-level educationThere are a lot of factors to take into account before college, with some being less obvious than othersWed Jan 17 2024 - 05:00
People with mental health difficulties can face a ‘vicious circle’ of housing instabilitySpecialist housing association Hail launches strategic plan in which it pledges to deliver 300 new homes over the next five yearsTue Jan 16 2024 - 00:01
ESB rejects criticism of localised outage for ‘essential maintenance’ during yellow weather warning About 300 customers in the Ballykeeran area of Athlone had no power for period as supplier escalated public safety timber-cutting programmeMon Jan 15 2024 - 21:16
Donegal’s only non-profit counselling service for children and adolescents to closeRaphoe Diocesan Pastoral Services will cease operating from mid-March, blaming lack of public fundingMon Jan 15 2024 - 16:46
Vulnerable girl ‘held in hospital room without natural light for almost 60 days’Teenager’s case is one of 54 reports from Child Law Project that highlight issues in care of vulnerable childrenMon Jan 15 2024 - 07:26
Thousands march in Dublin and Cork calling for end to Gaza violence‘We couldn’t have foreseen the inhumanity of what’s happening,’ protester says of violence on Gaza stripSat Jan 13 2024 - 18:25
€3.43m worth of cocaine seized at Rosslare EuroportDrugs weighing about 49kg discovered as a result of risk profilingFri Jan 12 2024 - 16:26
Drugs, violence and prostitution: The Dublin backstreet councillors had to closeBusiness owners near Harbour Court tell of robberies, graffiti and illegal dumpingTue Jan 09 2024 - 14:20
Status yellow ice warning lifted as cold weather advisory remains in place across IrelandWeather Ireland: Cold conditions expected to stay until Friday nightTue Jan 09 2024 - 13:25
Elderly in rural areas face beds shortage as small nursing homes closeOne in five smaller private homes closed in two-year period, as private equity funded hubs take larger chunk of marketTue Jan 09 2024 - 00:01
Homeless figures hit new record with more than 4,000 children in emergency accommodationLatest figures show more than 13,500 people in emergency beds in NovemberFri Jan 05 2024 - 19:36
Arts Council unable to display collection online after cyberattackMuseums in New York and Boston also affected after issue with service provider Gallery SystemsFri Jan 05 2024 - 14:57
Woman (50s) dies in collision between car and truck in Co KerryLatest death brings to four the number of people killed in Irish roads in 2024Thu Jan 04 2024 - 18:53
Camper van driver has lucky escape in Clare after vehicle blown across road near Cliffs of MoherWeather forecast: New year to get off to a wet and windy start, with heavy rain and thunder possibleSun Dec 31 2023 - 16:44
Tax changes, social welfare increases and minimum wage rise take effect from MondaySocial welfare payments increase, while changes to tax credits and bands should see workers paying about €800 lessSun Dec 31 2023 - 13:40
‘Urgent need’ for a stronger national policy on medicine shortages, watchdog saysMore than 300 medicines were in short supply as of mid-December amid record levels of shortagesTue Dec 26 2023 - 05:25
Public transport to finish early on Christmas Eve ahead of reduced festive period timetablesWeather for Christmas Day is forecast to be breezy and mostly cloudy, with some rain or drizzle in the southSun Dec 24 2023 - 14:11
Two players become National Lottery millionaires just before ChristmasSpecial raffle event created extra millionaire this yearSun Dec 24 2023 - 13:25
Man (40s) hospitalised following serious assault in CavanInvestigating gardaí appealing for witnesses or those with video footage of incident to come forwardSun Dec 24 2023 - 11:41
Higgins calls on all nations ‘to redouble their efforts’ for a ceasefire in global conflictsPresident references children of Gaza and Israel, ‘existential battle’ of climate change and ‘enriching presence’ of migrants to Ireland in his annual Christmas messageWed Dec 20 2023 - 13:47
‘I need help. It is hard to admit that’: People queue at Capuchin Centre for food vouchers from 2amPeople ‘all ages and from all walks of life’ go to the centre on Bow Street, Dublin, to collect a €50 food voucher for DunnesWed Dec 20 2023 - 13:03
Man arrested as submachine gun and cannabis seized in LimerickDrugs valued at more than €100,000, weapon and ammunition found in Ballysimon areaTue Dec 19 2023 - 10:26
Man in 30s killed in two-car collision in Co DonegalDrivers of two vehicles treated after crash in which passenger diedTue Dec 19 2023 - 08:12
Lyra Valkyria: The wrestler from Clarehall taking the WWE world by stormLyra Valkyria, aka Aoife Cusack, recently beat fellow Dubliner Becky Lynch to take the title of WWE NXT Women’s ChampionSun Dec 17 2023 - 05:00
More than 200 asylum seekers left without accommodationState has been unable to provide accommodation to single men since December 4thFri Dec 15 2023 - 11:13
Stephen Donnelly announces €20m for new medicines following outcryLack of funding for new medicines in October’s budget had been criticisedFri Dec 15 2023 - 08:30
Irish dancing body investigated alleged ‘adjudicator corruption’ three years before feis-fixing claimsEthics committee of Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha was investigating 10 complaints in 2019Fri Dec 15 2023 - 06:00
Health watchdog seeks to deregister disability centres amid governance concernsHiqa says poor governance raises concerns over risk management at centresThu Dec 14 2023 - 10:32
