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FACEBOOK BANS FOREIGN ADS IN IRELAND ABORTION REFERENDUM
Ireland bars political donations from abroad, but the law does not apply to social media advertising... READ MORE›
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN IRELAND
The panel also look at the problems being faced with electric cars in Ireland, particularly why Irish people won't buy them... READ MORE›
FACEBOOK BIDS TO KEEP DATA PRIVACY CASE FROM EU'S TOP COURT
A Facebook lawyer asked for the referral to be delayed to allow Ireland's Supreme Court to decide if it would accept an appeal... READ MORE›
MINISTER DENIS NAUGHTEN TALKS MEGABITS, MINISTERS AND MEDIA OWNERSHIP
Communications Minister Denis Naughten sits down with Adrian and Fearghal O'Connor to talk of plans to make high speed broadband an enforceable legal right in Ireland... READ MORE›
ENET CHAIRMAN DAVID MCCOURT ON RURAL IRELAND'S BROADBAND PROSPECTS
The Big Tech Show Enet chairman David McCourt on rural Ireland's broadband prospects... READ MORE›
FANS 'APPALLED' AT DECISION TO AXE JACKSON AND OLDING
It was issued after the weekend decision by Ulster Rugby and the IRFU to terminate Jackson and Olding's contracts... READ MORE›
ACQUITTAL IN IRISH RUGBY RAPE CASE DEEPENS DEBATE ON CONSENT
On Saturday, the players' rugby contracts were canceled, ending their professional careers in Ireland, with some expressing fear that the move would further inflame public opinion... READ MORE›
PADDY JACKSON SEEKING TO RETRIEVE ?100K LEGAL FEES FOLLOWING RAPE TRIAL
An application to cover Paddy Jackson's legal fees is due to be heard in Belfast Crown Court next month, it emerged today... READ MORE›
MIRIAM O'CALLAGHAN ON SPECULATION SHE IS PLANNING TO RUN FOR THE ARAS
However, when pushed about her presidential ambitions she failed to clarify if she was going to run for Aras an Uachtrain later this year... READ MORE›
IRISH NOVELIST WARNS OF BREXIT-STYLE REVOLT AGAINST ELITE ON ABORTION VOTE
As referendum day nears, Patrick McCabe says Dublin media liberals could pay for snobbery towards rural Ireland... READ MORE›
DROP IN PLASTIC BAGS LITTERING BRITISH SEAS LINKED TO INTRODUCTION OF 5P CHARGE
Ireland and Denmark were the first two countries to bring in levies for plastic bags from shops in 2003, followed by slew of other European countries... READ MORE›
IRISH PUBS LIFT GOOD FRIDAY ALCOHOL BAN
Good Friday is about to get better for publicans in the Republic of Ireland... READ MORE›
MEET THE IRISH FAMILIES SELECTED TO PRESENT POPE FRANCIS WITH AN ICON AHEAD OF HIS IRISH VISIT
TWO Irish families today presented Pope Francis with the official World Meeting of Families 2018 'Icon of the Holy Family'... READ MORE›
IRELAND, BRITAIN GRIND SLOWLY BACK TO NORMAL FOLLOWING SNOWSTORMS
While Ireland's most severe weather warning was lifted, the government urged caution... READ MORE›
SNOW STORMS SHUT IRELAND BRITAIN CALLS IN ARMY FOR HOSPITALS
The country needs to more or less stay in hibernation today, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney told state broadcaster RTE... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS FREEZE GRIPS EUROPE
Severe weather brings disruption to large parts of Europe, with at least 23 dead in Poland alone... READ MORE›
ACCUSER BRANDED A 'SILLY GIRL' IN GROUP MESSAGE
Earlier, the court had been told about communication between Mr Olding and an unnamed friend... READ MORE›
FRESH BLIZZARDS SWEEP ACROSS EUROPE, TRAVELLERS STRANDED
Further blasts of wintery weather are expected, with authorities in Ireland and normally-balmy southern France among those to have issued red alerts late Wednesday... READ MORE›
POLICE 'WENT STRAIGHT TO' ULSTER COACH OVER RAPE CLAIM, COURT TOLD
The day after the alleged attack, Mr Harrison wrote to Mr McIlroy Mate the scenes last night were hilarious... READ MORE›
RUGBY RAPE TRIAL HEARS OF RORY HARRISON'S POLICE INTERVIEW AFTER ALLEGED RAPE
The detective also noted that, by October, Mr Harrison's statement had become police evidence ... READ MORE›
BORIS JOHNSON RELAXED AT PROSPECT OF HARD BORDER IN IRELAND, LEAKED LETTER REVEALS
Boris Johnson appears relaxed about the prospect of a hard border in Ireland after Brexit, according to a leaked letter... READ MORE›
SCHMIDT LOOKS TO 'FICKLE FRIEND' TO STAY ONSIDE FOR GRAND SLAM
To face England, where they could secure a first Grand Slam since Schmidt took over after the 2013 Six Nations... READ MORE›
THE EXPERT'S GUIDE TO TAKING A GOOD PHOTO
In recent weeks, Ireland's two big mobile operators have begun discussing the next big step in cellular technology... READ MORE›
NADINE COYLE 'IN TALKS' FOR DERRY GIRLS ROLE
The comedy, written by Lisa McGee, is set during The Troubles in Northern Ireland in the 1990s... READ MORE›
IRELAND TELLS STATE-RUN SCHOOLS STOP STEERING PUPILS TO RELIGION CLASS
But despite also being government-funded, almost all primary schools in Ireland are religious, with the vast majority run by the Roman Catholic Church... READ MORE›
EUR116BN PLAN, 500,000 NEW HOMES AND EUR2BN URBAN REGENERATION... PROJECT IRELAND 2040 IS FINALLY UNVEILED
Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford are designated as the urban centres for expansion, meaning they get extra attention when it comes to infrastructure investment... READ MORE›
ALLEGED RUGBY RAPE VICTIM CREATING NARRATIVE TO SERVE HER CASE, COURT TOLD
The lawyer also suggested to Belfast Crown Court that the woman's memory of events was fractured, frayed and ragged... READ MORE›
PADDY COSGRAVE TALKS BLUNTLY ABOUT JOURNALISM, CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND THE FUTURE OF TECH
The Big Tech Show Paddy Cosgrave talks bluntly about journalism, cryptocurrencies and the future of tech... READ MORE›
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IRELAND TO HOLD ABORTION REFERENDUM IN 2018
Ireland, a predominantly Catholic country, currently has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe... READ MORE›
IRELAND AND BRITAIN BRACE FOR UNUSUAL EUROPEAN HURRICANE
In London, the Met Office, Britain's meteorological service, said that Ophelia had been the easternmost Category 3 Atlantic hurricane on record... READ MORE›
BADGER DISCOVERED ASLEEP IN CAT BED IN LINLITHGOW
A sleepy badger was caught napping in a cat bed in a house in Linlithgow... READ MORE›
IRELAND'S STAGGERING HYPOCRISY ON CLIMATE CHANGE
By 2020 Ireland will only have achieved a paltry 5-6 percent reduction in emissions, with greenhouse gases from transport and agriculture actually rising... READ MORE›
POWERFUL STORM LASHES IRELAND, KILLING AT LEAST 3 PEOPLE
Mr. Varadkar said the last time a storm this powerful had hit Ireland was in 1961 when Hurricane Debbie left 11 people dead... READ MORE›
ANOTHER LONDON TERROR ATTACK: BRITAIN'S STOIC CAPITAL PRESSES ON
In March, a lone attacker killed five people by mowing down pedestrians and fatally stabbing a police officer in Westminster, near Parliament in central London... READ MORE›
EAMON DUNPHY CALLS IRELAND A 'KIP' AND DEMANDS 'STATE OF EMERGENCY' IS DECLARED
Watch Eamon Dunphy calls Ireland a 'kip' and demands 'state of emergency' is declared... READ MORE›
QATAR MARKS NATIONAL DAY AMID GULF CRISIS
Qatar National Day 2017 carries with it the pain of being singled out by those who were once allies... READ MORE›
IRELAND TO LIST CHINESE AS NATIONAL EXAM SUBJECT IN 2022
The education minister made the announcement at a joint conference of Confucius Institutes of Ireland and Britain... READ MORE›
ARMED CRIMINALS STEAL EUR10K AND FLEE ON BICYCLES AFTER BURGER KING RAID
A search is underway after two men carried out an armed raid on a Burger King restaurant and escaped on bicycles with up to EUR10,000... READ MORE›
ARMED CRIMINALS STEAL EUR10K AND FLEE ON BICYCLES AFTER BURGER KING RAID
A search is underway after two men carried out an armed raid on a Burger King restaurant and escaped on bicycles with up to EUR10,000... READ MORE›
A BLOT ON IRELANDS PAST, FACING DEMOLITION
Owned most recently by the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of Refuge, the Gloucester Street laundry usually had around 100 workers at any one time... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS EXPECTED AT PRO-CHOICE RALLY IN DUBLIN AHEAD OF ABORTION LAW VOTE
Thousands of people are expected on the streets of Dublin later to call for change to Ireland's strict abortion laws... READ MORE›
BANK OF IRELAND PULLS 'LUDICROUS' TWITTER AD AFTER FURIOUS BACKLASH
Bank of Ireland's financial advice comes at a time when rental costs have hit a new high, for the fifth quarter in a row... READ MORE›
THE TOP NINE JOBS OF THE FUTURE - WILL YOU BE EMPLOYED?
Chefs have both creative intelligence and complex skills which will be very difficult to replace with robots in the future... READ MORE›
'I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE TODAY'
Asked about his current condition Mr O'Higgins said he remains in Greece today and is in good spirits... READ MORE›
'IT WORRIES MY MUM, SO IT WORRIES ME' - DECLAN (9) SCARED OF BECOMING HOMELESS AND NOT HAVING SCHOOL TO GO TO NEXT WEEK
I wish someone would help me and all the other homeless kids... READ MORE›
DEADLY TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA BATTERS IRELAND
More than 330,000 homes and businesses were without electricity in the Republic of Ireland at 19.15 London time, down from an earlier peak of 370,000... READ MORE›
'I WOULD ASK KIM JONG-UN TO ENGAGE IN DEMOCRACY'
John Halligan said he wants to travel to North Korea to discuss democracy and peace with officials there, saying,... READ MORE›
CHE GUEVARA FEATURES ON NEW EUR1 STAMP ISSUED BY AN POST
The stamp, which features a famous image of Guevara by Dublin artist Jim Fitzpatrick, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the revolutionary's death on October 9, 1967... READ MORE›
IRELAND RECKONS WITH DAMAGE FROM DEADLY STORM
Ireland Reckons With Damage From Its Deadliest Storm for Decades... READ MORE›
16 OF THE MOST DRAMATIC SHOTS AS STORM OPHELIA HITS IRELAND
Over one in three of those with African ethnicity 38.6 percent were born in Ireland 22,331 persons, along with 31.3 percent 2,126 of those with other Black backgrounds ... READ MORE›
HURRICANE OPHELIA 2017: STORM BEARS DOWN ON IRELAND, U.K.
Hurricane Ophelia bears down on Ireland, U.K... READ MORE›
TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCH FOR CHANGE
Tens of thousands of people have marched through Dublin to demand change to the Republic of Ireland's abortion laws... READ MORE›
'SAFE SHELTER AND FOOD' AVAILABLE FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE AMID SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES
Photo Colin O'RiordanA person runs through the snow in a field on the Mourne Mountains near the village of Hilltown, Northern Ireland, December 8, 2017... READ MORE›
EU TAKES IRELAND TO COURT FOR NOT CLAIMING APPLE TAX WINDFALL
A 3D printed Apple logo is seen in front of a displayed European Union flag in this illustration taken September 2, 2016... READ MORE›
IRELAND FACES REBUKE FROM EU FOR FAILING TO COLLECT APPLE'S TAX BILLIONS
Ireland faces a rebuke from European Union authorities for failing to collect a year-old tax bill of as much as 15 billion euros 17.6 billion from Apple Inc... READ MORE›
TEAM-MATES SHOW SUPPORT FOR ACCUSED AT BELFAST COURT
Ulster Rugby's Rory Best left pictured at Laganside Magistrates court in Belfast. Photo Pacemaker... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S CLAIM OF IRISH CORPORATE TAX CUT IS 'FAKE NEWS', SAYS PRIME MINISTER
I can confirm that President Trump's claim that we are proposing to reduce our corporation profit tax to 8 percent is indeed fake news... READ MORE›
IRELAND'S BLASPHEMY LAWS LEAST RESTRICTIVE IN THE WORLD
Ireland had the lowest score out of 71 countries in a report analysing the extent to which such laws are in conflict with international human rights laws... READ MORE›