Phoenix Park

Dublin’s Phoenix Park, special to the likes of Eamonn Coghlan, Catherina McKiernan and Feidhlim Kelly, is a paradise for runners of all aspirations and abilities

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As beloved as the deer are, conservation and biodiversity require us to look at the bigger picture, argues one nature advocacy officer

From May to September the park resounds to the thunder of galloping hooves, players’ shouts and enthusiastic commentary at the All Ireland Polo Club

Capital’s historic attraction is ‘a destination, not a through road’, officials say – though enforcement is difficult

Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan

Declan Bermingham and Terry Moore have encountered homeless people and those bereft of hope in Ireland’s biggest public park

Anachronistic bylaws for the park date from 1926 but plans are ‘going in the right direction’, according to the OPW

Almost all the sun is expected to blocked out in Ireland next Wednesday evening

All monthly rainfall totals across country were below 1991-2020 average

Bread Is Bad for Ducks is a new short story by Elaine Garvey, author of The Wardrobe Department

The first shots of the 1916 Rising were fired at the fort on Easter Monday when it was raided for arms by Na Fianna

‘It’s gone from rubber bands and tissue to high-tech computerised stuff,’ says a founding member of one of Ireland’s few remaining model aircraft clubs

Dry spell has led to a nationwide hosepipe ban and forest fires in counties Dublin, Wicklow, Kerry and Tipperary

Mare named Ruby and her foal Peaceful Pippa will welcome visitors and international dignitaries

Detached six-bed has multiple reception rooms and a courtyard surrounded by outbuildings

Who needs to talk to anyone when you can constantly scroll alone?

The strongest themes at this year’s Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland awards celebrate conservation, adaptation, reuse and restoration

Living in Kenmare I have rediscovered the joy and peace I felt at my grandparents’ country cottage

As well as wreaking havoc in your garden, many of these molluscs do work that is crucial to a healthy planet

Crowds prepare to soak up the sun as finishing touches applied at Phoenix Park festival

Ireland’s largest gardening festival returns to the Phoenix Park in Dublin this Thursday, marking its 20th year

Highest temperature of the year so far at 24.9 degrees, recorded at Phoenix Park, Dublin on Sunday

Ireland’s largest suicide-prevention walk in Phoenix Park hears tributes to friends and calls for awareness

Friday had highest temperatures so far this year, with 21.3 degrees recorded in Co Mayo, though widespread rain expected on Thursday

In a rare interview a senior officer with the Irish Military Intelligence Service talks about its work – and the threats facing the State

Prayers, readings and choral singing mark the beginning of the Easter weekend

They can be refurbished, upgraded, extended and enhanced – it seems shameful and wasteful to throw it all away

Two-bedroom home in walking distance of neighbourhood’s hotspots and Dublin city centre

Sitka spruce, sika deer and common garden plants are all invasive species with potential to cause harm to native varieties

Mark Condren of Mediahuis Ireland wins overall prize for record seventh time

Jim O’Neill’s father hopes lessons will be learned from errors that led to nine forms of ID being missed in postmortem

Belfast man’s body found in Phoenix Park in 2023 but not identified for a year as nine forms of identification in his pocket went undetected

Body of James O’Neill remained in a Dublin morgue from November 2023 until December 2024, when documents were found in his coat

Founded in October 1893, three years before the first modern Olympics, Donore Harriers created a new breed of Irish distance runner

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Catherine Connolly urges guests at Áras an Uachtaráin event to remember those facing ‘challenging’ season without a home

Drew Harris waived ‘considerable financial gain’ on pension options and paid benefit-in-kind on acccommodation

Force paid €1,750 a month for Drew Harris’s use of property between 2018 and 2025 to Office of Public Works