1+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1374+ words) “The biggest challenge now is the buses not showing,” says Elaine Conry. “My girls get the bus, and it is just dreadfully unreliable; some days they’ve had to get a taxi into school.” Conry has lived in Sandyford in south…...

12+ hour, 48+ min ago   (622+ words) US president Donald Trump said Irish unity would be a “great thing” in response to a reporter’s question on his visit to Dublin. The comments, made alongside Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Farmleigh, caused eyebrows to be raised north and south…...

12+ hour, 42+ min ago   (569+ words) Palestine, Iran, paedophilia, racism, misogyny, transphobia, corruption, climate destruction – there was a placard for all. The crowds that gathered in Dublin to protest the visit of Donald Trump had a pick ‘n’ mix assortment of grievances to air. “I have…...

14+ hour, 23+ min ago   (525+ words) It was, as one senior SDLP figure put it, “quite a moment, to have the American president saying that.” The “that” in question was Donald Trump’s endorsement of Irish unity, delivered when answering questions from the media after his arrival…...

15+ hour, 40+ min ago   (534+ words) Dozens of criminal legal aid cases were adjourned at a midlands district court on Thursday due to the withdrawal of services by criminal solicitors involved in the legal aid payment dispute. At Mullingar District Court, Judge Patricia Cronin adjourned the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (201+ words) Hundreds of protestors attended a rally at Shannon Airport as Air Force One carrying President Donald Trump landed on Saturday. Video: Bryan O'Brien US president expressed support for Irish unity in a press conference with Taoiseach Micháel Martin. US president…...

19+ hour, 46+ min ago   (135+ words) Gardaí have released a second man arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Dún Laoghaire in July. The man aged in his 40s was arrested on Thursday as part of the Garda investigation into the death of Mark Cullen (39). Cullen…...

1+ day, 23+ min ago   (755+ words) We have more from Jack Horgan Jones in the Phoenix Park. “We have our first TD. And it’s Cork East’s James O’Connor (Fianna Fáil), who is pressing the flesh already as the first bus of proper guests seems to have…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (544+ words) Construction tycoon Maurice Regan has bought a castle in Co Meath and its surrounding 236 acres of land that was formerly owned by builder Gerry Gannon. The purchase by Regan of Dangan Castle, the childhood home of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (690+ words) Up to €500 million is to be spent to build accommodation for up to 2,000 workers who will help construct the Dublin MetroLink rail line. It is understood that, as part of plans being considered, the housing would revert to the State…...