Palestinian children arrive in Ireland for medical treatment

ShareSave A group of sick and injured Palestinian children have been evacuated from Gaza and taken to Ireland to receive medical treatment. Seven children, along with 29 accompanying family members, arrived in Dublin on Saturday evening. This is...

Brutal weather on the way as Ireland could see remnants of 'scary' Hurricane Melissa

Ireland is set to see very wet and windy weather this week as Met Éireann has forecast incoming heavy rain. Experts have also warned that we could see remnants of the very "intense and scary" Hurricane Melissa next week, which is set to batter...

ALERT! Irish parents warned as popular drink recalled amid serious risk of illness in children

Irish parents have been warned amid a nationwide recall of implicated batches of Slush Puppie drinks as they pose a serious health risk to children if consumed. The implicated batches of SLUSH PUPPiE products listed below are subject to recall as...

Local authors on shortlist for An Post Irish Book Awards

Published: Tue 28 Oct 2025, 9:00 AM Una Leonard and Seán Farrell are among the authors shortlisted in the An Post Irish Book Awards 2025. The winners will be announced at awards ceremony in the Convention Centre Dublin on Thursday November 27, and...

Limerick items to take pride of place in new Dublin exhibition

A COLLECTION of objects from County Limerick feature in Changing Ireland Galleries, an exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. This includes a handkerchief decorated and signed in 1977 by republican paramilitary prisoners Rita...

These terrifying Halloween figures all have Irish origins

The Irish had a hand in popularizing these terrifying Halloween characters. The scariest of Halloween monsters and ghouls have the Irish to thank for their terrifying origins. We look at some of the best and most terrifying creations that the...

Viral on Instagram: Ireland's Catherine Connolly vows to be an 'inclusive' president

A one-minute video of the newly elected president of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, has been going viral and not for her landslide victory but for her speech. Catherine Connolly has become the 10th president of the Republic of Ireland after...

Mum of Italian man missing feared dead believes he may be alive in Ireland

08:27, 28 Oct 2025Updated 08:29, 28 Oct 2025 Missing man Riccardo Branchini(Image: Federica Pambianchi) The desperate mother of this Italian man missing feared dead believes he may be alive and living in Ireland. Italian cops are working on the...

Sport Sheridan claims bronze at Dublin marathon 53 minutes ago

Published: Tue 28 Oct 2025, 7:52 AM While 19-year-old Limerick athlete Ava Crean created her own piece of history by winning the national title at the Dublin Marathon on Sunday Bohermeen AC's Nichola Sheridan continued her rise through the ranks...

Soldier Field returns to UCH following successful run across Ireland

FOLLOWING successful runs across Ireland, the acclaimed play, Soldier Field, returns to Limerick paying tribute to Munster rugby legend, Anthony Foley, while also celebrating one of Irish rugby’s most iconic moments. The play arrives in the...

Jarrett: Ireland have enough to hold off Belgium rally

Former Republic of Ireland striker Rianna Jarrett expects Belgium to come out firing in tonight's UEFA Women's Nations League play-off second leg but believes the Girls in Green have enough to hold onto their first leg advantage. On Friday night,...

Mayo road deaths 'highest per capita' in Ireland

Published: Tue 28 Oct 2025, 9:48 AM Nine road fatalities have occurred in Mayo so far this year. That represents a rate of 5.9 per 100,000 of the population. This statistic, published by the Irish Independent, means Mayo joins Donegal, Roscommon...

Record number of women jailed in Irish prisons and figure is expected to grow

Last Monday there were 5,606 prisoners being held in Irish jail and the female prisoners accounted for 5.6 per cent of all inmates A record number of women prisoners are currently jailed in Ireland - and the figure is expected to increase in the...

Cooper Alan announces new 2026 ‘To The Pub Tour’ across the UK and Ireland

Rising country star Cooper Alan is heading across the Atlantic, announcing his To The Pub Tour kicking off April 17, 2026, in Dublin. Produced by Live Nation, the run will see Alan bring his high-energy live show to fans across Ireland and the UK...

Complaint targeting Ireland over privacy watchdog’s independence sent to Commission

Human rights NGO the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) filed a complaint with the Commission about the independence of the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Tuesday following the appointment of Niamh Sweeney, an ex-Meta lobbyist, as...

Human rights monitoring body calls on Ireland to introduce hate speech laws

An international human rights monitoring body has called on Ireland to introduce new legislative measures to punish hate speech as a matter of priority and to ensure expressions of hate speech are “punishable by effective, proportionate and...

Florence + The Machine announces two concerts in Ireland next summer

Florence + The Machine has announced two concerts in Ireland next summer. Florence Welch has made the announcement to celebrate the release of her sixth studio album, Everybody Scream, out on October 31st. She will play Thomond Park in Limerick on...

Florence + The Machine Confirm Summer Shows In Edinburgh, Dublin And Limerick

Photo: Autumn De Wilde Florence + The Machine have announced three headline shows for next summer. The Florence Welch-led band will perform at Limerick's Thomond Park Stadium on June 27, Dublin's Marlay Park on June 28, and Edinburgh's Royal...

Cheltenham race to be run in memory of legendary Irish trainer

Edward O’Grady (Image: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane ) The 2025 Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase will be run in honour of the legendary Irish trainer Edward O'Grady, Cheltenham Racecourse and Paddy Power have announced. The £160,000 race, which is staged...

Hate speech 'widespread' in Ireland and legislation should be prioritised, report says

A NEW REPORT from the European Commission has said legislation banning hate speech and improving accommodation for international protection applicants are “matters of priority” in Ireland. The Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), set...