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...
View ArticleGeldof: 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...
View ArticleTwo 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...
View Article1 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...
View ArticleVaradkar: 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...
View ArticleForeign 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...
View ArticleBelfast 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...
View ArticlePregnant Pause
If there were any doubts that a sixth referendum on abortion since 1983 would be held in the lifetime of...
View Article’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...
View ArticleIrish 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,...
View ArticleCitibank 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...
View ArticleKenny 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...
View ArticleCouncil 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,...
View ArticleIFA 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...
View ArticleFrom 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...
View ArticleMomentum 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...
View ArticlePoliticans 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...
View ArticleHistory 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...
View ArticleWhy 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....
View Article‘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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