Expecting his normal catch of plaice, turbot and Dover sole, Arthur Dewhirst was surprised when his nets spilled their contents on to his ship’s deck earlier this year. Instead of shiny, flapping fish ...

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his parents and brother in Co Louth yesterday. Robert O’Connor (31) of Drumgowna, Co Louth is charged with the murder of Louise O’Connor (56), ...

Many questions remain, not least the key issue of whether Hamas leadership had been privy to the full contents of the plan in advance ...

Years of austerity and poor choices by successive governments' choices have left many rural schools overcrowded, under-resourced and fighting for survival ...

A mother of a 21-year-old warned hospital staff that her daughter “had a plan to kill herself” before she was discharged from a Dublin hospital and died by suicide hours later, an inquest has heard.

Euronext Dublin finished the day up 1.6% off the back of a strong performance from budget airline Ryanair and the banks ...

The Government is expecting to face legal challenges to its plan to introduce new laws to raise the passenger cap at Dublin Airport. Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien briefed the Cabinet on his ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has signalled a focus in the budget on rural Ireland and seasonal businesses in terms of the Government’s commitment to a 9 per cent VAT rate in the hospitality sector.

A man in his 30s has been charged in relation to the killing of three members of the same family in Co Louth. The man is due to appear before a special sitting of Drogheda District Court this evening ...

C&AG report says GRA complained that members should not have to share hotel rooms for Europa League policing duty ...

Starting with 1999’s original Silent Hill, these games are, at one level, a masterpiece of psychological terror. Their trademark is a spiralling unease that gets into your pores and under your skin.

Taoiseach says project ‘should be done modestly with very simple structures ... It shouldn’t have to cost €100,000′ ...