Q&A: What are the new measures to cut energy use in the public sector? Public bodies will be required to reduce temperatures and lighting during the winter amid the risk of supply issuesWed Sept 07 2022 - 17:58
‘You accept there will be challenges in a new country. Living with 12 people in a three-bed house was mine’'I really wanted to express myself as an artist' — New to the Parish: Alessandra Azevedo arrived from Brazil in 2015Tue Sept 06 2022 - 05:00
Stem opportunities via another routeScience and engineering proving popular among those undertaking PLCsTue Sept 06 2022 - 01:00
‘I wanted to show other young parents that you can actually have it all’Rebecca Ryan has completed a bookkeeping and payroll course and is now undertaking an apprenticeshipTue Sept 06 2022 - 01:00
‘Further education gives you more time to prepare for college life’Sean Keane completed a Level 5 course in animal care after narrowly missing out on his college choice. He is now a third-year student at UCDTue Sept 06 2022 - 00:41
Electric Picnic’s waste mountain: ‘Why would I bring my tent home with me when it’s broken?’Festival Republic says it will reuse or recycle whatever campers leave behind as Stradbally site empties outMon Sept 05 2022 - 16:57
Electric Picnic 2022: Expensive food, stormy weather and Fontaines DC’s bracing performance — the best and worst moments of the festival From Sr Michael, Becky Hill and Freetown to the plastic cups and some outrageous pricesMon Sept 05 2022 - 05:30
Met Éireann issues yellow level rainfall and thunder alert for Sunday eveningRoads in Donegal and Dublin flooded following heavy overnight rains while Electric Picnic sees muddy conditionsSun Sept 04 2022 - 18:09
Surface flooding, thunder and lightning forecast as orange level warning issued for 15 countiesWarning is for between 4am and 8am on Sunday with 50mm of local intense rainfall and squalls likelySat Sept 03 2022 - 19:48
Electric Picnic: Warning issued about double strength ecstasy at festival HSE runs pilot drug testing scheme at Electric Picnic over the weekendSat Sept 03 2022 - 09:08
Fontaines DC at Electric Picnic: Fans roar about the ‘gall of Fine Gael and the fail of Fianna Fáil’The band drew a huge crowd for a passionate Friday night performanceSat Sept 03 2022 - 07:19
Electric Picnic 2022 begins: ‘My tent is supposed to be a rectangle. This does not look like a rectangle’The first big wave of festival-goers has been arriving at the Stradbally estate, in Co Laois, this afternoonFri Sept 02 2022 - 16:48
Alternative routes to access third-level educationA number of programmes assist people from under-represented backgrounds to gain entry to universityFri Sept 02 2022 - 01:00
Pianist wins scholarship allowing him to pursue music and academicsStan O’Beirne (18) won the Frank Maher Classical Music Award in 2021Thu Sept 01 2022 - 21:44
Manager at Immigrant Council of Ireland selected as Obama scholarTeresa Buczkowska is the first representative from Ireland to be chosen for the programmeThu Sept 01 2022 - 20:56
Electric Picnic likely to be a ‘mudfest’ due to heavy overnight rainA record 70,000 attendees to attend wet and blustery Electric Picnic after Covid-induced hiatusThu Sept 01 2022 - 17:05
Electric Picnic director says there is ‘absolutely no amnesty’ for drug usersMelvin Benn says he is ‘delighted’ to support the HSE pilot drug testing systemTue Aug 30 2022 - 18:22
Local authorities owed €105m in unpaid rent285 social housing tenants having arrears in excess of €20,000 eachTue Aug 30 2022 - 05:00
Children ‘must not be allowed to deteriorate’, groups say following spinal surgery cancellationsChildren’s Health Ireland says only three complex surgeries have been postponed for the next three weeksMon Aug 29 2022 - 12:16
Man arrested after family car stolen with baby girl still insideNine-month-old was abandoned on pavement after vehicle taken from outside Cabra homeThu Aug 25 2022 - 21:00
Robert Troy’s errors ‘an insult to the people who elected him’, locals sayThe politician resigned as a minister of State on Wednesday following controversy around propertyThu Aug 25 2022 - 17:32
Rose of Tralee hopes to be role model for young people who have lost their parentsWestmeath Rose Rachel Duffy announced as 2022 Rose of Tralee on TuesdayWed Aug 24 2022 - 17:21
Rose of Tralee 2022: Westmeath Rose Rachel Duffy wins first festival since 2019Annual festival concludes its 62nd year on Tuesday night after a two-year, Covid-induced hiatusTue Aug 23 2022 - 21:41
Rose of Tralee returns after two-year absence with an ice bath and lightsabre skills on the cardsNo married or trans women in this year’s festival despite broadening of eligibility criteriaMon Aug 22 2022 - 23:30
Rose of Tralee festival returns after two year Covid breakPresenter Daithí Ó Sé says there is scope to make the festival more inclusiveMon Aug 22 2022 - 17:19
Energy supplies to be stress-tested to ensure State is prepared for major shocksRegulator calls for electricity firms to charge users more during peak evening times due to ‘significant risks’ to supplySat Aug 20 2022 - 03:00
Homeless prisoners: ‘It was better to be in prison than on the streets’More than 100 former convicts presented to emergency accommodation services on the day of their release, figures showSat Aug 20 2022 - 01:00
Almost 48,000 Ukrainian refugees now in Ireland, CSO figures showThere were almost 3,300 new arrivals over the past two weeksFri Aug 19 2022 - 13:09
Regulator calls for electricity-use tariffs during evening peak amid ‘significant risks’ to supplyProposals would increase consumer bills by €26 per year amid ‘significant risk’ to winter electricity supplyFri Aug 19 2022 - 10:12
Weekend weather: unsettled and more typical for time of yearSunny spells with scattered showers are forecast for the days aheadFri Aug 19 2022 - 09:45
More than 100 former inmates registered with emergency homeless services ‘on day of prison release’ Official figures for first five months of year raise concerns about potential for return to life of crimeThu Aug 18 2022 - 03:00
Sports and TV stars line out for charity hurling match in aid of cancer researchFormer Kilkenny boss Brian Cody returned to the pitch for a special cancer charity fundraiserTue Aug 16 2022 - 22:20
‘Intense thunderstorm activity’ across Ireland as heatwave endsThousands without power on Monday morning as heatwave ends with flashing flooding, thunder and lightningTue Aug 16 2022 - 08:28
Mother of Toy Show star Saoirse Ruane was ‘cross with God’ after cancer diagnosisRoseanna Ruane said she wondered why God ‘let all of this sadness happen to someone so young’Mon Aug 15 2022 - 22:33
Ireland’s highest ever August temperature of 31.7 degrees recorded in Co CarlowAlmost three dozen water supplies in drought, Irish Water saysFri Aug 12 2022 - 21:15
Tourists rescued from Dublin sand bank after rising tide traps themIrish Coast Guard in Dún Laoghaire criticises “unacceptable behaviour” by jet skis operating near Forty Foot swimmersFri Aug 12 2022 - 17:19
Heroin most commonly injected drug, HSE syringe analysis project findsStudy shows cocaine injecting has re-emerged and reached ‘significant’ levelsWed Aug 10 2022 - 16:03
Exclusion of trans women from contact rugby sets ‘dangerous precedent’, advocates sayTransgender women will be excluded from contact rugby under new policy by IRFUWed Aug 10 2022 - 15:45
Culture night will continue later into the night this yearThe annual programme of free events will take place on September 23rdMon Aug 08 2022 - 14:32
Heatwaves in Ireland: When did they happen and where?As the country experiences sustained warm weather again, we take a look at some of the other record-breaking temperatures in the pastMon Aug 08 2022 - 13:15
Heatwave reaches Ireland as public warned about risk of heat stressIrish Water says ‘vast majority’ of water supplies meeting demand as temperatures of up to 28 degrees forecastMon Aug 08 2022 - 09:13
Joint funeral for brother and sister who drowned in Ballybunion will take place on TuesdayThe siblings' deaths shocked the local communitySun Aug 07 2022 - 12:01
The Irish influencers turning social media careers into successful businessesMeet the Irish women taking centre stage in the influencer market with fashion, makeup and active-wear brandsSun Aug 07 2022 - 05:00
An Post Money’s online banking website ‘fully operational’ after technical issuesCustomers unable to set up payments with delays in wages and other funds landing in accountsSat Aug 06 2022 - 18:35
An Post Money’s online banking website ‘fully operational’ after technical issuesAn Post still ‘working through issues’ for the An Post Money appSat Aug 06 2022 - 18:30
Ten people hospitalised following collision in Co OffalyThe injuries are believed to be non-life-threateningThu Aug 04 2022 - 19:50
Some Ukrainian refugees housed in unused part of nursing homeDepartment in talks with ‘small number’ of old nursing homes to accommodate Ukrainian refugeesWed Aug 03 2022 - 17:15
Almost €6 million allocated for adventure projects Funding intended to encourage public to discover ‘hidden gems’ and support expandign area of tourism sectorWed Aug 03 2022 - 14:04
Hare coursing winter season licences granted despite oppositionDecision comes amid renewed calls for practice to be bannedTue Aug 02 2022 - 15:29
Covid boosters Q&A: When will rollout begin, for whom and why?Depending on your age group and level of vulnerability, you may be set for a jab in autumn as infection threats intensifyMon Aug 01 2022 - 17:18
