TRIPADVISOR REVEALS ITS TOP 10 IRISH DESTINATIONS

TripAdvisor's Top 10 Irish Destinations are Marrakech topped the list of global destinations while Siem Reap in Cambodia jumped seven places to second in the rankings... READ MORE›

REFUGE AND RESPONSIBILITY: THE AGE-OLD LESSONS THAT EUROPE FORGETS

Palestinian refugees, in their hundreds of thousands, are our responsibility... READ MORE›

IRISH 'PLEDGE A BED' FOR REFUGEES CAMPAIGN IS OVERWHELMED WITH OFFERS

Ireland isn't doing enough to help these people' The Uplift campaign follows similar schemes across Europe offering their support to refugees... READ MORE›

The European Commission has published further revisions to the contributions, which meant that Ireland must pay another 7m... READ MORE›

WE WERE DAYS AWAY FROM DISPATCHING ARMY TO PREVENT BANK RUN

Fine Gael is a member of the EPP, which has the largest voting bloc in the European Parliament... READ MORE›

KERRY IS IRELAND'S FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION, BUT WHICH COUNTIES FAILED TO ATTRACT A SINGLE VOTE?

Armagh, Laois, Fermanagh, Limerick and Westmeath were ranked as favourite holiday counties by just 0.17pc of respondents... READ MORE›

IRELAND SET FOR DRAMATIC RISE IN REFUGEES AFTER NEW U-TURN

A number of Irish charities are working to help refugees both in southern Europe and in Ireland... READ MORE›

ON-DUTY GARDAI DRIVE MINISTER AND WIFE 200KM TO AIRPORT AFTER HIS CHAUFFEURED CAR BREAKS DOWN

Junior Minister Dara Murphy was travelling to Dublin Airport from Cork to catch a flight to Brussels for an EU meeting... READ MORE›

ABORTION REFERENDUM ENDORSED BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

These include the UN's Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights CESCR and the UN's powerful Human Rights Committee... READ MORE›

SF SENATOR ACCUSES GOVERNMENT SENATORS OF DRINKING IN DAIL BAR DURING WATER CHARGES DEBATE

The Seanad has been suspended after a Sinn Fein Senator accused Government senators of drinking in the Dail bar during last week's water charges debate... READ MORE›

TRIPADVISOR REVEALS ITS TOP 10 IRISH BEACHES

TripAdvisor has announced its readers favourite Irish beaches with Inchydoney bagging top spot for the second year running... READ MORE›

ALL GREEN BUT NOT NECESSARILY IRISH

In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day was largely a religious holiday, celebrated with religious services and feasts... READ MORE›

CHILDREN OF SLAIN JASON CORBETT PUT INTO CUSTODY OF THEIR STEPMOTHER, WHO IS CHIEF SUSPECT IN CASE

The family of slain Limerick man Jason Corbett 39 are fearful that they will have to wait months before they can return to Ireland with his children... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS TAKE TO DUBLIN'S STREETS DEMANDING ABORTION RIGHTS IN IRELAND

Campaigners called for free legal and safe abortion in Ireland and for an immediate referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment... READ MORE›

LABOUR 'BAFFLED' AND FEAR NO WAY BACK AFTER LACK OF BUDGET BOUNCE

While their Coalition -colleagues in Fine Gael jumped to 30pc, Labour dropped three points and is facing an -electoral meltdown in four months' time... READ MORE›

ANGRY SCENES IN DAIL AS TAOISEACH SAYS JOAN BURTON WAS 'SPEAKING IN A PERSONAL CAPACITY' WHEN QUOTING EUR200 WATER CHARGE

THE Government suffered a serious reverse today when the Seanad backed plans for a referendum to put a constitutional block on privatising Irish Water... READ MORE›

INCOME TAX WILL RISE 4PC IF GOVERNMENT ABOLISHES WATER CHARGES

Picture Gerry Mooney Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned that income tax would rise by four percent if the Government was to abolish water charges... READ MORE›

FIERY EXCHANGES BETWEEN AUDREY CARVILLE AND MINISTER ON MORNING IRELAND

Fiery exchanges between audrey carville and minister on morning ireland irish water crisis... READ MORE›

BOOM TO BUST TO BRUNCH... IS THIS THE RISE OF THE CELTIC PHOENIX?

But, sure, we're the best boys and girls in the austerity class! Lovin' Dublin's Coughlan, meanwhile, is more optimistic... READ MORE›

NEW PARTY TO BE HEADED BY MURPHY, DONNELLY AND SHORTALL

The three TDs are linking up with Senators Katherine Zappone and Jillian van Turnhout who are both the Taoiseach's nominees in the Seanad... READ MORE›

'ACTING' MINISTERS REILLY AND WHITE BANK EUR10K EACH IN CARETAKER GOVERNMENT... DESPITE LOSING SEATS

In addition to their salary, ministers also receive a number of other entitlements, including a mobile phone allowance and the Parliamentary Standard Allowance PSA ... READ MORE›

YOUNG MAN (21) KILLED AS HE TRIED TO STOP FIGHT ON HALLOWEEN

Separately, a 31-year-old Coolock man suffered non-life threatening stab wounds in Darndale shortly after 3am yesterday... READ MORE›

A PLANE HAS BEEN DIVERTED TO DUBLIN AFTER A WOMAN ON BOARD WENT INTO LABOUR

Officials at Dublin Airport said the plane landed at around 1pm after reporting a medical incident ... READ MORE›

'SHOCKING EXAMPLE OF A DYSFUNCTIONALITY IN THE SYSTEM'

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has described a 91-year-old man being left on a hospital trolley for 29 hours as a shocking example of a dysfunctionality in the system ... READ MORE›

MAN (24) DIES ON BOARD AER LINGUS FLIGHT

He was on board the Aer Lingus flight EI485 from Lisbon... READ MORE›

MINISTERS UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE TO OVERHAUL EUR100 IRISH WATER GRANT

Ministers under mounting pressure to overhaul 100 irish water grant... READ MORE›

WHY AIRPORT RETAILERS WANT TO SEE YOUR BOARDING PASS

It is policy in our stores to ask that passengers present their boarding card when making a purchase, a spokesperson for Dublin Airport confirmed... READ MORE›

LEO VARADKAR NAMED 'MAN OF THE YEAR' BY IRISH TATLER

Members of the public submitted their nominations for the awards through the publication Irish Tatler Man... READ MORE›

HOMELESS MAN DEAD FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE HE WAS FOUND ON STREET

A homeless man who had been sleeping rough has been found dead on a Dublin city street... READ MORE›

FIANNA FAIL TRUCE WILL ALLOW KENNY TO CONTINUE AS TAOISEACH

Micheal Martin's party will not join Fine Gael coalition but will avoid bringing down minority government in Ireland... READ MORE›