Video games can be useful in slowing onslaught of dementiaStudy finds dementia delay higher among ‘exergamers’ than those who just exerciseThu May 17 2018 - 01:00
Woman, dog airlifted off Sandymount strand after tide comes inCoast guard helicopter, Dun Laoghaire lifeboat, fire brigade and para-medics assist in rescueWed May 16 2018 - 21:50
Terminating pregnancy does not ‘damage mental health’Psychologists body enters amendment debate to focus ‘on evidence-based facts’Fri May 11 2018 - 17:55
€61m clean-up of Haulbowline Island behind target and spendingEnvironmental group critical of State’s failure to clean areas including former steelworks siteWed May 09 2018 - 18:30
Drinking along Grand Canal ‘cannot continue’Councillor says residents have complained about people littering and urinatingTue May 08 2018 - 22:32
Rural transport extension to see 50 new bus services across 19 countiesPilot scheme to being next month; Independent TDs call it a ‘sop’ to rural IrelandTue May 08 2018 - 14:46
Technology to detect mobile phones in jails ‘relatively cheap’Surveillance of prisoners with mobile phones in prisons could be ‘overt or covert’Mon May 07 2018 - 01:00
Ireland ‘not ready for self-driving cars’, forum hearsNUIG research team plans to extend initial laboratory tests to campus road networkThu May 03 2018 - 21:48
State’s bill for tribunals almost €500m, committee toldMartin Fraser tells PAC: ‘If I had €500 million, I could think of better ways to spend it’Thu May 03 2018 - 12:39
Tánaiste rejects suggestion Government knew about cervical cases months agoSenior civil servant tells PAC ‘sensitive cases’ were notified to Government every quarterThu May 03 2018 - 11:48
CervicalCheck 10-year timelineFrom setting up a screening programme in 2008 to aftermath of Vicky Phelan caseWed May 02 2018 - 22:34
Go west next week for best of the summer sunshineRay of hope on Sunday as temperatures set to rise with highest values of 14-19 degreesWed May 02 2018 - 19:20
Third-level college with 1,000 students proposed for KilkennyCity’s Abbey Quarter selected for campus focused on crafts, heritage and agri-foodSun Apr 29 2018 - 20:17
Most costly school in State at €24,000 a year to enrol 180 pupilsExclusive Nord Anglia International School Dublin sets September date opening targetSun Apr 29 2018 - 19:47
Na Fianna were refused an invite to MetroLink launch in Dublin HotelGaelic enclave comprising schools, creche and sports and community ‘to be destroyed’Wed Apr 25 2018 - 20:28
Cyclists lie down on Kildare Street in protest at road deathsMore then 100 cyclists stage peaceful protest to acknowledge those losing their livesWed Apr 25 2018 - 20:19
EU ‘might integrate more smoothly’ once ‘permanently reluctant’ UK leavesFormer EC secretary general Catherine Day says EU will continue to enlargeWed Apr 18 2018 - 21:55
Beneavin House can not ensure ‘safe’ service for elderly – HiqaOf 23 reports, evidence of good practice and compliance was found in 17 nursing centresWed Apr 18 2018 - 18:28
Businessman Michael Carey to replace Conor Skehan at Housing AgencyChairman-designate has chaired Bord Bia for two terms, and Grow Dublin Tourism AllianceWed Apr 18 2018 - 18:07
Dublin Port to move non-core activities to site near Dublin AirportControversial plan to reclaim part of Dublin Bay ‘dead and will not be revisited’, says chiefTue Apr 17 2018 - 06:00
Further cuts to Dublin speed limits proposedProposals would add suburbs to 30km/h list and reduce speeds on main roads to 40km/hMon Apr 16 2018 - 17:53
Newgrange in Kilternan? The 1970s versionSupersized home on 10 acres built for family who owned Smart Brothers storesThu Apr 12 2018 - 06:00
Dismay as new school buildings face further delaysSammon Construction goes into examinership, leaving parents, teachers and pupils in limboSat Apr 07 2018 - 01:00
Rural housing agency to ‘give back 21 keys’ due to lack of fundingRural Resettlement Ireland plans to return ownership of Co Clare houses to MinisterFri Apr 06 2018 - 01:00
Indoor ‘sky-diving facility’ part of new Dublin neighbourhood centrePoliticians oppose €515,000 average cost of social housing apartments in developmentThu Apr 05 2018 - 15:12
Heavy rain and flood warning remains in placeRain expected to last from Thursday evening to Friday with 30mm – 50mm of rain due in placesThu Apr 05 2018 - 08:33
School sex ed ‘outsourced’ to Catholic agenciesRemoval of religious ethos from delivery of education on sex proposed in Solidarity BillWed Apr 04 2018 - 16:43
New report finds better outcomes for people with cystic fibrosis20 years ago patients tended not to have a job, or children and many lived with parentsWed Apr 04 2018 - 12:57
Dublin council to pilot use of street lamps for electric vehiclesDun Laoghaire Rathdown to switch its own fleet to electric and hybrid vehiclesTue Apr 03 2018 - 15:41
Dingle Peninsula to be used as test area for renewable electricity projectsESB Networks testing home battery storage in move to ‘future proof’ energy needsTue Apr 03 2018 - 05:00
€2.2m granted to local authorities for works on harbours, piers and signageDepartment of Marine announces support for 52 development and repair projectsMon Apr 02 2018 - 18:16
Added poignancy at Rising event after death of 1916 leader’s sonJesuit priest Fr Joe Mallin who was aged 104 was the last surviving child of a 1916 leaderSun Apr 01 2018 - 16:28
Motorists have narrow escapes in separate multi-vehicle crashesShane Ross urges road users to repeat the success of Easter 2017 – with no deathsFri Mar 30 2018 - 19:11
Snow hope but weather likely to get wet and windy insteadCold is due to atmospheric turbulence which placed the jet stream north of IrelandFri Mar 30 2018 - 16:38
Cyberbullying watchdog office should open without delay – reportFormal cyber education should include teachers designated as ‘digital safety ambassadors’Thu Mar 29 2018 - 21:36
Cyclist dies in Co Kilkenny crash involving truckGardaí appeal for witnesses after death of man in collision on TuesdayWed Mar 28 2018 - 11:20
Children will eat 5m eggs (that’s 460 tonnes of sugar) this EasterHeart Foundation ‘Stop Targeting Kids’ campaign aims to restrict advertising of sweetsMon Mar 26 2018 - 11:12
Thieves take two kilometres of live electric cablesAttack on ESB Networks is the sixth removal of live wires in the midlands in recent weeksThu Mar 22 2018 - 20:12
Tourist sites told to ‘maintain good experiences’Some major attractions struggle to maintain standards while keeping up with demandWed Mar 21 2018 - 18:20
Extra 126,000 young people could be allowed to vote in 2019Seanad Bill seeks to lower age for EU and local elections to 16 yearsTue Mar 20 2018 - 10:59
Irish Water reviewing need for Dublin water restrictionsNo water restrictions in place for festival weekend but repairs ongoing until MayTue Mar 20 2018 - 09:50
Ireland named ‘best self-drive touring destination’ by Chinese travel firmSome 200 million high-spending tourists from China to travel overseas by 2020Fri Mar 09 2018 - 13:13
Danny Healy-Rae: Learner drivers should be allowed to drive unaccompaniedProposed laws for unaccompanied learner drivers ‘anti-rural’, says Independent TDThu Mar 08 2018 - 22:46
Restricted water supplies remain for 1.2m peopleEight boil-water notices lifted in Co Waterford as utility aims to reduce restrictions at weekendThu Mar 08 2018 - 19:46
Dublin and Rosslare rail services disrupted until next weekLandslide north of Gorey in Co Wexford exposes vulnerability of commuters, says ByrneWed Mar 07 2018 - 20:27
More than 90% of ‘ghost estates’ completedNumber of vacant units in urban areas ‘practicably negligible’Wed Mar 07 2018 - 01:08
Buyer-beware warning as Roscommon ‘ghost estate’ goes for a songUnfinished development of 12 houses, built before crash, on sale at €300,000Wed Mar 07 2018 - 01:00
Dún Laoghaire Harbour must not be left to ‘fall into the sea’Council to ask Minister for Transport to cover liabilities in takeover of harbourTue Mar 06 2018 - 21:32
Storm damage at Dun Laoghaire Harbour closes parts of piers‘Extensive damage’ to East Pier likely to add heat to council debate on harbour futureTue Mar 06 2018 - 07:09
Roundwood village emerges from extreme snow conditionsMany in Wicklow house-bound and roads closed as mountain rescue says stay awayMon Mar 05 2018 - 16:59
