Mark Hilliard

Funeral featuring some of The Pogues’ greatest hits concludes with The Parting Glass as thousands line streets for singer who died aged 65

Procession to be led by Artane Band and lone piper as horse-drawn carriage bears coffin ahead of Co Tipperary burial

Leading Light Awards focus on positives in what has been a bleak year on Irish roads

Both EPA and Department of Environment representatives have visited Sellafield, described by the Guardian newspaper as Europe’s most hazardous nuclear site, as recently as last July

Lauren Graham-Hayden said she hopes any new procedures arising from her daughter Phoenix’s death might save other families similar pain

Nuclear site on England’s north-west coast has long been a source of contention between Ireland and UK

Broadcaster secretly filmed meetings with developers where ‘proposals’ sought that could trigger change of course

Improvements on operations between Cork and Dublin will include ‘fastest ever’ service from next weekend

Some may welcome anything that can make policing easier, but others are likely to be wary of such technology in policy that could intrude on civil liberties

Mary Lou McDonald accuses Government of forcing party’s hand by ‘not listening’ amid safety issues

Temperatures are expected to dip below minus 3 degrees as yellow weather warning issued

Isaac Herzog invites Leo Varadkar to country but is incredulous that Taoiseach had not mentioned either Israel or Hamas in tweet

The Irish-Israeli girl is "coming out little by little" and told her father Tom Hand that she thought he too had been taken captive and how her own experience felt as if it had lasted a year

Following chaotic night efforts are ongoing to restore transport links, while council crews remove debris

Record number of children in emergency accommodation