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Thousands left without power as storm hits

Thousands of properties were left without electricity yesterday after Storm Clodagh battered parts of Ireland. Some 6,500 properties were without...

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Geldof: Death of Peaches was not a surprise

Bob Geldof has said that he half-expected the untimely death of his daughter, Peaches, and that she remains with him...

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Two thirds of crime in Ireland goes unsolved

The average detection rate for crimes in Ireland is 33 per cent, with offences in Dublin more likely to go...

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1 in 4 child welfare cases involve immigrants

More than one in four child protection cases involved families where at least one parent was an immigrant, according to...

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Varadkar: abortion should be more accessible

Leo Varadkar has said that he does not want to remove anti-abortion legislation from the constitution, because it would give...

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Foreign legion bolsters Irish recovery

Ireland’s growing economy and its “great reputation” as a place to live and work is attracting an influx of foreign...

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Belfast High Court to rule on abortion law

A landmark judgment on abortion law in Northern Ireland is expected from the High Court in Belfast today. The Northern Ireland...

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Pregnant Pause

If there were any doubts that a sixth referendum on abortion since 1983 would be held in the lifetime of...

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’Tis the season (to be moaning)

The build-up to Christmas is a disgrace, according to the consensus. “Isn’t it awful the way marketeers and their scumbag...

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Irish bosses seek bigger business in Africa

A delegation of Irish businesses travelled to Nigeria yesterday to foster links with rapidly growing economies in west Africa. Simon Coveney,...

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Citibank to fight AIB rogue trader lawsuit

Citibank has promised to mount a strong defence against claims by AIB that it helped to conceal losses made by...

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Kenny calls for ‘ambitious’ climate change deal

Enda Kenny will call on world leaders to sign up to an “ambitious and comprehensive” deal on climate change in...

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Council lacks safety records for fatal fire site

No safety inspection records are available for the traveller site where ten people were killed in a fire last month,...

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IFA needs clear-out at top, says ex-president

A former president of the Irish Farmers’ Association has called for the immediate resignation of its entire executive. John Donnelly said...

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From bottlers to winners, Oulart finally come of age

They won’t call them “Oulart The Bottlers” any more, that’s for sure. On a wet and windy day at Carlow’s...

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Momentum can keep Connacht flying high

An engrossing encounter in Thomond Park on Saturday evening showed that, for the time being at least, Connacht are the...

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Politicans are missing golden chance to bridge the divide

Back in the early 1990s, when Alexander Wolff of Sports Illustrated covered the infamous Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland World Cup...

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History is no obastacle for victorious Connacht

As John Muldoon, the Connacht captain, absorbed his team’s accomplishment on Saturday night he left interview protocol to one side...

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Why this is a landmark moment for the South too

The High Court’s ruling that Northern Ireland’s abortion laws breach human rights will have an impact across the entire island....

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‘The law forced me to carry a dead body’

A woman whose abortion story led to the landmark ruling in Northern Ireland has said that she hopes no one else...

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