
Romantics head for St Valentine’s shrine for a blessing – and a kiss
- Irish News
- February 12, 2019, 15:35
Relics of the third-century martyr and symbol of courtly love draws in the crowds

Veterans to use ‘sleeping flags’ to highlight homelessness
- Irish News
- February 11, 2019, 00:00
Organisation representing Defence Forces personnel says protest is a ‘symbolic act’

Ireland’s €120m mushroom industry in the dark as Brexit looms
- Irish News
- February 1, 2019, 01:41
Brexit ‘an opportunity’ if it means less Polish imports to UK, says NI mushroom company

Cervical check campaigner Orla Church was ‘witty, intelligent, forceful’
- Health
- January 22, 2019, 14:48
Mourners told even when it was too late to change her fate, she helped create new health guidelines

‘Do I need two vets now?’ Border farmers sweat over Brexit
- Irish News
- January 21, 2019, 02:18
The absence of clarity on the nitty-gritty details is causing anxiety for Border businesses

Monaghan sinkhole information forum established
- Environment
- January 19, 2019, 01:00
Minister of State Seán Canney says no need for an independent inquiry into subsidence

Over 9,000 Irish motor insurance policies were issued through ‘ghost brokers’
- Crime & Law
- January 17, 2019, 01:00
Gardaí say unlicensed middle men have diverted €23m away from insurance firms

Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal adjourns case against Roscommon lawyer
- Crime & Law
- January 15, 2019, 18:58
Tom Fleming complained about Declan O’Callaghan to the tribunal in May 2010

Donegal dumper agrees to financial document access by council
- Crime & Law
- January 15, 2019, 14:57
Court hears that Criminal Assets Bureau had raided premises associated with Jim Ferry

Monaghan sinkholes: ‘The mining is a cancer in our parish’
- Environment
- January 12, 2019, 05:00
Families displaced from their Magheracloone homes by subsidence want solutions

Number killed on Irish roads remains stable in 2018
- Irish News
- December 29, 2018, 00:15
Total of 149 killed to date compares with 157 killed on roads in 2017

Almost 1,700 Defence Forces members served in UN operations in 2018
- Irish News
- December 28, 2018, 17:41
In Ireland, the Army conducted nearly 200 operations at request of An Garda Síochána

Suspended solicitor urged woman to stay quiet about money he owed her
- Crime & Law
- December 22, 2018, 02:00
Declan O’Callaghan pressured client who faced losing her home as a result of unpaid funds

Trim comes together to organise proper farewell for beloved local
- Irish News
- December 22, 2018, 01:00
Co Meath community raises funds to give Margaret Lang (58) a funeral

O’Callaghan took money from accounts of dead clients to shore up firm
- High Court
- December 20, 2018, 05:00
Roscommon solicitor and his wife stand to lose all their property, including family home

Siblings regain possession of Roscommon home following eviction
- Irish News
- December 18, 2018, 00:27
Taoiseach condemns ‘violent actions of vigilantes’ against security guards at the house

Calm after the eviction storm as Strokestown property reoccupied
- Crime & Law
- December 18, 2018, 00:24
Broken glass and burnt-out vehicles bear witness to violent confrontations

Ganley asks court to throw out O’Brien case linking him to Red Flag
- High Court
- December 14, 2018, 01:00
Action is statute barred, abuse of process and vexatious, Galway businessman argues

Summons issued against Roscommon solicitor over client’s missing €450,000
- Crime & Law
- December 14, 2018, 01:00
Law Society moves to freeze bank accounts of Ballaghaderreen-based Declan O’Callaghan

Brexiteers’ expectations are ‘outside reality’, warns former Italian PM
- Politics
- December 13, 2018, 19:29
By leaving the EU after 40 years’ of membership, Britain is destroying part of itself

Suspended solicitor’s law firm investigated by Garda economic crime unit
- Crime & Law
- December 10, 2018, 01:00
Roscommon practice is at centre of claims of money being taken from client accounts

No written statements sought from Naughten
- Politics
- December 6, 2018, 20:32
Process auditor questioned about his National Broadband Plan investigation

Br Kevin takes aim at homeless strategy on his big day at the Dáil
- Social Affairs
- December 6, 2018, 17:23
Driving force behind Capuchin Day Centre is fourth recipient of Human Dignity Award

Ghost car insurance brokers are thriving on social media
- Irish News
- December 4, 2018, 01:00
Poll finds deep support for penal measures against dishonest claims and facilitators

The shooting sounded ‘like pebbles tinkling off a window pane’
- Irish News
- November 24, 2018, 01:00
Thirty-five years ago, Republican gunmen massacred worshippers at a church in Darkley, Co Armagh

Sonny Knowles’ final gig a sell-out performance
- Irish News
- November 21, 2018, 18:07
Entertainers bid farewell to man whose ‘life was happiness, music and sing-along’

Ireland seeks EU structure to share UN peacekeeping information
- Irish News
- November 20, 2018, 00:52
Initiative by Minister of State aims to increase EU participation in UN missions

Simulated terrorist attack exercise at Dublin City University
- Crime & Law
- November 16, 2018, 21:45
Operation Barracuda sees Garda, army, fire and ambulance services working together

Mellett to press Government on military pay
- Oireachtas
- November 15, 2018, 22:10
Chief of Staff says he has ‘unique’ perspective to give Pay Commission

Man who died in stabbing ‘would do anyone a good turn’, funeral told
- Irish News
- November 8, 2018, 17:01
Kildare church ‘crammed’ for farewell to David Boland

Judge throws out three personal injury claims
- Circuit Court
- November 7, 2018, 20:53
€180,000 was sought by the driver and the two passengers of car

Solicitor withheld €450,000 of award to man paralysed in car crash
- Crime & Law
- November 3, 2018, 06:00
Family seeks answers from Law Society after solicitor retained portion of €5.2m award

Men ruled by doctor to be ‘exaggerating’ injuries awarded damages
- Irish News
- October 26, 2018, 14:42
Taxi driver involved in Kildare incident also contradicted plaintiffs’ version of events

Davy Byrnes, immortalised by Joyce in ‘Ulysses’, for sale at €6m
- Food & Drink
- October 26, 2018, 06:00
Famous Dublin pub, on Duke Street, is the go-to watering hole on Bloomsday

Concession Road: Where the Border fuels business
- Irish News
- October 20, 2018, 04:01
For just 6km, the road from Castleblayney to Dundalk dips into Northern Ireland

Grant increase to help ex-service personnel
- Irish News
- October 18, 2018, 20:30
Minister ups annual payment to €100,000

Car insurance case lifts the lid on a litany of fraud cases
- Crime & Law
- October 13, 2018, 06:00
Withdrawal of case represents a significant victory for Aviva

Emma Mhic Mhathúna’s ‘ferocious love’ for her children remembered at funeral
- Irish News
- October 10, 2018, 21:23
‘She’ll be remembered as a mother, a campaigner, a fighter and a woman in a ballgown taking on the people who needed to be challen(...)

Declan Ganley’s lawyers seek discovery against Denis O’Brien
- High Court
- October 9, 2018, 01:00
Documents sought include financial details and settlement with ex-TD Colm Keaveney

Defence Forces in disarray over ‘mistaken’ email and stranded soldiers
- Irish News
- October 4, 2018, 00:08
Minister apologises to families of soldiers stuck in Syria due to ‘clearance’ issues

This coastal property on Greystones cliff road is a rare find for €595k
- New to Market
- October 4, 2018, 00:00
Owner says Bealtaine was ‘a hell of a place to grow up in’ - not surprising given its spectacular location

Defence Forces UN personnel return home from Syria delayed
- Oireachtas
- October 3, 2018, 12:11
Trying to explain to daughters that their father will not be home for another two weeks was ‘like cancelling Christmas’

Head of Defence Forces seeks to address commission directly over pay
- Irish News
- October 2, 2018, 20:12
‘There is an inextricable link between pay and being valued,’ says Mellett

Defence Forces veterans claim lack of respect being shown
- Irish News
- October 2, 2018, 00:55
Politicians to be targeted over departmental control and perceived humiliation of forces

Crew shortage prevents Naval Service vessels setting sail
- Irish News
- October 2, 2018, 00:46
Emergency meeting of top officers convened as reservists drafted to fill gaps on third ship

Tears and flowers as much-loved Lithuanian woman laid to rest in Dundalk
- Irish News
- September 26, 2018, 19:26
Funeral of Ingrida Maciokaite (31) hears how mother of two was taken ‘so violently’

Number of hospital patients dying from sepsis has declined
- Health
- September 25, 2018, 16:51
Minister says sepsis can affect any person of any age, irrespective of underlying good health or medical conditions

Pregnant and homeless: ‘We want a place where we won’t get set on fire’
- Irish News
- September 25, 2018, 01:00
Homeless couple Mark and Caroline – who is pregnant – sleep in a tent along the Luas line

Three ducks, nine geese and six sheep put the herders through their paces
- Agribusiness & Food
- September 21, 2018, 17:57
Ploughing: Shire drafts Ned and Ted let the Taoiseach take the reins in Offaly

Solution to growing rural homelessness problem put forward
- Social Affairs
- September 20, 2018, 19:42
McVerry Trust seeks to lease vacants from owners, renovate them and generate rent

National Ploughing Championships: A lot more than just ploughing
- Environment
- September 20, 2018, 19:11
Music, bread-making, vintage machinery, and sausages keep the crowds happy in Offaly

After Storm Ali cancellation, exhibitors will plough on for extra day
- Environment
- September 19, 2018, 19:21
Storm inflicted serious damage to many structures across the 150-acre site in Creggan

Storm Ali forces closure of National Ploughing Championships
- Environment
- September 19, 2018, 12:06
Second day of event cancelled after public display area suffers damage from strong winds

Sipo hearing adjourned to allow McElvaney to take court challenge
- Politics
- September 17, 2018, 13:30
Councillor threatened to walk out and claimed he was ‘entrapped’ into asking for payment

Funeral of Rev Thomas Jennings told of a life lived to the full
- Irish News
- September 17, 2018, 09:40
Daughters tell congregation it is impossible to condense father’s life into just a few words

Letter supporting Supermac’s service station written by son of project advisor
- Irish News
- August 31, 2018, 20:28
‘Neither I nor anyone in the firm was aware that any such submission was being made’, said main planning advisor to Pat McDonagh

Woman who objected to rival fast-food outlet works for Supermac’s
- Irish News
- August 29, 2018, 21:08
LinkedIn page saying woman worked for 12½ years at Supermac’s deleted after questions

Former police officer reveals indicators of radicalisation
- Crime & Law
- August 29, 2018, 19:19
Pull all information together for ‘intelligence picture’, Grahame White tells financial sector

Private investigator found no trace of objector to Supermac’s rival in Galway
- Irish News
- August 28, 2018, 20:23
Woman ‘not living’ at address from which letter opposing Eyre Square outlet was sent

First day at school: Excitement and nerves, and that’s just the teachers
- Education
- August 28, 2018, 13:08
Kildare Educate Together opened in 2012 with 20 pupils and now has 380

Supermac’s ‘requests’ Garda inquiry into forged letters
- Irish News
- August 27, 2018, 01:00
Firm earlier admitted it had agreed to underwrite the cost of submitting the letters

Locals express ‘shock’ at Supermac’s campaign revelations
- Irish News
- August 25, 2018, 01:00
Firm under fire for agreeing to cover cost of submissions backing new service area near Ennis

Supermac’s service station plan not very tasty and tempting for locals
- Irish News
- August 25, 2018, 01:00
Pat McDonagh's proposed Co Clare project will have ‘significant negative impact’

Supermac’s agreed to cover costs of campaign in forgery row
- Irish News
- August 24, 2018, 01:00
Fast food firm disowns faked submissions backing its planned service area near Ennis

Virginia Show: Everything a good country event should be
- Irish News
- August 23, 2018, 01:00
There’s farm machinery, marquees and flags, and posh girls in Dubarry boots

Taoiseach will raise child sex abuse during pope meeting
- Politics
- August 22, 2018, 18:53
Leo Varadkar says it will be short meeting but he will raise ‘as many issues as I can’

‘My signature was forged’ - Clare locals caught up in fake submissions on service station plan
- Irish News
- August 22, 2018, 12:19
Mystery surrounds forged letters of support for Co Clare service station

Supermac’s ‘shocked’ at fake views in favour of motorway service station plans
- Irish News
- August 22, 2018, 11:41
Company condemns forged planning submissions to Clare Council

‘Trump’s Pumps’ plans spark flurry of ‘forged’ letters
- Irish News
- August 22, 2018, 00:02
Clare council is sent fake views over planned motorway service area near Doonbeg

Concerns over €81,000 given to Ballaghaderreen solicitor
- Crime & Law
- August 21, 2018, 01:00
Action over money paid to Roscommon solicitor is separate to case before High Court

Ladies of Lourdes on Seán McDermott Street prepare for a pope
- Irish News
- August 17, 2018, 01:00
Hope and expectation is running high but confirmation of a visit is thin on the ground

Soldiers face extra 72 hours’ papal visit duty for €68 additional pay
- Irish News
- August 15, 2018, 21:20
Poor pay and allowances sapping morale, say supporters

A Ballaghaderreen solicitor’s spectacular fall from grace
- Crime & Law
- August 11, 2018, 05:00
Declan O’Callaghan and his wife were seen as pillars of community before finances came under scrutiny

Drennan affidavit a forensic response to INM effort to repel High Court request
- Media & Marketing
- August 9, 2018, 05:00
ODCE chief says INM senior director Len O’Hagan’s sworn statement ‘concerning’

Row between INM and former chairman Buckley laid bare
- Media & Marketing
- August 7, 2018, 05:00
Lengthy exchange of correspondence is revealed in High Court documents

High Court judge overturns 'racket' injury claim ruling
- Crime & Law
- August 1, 2018, 01:00
Passengers complained of pain despite paramedics’ evidence of little vehicle damage

Varadkar and Flanagan rule out intervening in case of jailed Howth doctor
- Irish News
- July 31, 2018, 21:57
Due process has been followed and the law must take its course, says justice minister

Junior Minister to raise case of jailed GP with Taoiseach
- Irish News
- July 31, 2018, 03:01
Public meeting hears criticism of judge who jailed Dr Bassam Naser for tax evasion

No decision yet on Athy crash inquest, says Kildare coroner
- Coroner's Court
- July 31, 2018, 00:30
Garda letter to families had suggested no inquest because trial had heard evidence

New measures to aid ‘justice being administered in public’
- Crime & Law
- July 28, 2018, 09:57
Courts Service says media to get wider access to court documents from August 1st

Howth and Sutton residents campaign in support of jailed GP
- Irish News
- July 28, 2018, 02:30
Calls on Minister to release Dr Bassam Naser, jailed for tax evasion, on compassionate grounds

Somalia promises first FGM prosecution after death of girl (10)
- Africa
- July 25, 2018, 20:08
Irish campaigners in Mogadishu highlight death of Deeqa Dahir Nuur

Mourners told Martin O’Donoghue ‘a citizen of some distinction’
- Politics
- July 24, 2018, 18:07
Congregation hears mercurial Crumlin native a ‘wonderful husband’ and good father

Farmers face winter fodder crisis following drought
- Agribusiness & Food
- July 23, 2018, 01:07
Sluggish sales at Kilkenny Mart matched by bleak outlook

Irish behind new campaign against FGM in Somalia
- Africa
- July 21, 2018, 12:39
Launch taking place as reports of 10-year-old girl bleeding to death emerge

A sister’s story: ‘She looked like she was asleep’
- Irish News
- July 21, 2018, 01:00
Louise Doyle’s account of her sister Niamh, who died in a road crash that claimed four lives, is a story of enduring love

Dublin Horse Show expected to attract 100,000 visitors to RDS
- Irish News
- July 18, 2018, 15:47
About 1,600 horses and ponies will participate in show’s various equestrian events

Gorse fires: ‘We need three or four days of rain to kill this off’
- Environment
- July 17, 2018, 05:00
Parts of Bray Head are covered in ash. Locals say area’s special status is part of problem

Shadow of a drought: how to help birds and plants survive
- Environment
- July 4, 2018, 19:01
Birds struggle to source water and food, and plants are ‘under stress’ – here’s how to help

Donegal waste collector avoids jail after court hears of apology
- High Court
- July 3, 2018, 13:22
Jim Ferry offers cash seized by CAB to remediate site but says he will file for bankruptcy

Fears for autumn and winter water supply if drought continues
- Irish News
- July 3, 2018, 01:20
Dublin consumption peaked last week at 50 million litres above normal levels

Head of Defence Forces to walk in Dublin Pride Parade
- Irish News
- June 30, 2018, 01:46
Soldiers in uniform will also participate in the LGBT event

Emma Mhic Mhathúna: ‘I wasn’t going to come into court the victim’
- High Court
- June 30, 2018, 01:00
Terminally ill Kerry woman wore her confidence proudly in legal win over HSE and Quest

Emma Mhic Mhathúna settles cervical smear case for €7.5 million
- High Court
- June 29, 2018, 13:09
HSE and US laboratory Quest Diagnostics to apologise to Kerry mother-of-five in settlement

Support for Michael Lowry remains steadfast in Tipperary heartland
- Politics
- June 28, 2018, 01:00
Few dissenting voices in Independent TD’s stronghold following court conviction

Former Defence Forces members find shelter in hostel
- Irish News
- June 27, 2018, 21:47
Brú na Bhfiann offers a haven for retired personnel down on their luck

Lowry’s trial was State’s first for ‘paying too much tax’, says his solicitor
- Crime & Law
- June 27, 2018, 10:55
Michael Collins says ‘highly oppressive’ Moriarty tribunal was waste of public money

Cork city flats cannot be refurbished with tenants in place – report
- Irish News
- June 25, 2018, 19:31
Leeside Apartments complex has ‘widespread fire safety shortcomings’

Use of mercury-based dental fillings to be phased out
- Health
- June 25, 2018, 01:46
Dentists will no longer use amalgam on teeth of children under 15 and pregnant women

Inequality breeds anxious, boastful depressives, conference hears
- Politics
- June 22, 2018, 20:45
Psychological consequences of material differences impact the poor most