Mandatory hotel quarantine booking portal goes live with 12-night stay costing €1,875 per personPassengers coming into Ireland from airport considered ‘high risk’ must pre-pay for stayTue Mar 23 2021 - 13:42
Famine looms in Yemen as world looks on at war, rights defender warnsIreland urged to use role in UN to push for peace, accountability and ‘end to misery’Sun Mar 21 2021 - 17:47
Feis Ceoil gives ‘validation’ to young musicians after year without performingOnline competition marks 125th anniversary of event which provides ‘anchor’ in the calendar of Irish musiciansSat Mar 20 2021 - 01:00
Man and woman charged after Government building covered in red graffitiExtinction Rebellion group claims responsibility for ‘non-violent direct action’ in videoFri Mar 19 2021 - 21:18
Council of Europe dismisses case on conscientious objection rights of Defence ForcesUnion had argued members’ rights being violated by lack of recognition in Irish lawThu Mar 18 2021 - 00:01
Doctors call on Government to resettle 400 migrants from Greek campProtocols allow for safe relocation of refugees during pandemic, say healthcare workersThu Mar 18 2021 - 00:01
Prince William tries his hand at Irish in St Patrick’s Day videoCanada’s Trudeau and New Zealand’s Ardern join other global leaders in sending greetingsWed Mar 17 2021 - 11:56
President urges Irish people to ‘respect Mother Earth’St Patrick’s Day should remind us of ‘our shared vulnerability’, says HigginsWed Mar 17 2021 - 10:25
‘I wear the double green shirts – Ireland and Pakistan’New to the Parish: Kamal Merchant arrived from Pakistan in 1983 to play Irish cricketWed Mar 17 2021 - 06:00
Trespassing at Dublin football club causes €18,000 of damageInformal youth Dublin football league being organised via social mediaWed Mar 17 2021 - 01:00
Campaign needed to avoid traumatic injuries among children, doctors hearLow falls, road collisions and burns account for 71% of paediatric major trauma patients, audit findsTue Mar 16 2021 - 17:00
Visa-free travel ban from South America and South Africa extendedMinister for Justice confirms visa restrictions are extended for foreseeable futureSun Mar 14 2021 - 18:29
‘As far as any place would feel like home, that would be Cork’New to the Parish: Jared Peters arrived from the United States, via Canada, in 2012Wed Mar 10 2021 - 06:00
Bill ‘entirely silent’ on rights of smuggled people says IHRECIreland is ‘both a destination and source country for human trafficking’, warns commissionWed Mar 10 2021 - 00:01
Gardaí record 80% increase in phone, email and text scamsMore than €640,000 stolen through phishing, vishing and smishing crimes in 2020Tue Mar 09 2021 - 13:22
‘No evidence’ Covid-19 vaccine adversely affects pregnant womenNumber of Covid-19 hospital patients drops below 400 for first time this yearTue Mar 09 2021 - 10:05
Coronavirus: Nphet to consider restriction changes as vaccinations continue'Vaccine bonus' may come into effect for those who have been inoculatedTue Mar 09 2021 - 08:25
Wicklow hill fire ‘started maliciously’, believes fire chiefFires at Lough Dan in Wicklow and Conlawn Hill in Laois brought under controlMon Mar 08 2021 - 11:27
‘Complex’ Covid repatriation of Irish stranded in Peru cost €360,000Over 130 brought home from desert, mountain and jungle regions last March and AprilMon Mar 08 2021 - 01:00
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Dan Moore dedicated his life to helping others in needCivil rights campaigner strongly supported peace and reconciliation in Northern IrelandSat Mar 06 2021 - 01:00
New to the Parish: Abdullah Afghan and Fatima Abdullah arrived from Afghanistan via PakistanWed Mar 03 2021 - 06:00
Coronavirus: 14 new deaths and 359 further cases reported, the lowest daily figure since mid-December‘Please hold firm to the public health advice,’ Ronan Glynn saysTue Mar 02 2021 - 19:42
Almost one million could be on hospital waiting lists by year-end, consultants warnExtra funds allocated for mental health treatment is criticised as ‘grossly inadequate’Tue Mar 02 2021 - 09:39
Vast majority sticking to Covid rules despite ‘misperception’, experts sayOne further death and 687 new cases, reported in RepublicMon Mar 01 2021 - 20:05
More than a third of population not staying within 10km of homeCSO data shows growing numbers becoming frustrated with national travel restrictionsMon Mar 01 2021 - 14:15
Gardaí call for more resources to help police protestsMore arrests expected following violent scenes in Dublin city centre on SaturdayMon Mar 01 2021 - 12:04
Waiting period for State standard illness benefit is cut to three daysEnhanced Covid-19 payment introduced last year carries no waiting daysMon Mar 01 2021 - 09:32
Lack of detail on how to clear asylum backlog tempers welcome to planConcerns voiced about segregation and lack of provision for independent livingFri Feb 26 2021 - 21:00
Housing Agency ‘crucial’ to accommodating asylum seekers, Minister saysContracts for direct provision centres may be extended during transition, O’Gorman saysFri Feb 26 2021 - 20:19
No easy task as Government plans to end decades of direct provisionDepartment admits replacing system for asylum seekers more complex than foreseenFri Feb 26 2021 - 09:25
Lives Lost to Covid-19: John McConnell – ‘Part of me died that day when he died’John was the head of the family. ‘We really realise that now and we’re lost without him’Fri Feb 26 2021 - 09:00
Plan to end direct provision by 2024 would see asylum seekers housed in State accommodationPrivate contractors to be phased out in new system that could cost up to €672 millionFri Feb 26 2021 - 01:00
‘People think I either have to be Irish or Filipino, but I can be both’New to the Parish: Shane Andaloc arrived from the Philippines in 2004Wed Feb 24 2021 - 06:00
Desire to die among older people often transient, study findsImproving mental health care should form part of assisted dying talks, researcher saysThu Feb 18 2021 - 22:41
Ireland should not vaccinate young before vulnerable in developing world - Mike RyanIrish people must give Government and EU political permission to share few vaccinesThu Feb 18 2021 - 20:13
Cork direct provision residents refuse meals over ‘low standard’Group writes to Minister asking for permission to purchase and cook own foodThu Feb 18 2021 - 18:51
Terminally ill should be offered choice on assisted dying, says doctors’ groupClinicians tell committee procedure can be introduced in ‘safe and fair manner’Thu Feb 18 2021 - 14:58
Man and woman arrested over juvenile's murder in DroghedaSeven arrests to date as part of investigation into juvenile’s death in January 2020Wed Feb 17 2021 - 10:36
‘It hurts when my mum is reduced to the colour of her skin in Ireland’New to the Parish: Sara Abraham arrived from India in 2006Wed Feb 17 2021 - 06:00
Palliative care experts warn of ‘deeply flawed’ assisted dying Bill‘There’s no proper oversight or scrutiny... this legislation could lead to a slippery slope’Mon Feb 15 2021 - 04:00
Yoga centre’s liquorice Covid-cure falls foul of advertising watchdogVodafone, Kia Motors and Marks and Spencer also among firms to have misled customersThu Feb 11 2021 - 19:46
Dublin hosts cracking Chinese new year festival‘It’s incredible to see the level of interest ... all the more reason to make it happen at this time’Wed Feb 10 2021 - 19:51
Gender equality has ‘taken a big step back’ during Covid-19Forum hears women are taking on burden of caring in professional and personal capacityWed Feb 10 2021 - 18:55
Moving to Donegal from Manchester, ‘we burned through our savings in short order’New to the Parish: Ken Harper and Jason Gerber arrived from northern England in 2014Wed Feb 10 2021 - 06:00
Domestic violence as a migrant woman: ‘I was exhausted from abuse’‘I don’t think the system is ready to support migrant women who survive violence’Tue Feb 09 2021 - 04:05
Migrant women in abusive relationships not being reached, say campaignersAbusers use immigration status to trap women in relationships, group warnsTue Feb 09 2021 - 04:05
Una Ring: Harassment victim recalls ‘absolutely terrifying’ ordealWoman urges others in similar situations to seek help from gardaíTue Feb 09 2021 - 00:26
390 cost rental homes approved for development, says Housing MinisterHousing bodies Clúid, Respond and Tuath given approval to deliver the homesMon Feb 08 2021 - 06:32
Vicky Phelan portrait raises over €55,000 for healthcare workersPainting of cervical cancer awareness campaigner far exceeds estimate value in Co Laois saleThu Feb 04 2021 - 17:36
Vicky Phelan portait to be auctioned to raise funds for healthcare workersCampaigner says portrait commissioned by Heroes Aid charity makes ‘the invisible visible’Wed Feb 03 2021 - 22:43
