Around 400 people attend event in its 101st year, organised and run by more than 200 volunteers

High waves at Forty Foot see bathers move to nearby Sandycove and the ‘absolutely freezing’ water of Dublin Bay

Met Éireann says Christmas Day will be dry and bright

Boy and grandaunt died in attack on house in Edenderry, Co Offaly; grandmother still in hospital

Body of toddler found in Donabate, Co Dublin, in September

184 people have died on Irish roads in 2025, already exceeding previous year’s total of 174

Donna Hughes-Brown, a long-term US resident, was detained after returning from Ireland and held in a Kentucky facility since July

Family and friends of the man, who was working in a nursing home in Leamlara, became concerned when he failed to return home

Eight-year-old Malika al-Katib was killed by her father in 2024

Man (40s) died after being earlier detained by gardaí and subsequently taken to hospital

Premises including pizza takeaway and coffee company targeted in southwest of city early Monday morning

Four in five pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient by the third trimester

Woman who was sprayed with an accelerant and set alight last month remains seriously ill in hospital

Garda data shows 180 people have died on Irish roads, 15 more than same period last year

There has been a 40% increase in M50 traffic on its busiest stretches, between Finglas and Blanchardstown