IRISH IS THRIVING, AMID BATTLE OVER WHETHER IT SHOULD BE AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN NORTHERN IRELAND

In what is perhaps the most unexpected development in the Irish language's recent evolution in Northern Ireland, Unionists in East Belfast started to learn the language... READ MORE›

'UPROAR' AFTER PAT KENNY LINKS OUR CYSTIC FIBROSIS RATE TO OUR STRICT ABORTION LAWS

As acknowledged by Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, Pat Kenny is a sincere supporter of the CF community... READ MORE›

FORMER GARDA COMMISSIONER LAUNCHES NEW STEFANIE PREISSNER BOOK IN NANDO'S

The former Garda Commissioner has helped launch the book of screenwriter Stefanie Preissner in a Nando's restaurant... READ MORE›

THREAT OF FLOODS AS BRIAN PREPARES TO BATTER IRELAND

A yellow rain warning covers counties Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Waterford... READ MORE›

IRELAND STRUGGLES TO RESTORE WATER, POWER, COMMUNICATIONS AFTER HURRICANE

Met Eireann upgraded the entire country to a status red wind alert over Hurricane Ophelia before the storm landed the country's southwest coastal areas... READ MORE›

IRISH REPUBLIC AND NORTHERN IRELAND ON LOCK DOWN FOR STORM OPHELIA

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for Northern Ireland and warned of potential danger to life ... READ MORE›

PROGRESS MADE ON POWERSHARING DEADLOCK ISSUES

Some progress has been made on language and culture issues in powersharing talks between the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Fein, the Northern Ireland Secretary has said... READ MORE›

I EXPECTED IRISH LANGUAGE ACT AFTER DEVOLUTION WAS RESTORED

Northern Ireland has been without a first and deputy first minister since January and a functioning executive since March... READ MORE›

'UPROAR' AFTER PAT KENNY LINKS OUR CYSTIC FIBROSIS RATE TO OUR STRICT ABORTION LAWS

As acknowledged by Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, Pat Kenny is a sincere supporter of the CF community... READ MORE›

GARDA STATION REOPENED IN MINISTER'S CONSTITUENCY 'PURELY FOR POLICING REASONS'

Stepaside is in the Dublin Rathdown constituency of Mr Ross, who campaigned for its reinstatement at the last election and when a minister... READ MORE›

'MEMORY MAN' JIMMY MAGEE, VETERAN OF 11 OLYMPICS AND 12 WORLD CUPS, DIES AGED 82

'memory man' jimmy magee, veteran of 11 olympics and 12 world cups, dies... other sports... READ MORE›

A RADIO PRESENTER WHO RE-SAT HER JUNIOR CERT OVER TEN YEARS LATER GOT HER RESULTS TODAY

The Beat 102-103 presenter sat this year's Junior Cert English, Irish and Maths exams and received her results live on radio this morning... READ MORE›

161,000 AT RISK FROM MICROSCOPIC PARASITE IN DRINKING WATER, WATCHDOGS WARN

The EPA's review of drinking water quality for 2016 said the number of supplies at risk from cryptosporidium reduced from 37 to 25... READ MORE›

EX-SOUTH AFRICA LEADER CLAIMS TRUMP 'NOT TAKING THE BIG ISSUES SERIOUSLY ENOUGH'

Mr de Klerk toured EPIC the Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin, before addressing a small group of invited guests and discussing global issues... READ MORE›

MAN AND WOMAN DIE IN COLLISION INVOLVING TWO CARS AND LORRY

Gardai said the man and woman, aged in their 60s, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the main Cork to Limerick road... READ MORE›

POWERSHARING PROPOSALS SHOULD BE PUBLISHED IF NO DEAL IS DONE, SAYS SDLP LEADER

Major blocks to getting Stormont back up and running include republicans' demands for a standalone Irish language act to give formal rights to speakers... READ MORE›

INFORMATION UNEARTHED IN IRISH REPUBLIC OVER ARLENE ARKINSON DISAPPEARANCE

Substantive information has been unearthed in the Irish Republic over the disappearance of schoolgirl Arlene Arkinson, a lawyer said... READ MORE›

SHOTS FIRED BY GARDAI IN ARREST OF SUSPECTED GUNMAN

Armed gardai have opened fire on a suspected gunman... READ MORE›

GALWAY VOTED WORLD'S FRIENDLIEST CITY - NOS. 3 AND 4 AREN'T BAD EITHER

Readers of US travel bible Travel Leisure magazine have named Galway the world's friendliest city... READ MORE›

INGENIOUS POSTMAN IN IRELAND MANAGES TO DELIVER LETTER ADDRESSED TO 'THAT BOY WITH THE GLASSES'

The letter was sent from Northern Ireland across the border to Your Man Henderson Who is doing the PhD up there at Queen's in Belfast ... READ MORE›

AN IRISH TEACHER WAS REJECTED FROM A JOB IN SOUTH KOREA JOB DUE TO THE 'ALCOHOLISM NATURE OF [HER] KIND'

An Irish school teacher was turned away from a position in South Korea due to the alcoholism nature of her kind ... READ MORE›

JAILING IRA MURDERERS OF INNOCENT FARMER WOULD BE 'TOTALLY AND ABSOLUTELY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE'

In a controversial radio interview Mr Adams responded to calls for him to intervene in the investigation into the 1991 murder of Co Louth farmer Tom Oliver... READ MORE›

PRO-CHOICE ACTIVISTS VOW TO 'DEFY THE LAW' BY HANDING OUT ABORTION PILLS

Although the pills are not legally available in Ireland, she said activists are willing to breaking the law... READ MORE›

BOY (10) HAILED AS HERO AFTER SAVING SISTER FROM CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER

The 34-year-old suspect is a convicted child sex offender but is not on the sex offenders list as the offence dates back to the 1990s... READ MORE›

WATER PROTESTS INFILTRATED BY DISSIDENTS AS METERS ON HOLD

Gallery tens of thousands stage demo in dublin against water charges... 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›

TEXAS DINER GIVES WAITER $750 TIP TO VISIT FAMILY IN NORTHERN IRELAND

A waiter in Texas is given a 750 tip so he can visit his family in Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

'I'M BLIND, I NEED MY CANE'

John, a former civil servant, told the Irish Sun that the family 'have been treated worse than animals'... READ MORE›

ORANGE HALL FIRE IN NEWTOWNCUNNINGHAM WAS ARSON SAY POLICE

Firefighters from Londonderry and Letterkenny attended the blaze at the building in Newtowncunningham on Sunday morning... 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›

MAN STILL HELD OVER COUPLE'S DEATHS

A man is still being questioned after a married couple were found dead in a house in Carndonagh in County Donegal... READ MORE›

WATER PROTESTERS ATTACK TAOISEACH WITH 'MESSAGE' FROM LATE MOTHER

The poster attacking Mr Kenny was the work of members of the Donegal Water Warriors group... READ MORE›

ANTON SAVAGE ISSUES ONLINE APPEAL AFTER MOTORBIKE STOLEN BY '3 LITTLE THIEVES' OUTSIDE LIDL

Broadcaster Anton Savage has appealed for help locating his motorbike after it was stolen outside a supermarket this evening... READ MORE›

Northern Ireland relies heavily on grants from the British central government... READ MORE›

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IRELAND'S NEW POSTCODE SYSTEM

Eircode postcodes what you need to know about ireland's new postcode system irish news... READ MORE›

TAOISEACH ADMITS YOUNG EMIGRANTS WON'T RETURN HOME DUE TO HIGH TAXES

Around 50 protesters gathered in Glenties before Mr Kenny arrived while 70 gardai monitored the group... 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›

TENSE SCENES AS PROTESTERS AGAINST WATER CHARGES CONGREGATE OUTSIDE DUBLIN GARDA STATION

The protesters blocked Malahide Road outside Coolock garda station, and gardai were forced to divert traffic... 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›

GARDA RESPONDING TO 999 CALL MURDERED BY TERROR SUSPECT

Garda Golden was attached to Omeath station had more than 10 years' service and lived with his family in Blackrock near Dundalk... 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›

GARDA PROBE AFTER ADDRESS OF JUSTICE MINISTER POSTED ONLINE IN 'SINISTER' MOVE

ADDRESSES for the Justice Minister and Director of Public Prosecutions have been posted on an anti-water charges Facebook page... READ MORE›

LEO VARADKAR SLAMS 'SINISTER FRINGE' TO WATER PROTESTS

Gardia were forced to restrain protesters yesterday after they attempted to confront Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the ongoing public outcry over water charges... READ MORE›

EPIC TROLL MANAGES TO PERSONALISE NUTELLA JARS WITH 'ARSEMUCK', 'BUMGRAVY' AND 'BACKDIRT'

Seamas O'Reilly managed to print three naughty Nutella jars by circumventing the profanity filters and getting it done in-store at London's Selfridges department store... READ MORE›

EXPERTS WARN EUR27M EIRCODE PROJECT IS 'NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE'

How the Eircode system works The Eircode system will give every house in the country a unique seven-digit postcode... READ MORE›

POLITICIANS ON ALL SIDES URGED TO 'EMBRACE' IRISH LANGUAGE

An Irish language act in Northern Ireland would remove negative politics around the issue, a community leader said... READ MORE›

FURTHER CLASHES AS TAOISEACH ATTENDS BOOK LAUNCH AT MANSION HOUSE

Comments Share There were further clashes between gardai and water charges protesters today as the Taoiseach attended a book launch at the Mansion House in Dublin... READ MORE›

SINN FEIN FIGURE AT 'COURT MARTIAL' IN GAA CLUBHOUSE

She told her suspicions to another senior Sinn Fein figure, who promised to have them investigated internally and the abuser punished... READ MORE›