More than 180,000 visitors and 80,000 crew set to arrive from March to September

Heavy rain to be followed by near-freezing temperatures for St Patrick’s Day

Brittany Ferries will sail from Cork to Santander twice a week

Conference hears State’s ‘green branding’ is ‘evaporating before our eyes’ due to emissions

The 17th-century Beaulieu House will soon be home to a large solar energy farm

Rail and bus services to be restored and colleges reopen but schools remain closed

Government plan designed to help meet targets to reduce emissions by 2030

Garda Eve Doherty charged with harassing Elizabeth Howlin

Creators of popular Facebook page Funky Fashion Frolics outshine all at racecourse

Postmortem due on body of Rita Apine (29) who was found with serious injuries

Woman in 20s dies in hospital after being discovered with serious injuries in Freshford

Three 900-tonne cranes built by Liebherr first ever such cargo to leave Irish shores

Investors remain wary of Trump victory given experience of misleading Brexit polls

As minister he helped overcome British reluctance during Anglo Irish Agreement talks

A “red list” of Ireland’s threatened moth species finds about 16 per cent of our 500-odd larger moths warranting concern, with seven species in danger of extinction

None of the households visited by ‘The Irish Times’ had smoke alarms or fire blankets

Man’s prosecution represented ‘significant’ Garda failure, Supreme Court rules

Surprise phone call to London Irish Centre led to donation of 10,000 books

Anne Ferris talks of blow to self-confidence as she joins the unemployed

‘MV Northern Dedication’ some 230m long, carrying 5 million bananas from Central America

Party leader says she will act ‘in interests of the party’ once new government is formed

Labour’s Michael McCarthy loses seat as does Noel Harrington from Fine Gael

Market traders ignored a more than 5% drop in Japan’s Nikkei

View from the floor: Some say party should stay only if strong enough to influence policy

Environmentalists accused Government of seeking free pass for farming sector

Almost 150,000 visitors from cruise liners spend an estimated €15m in the region

Policy document says supports could help double number of affordable places to 50,000

Amendments sought removal of four State-backed agencies from new expert group

Deputy director general Kevin Bakhurst says groupthink does not exist at the broadcaster

Slurry-pit death of father of two (37) in west Cork a ‘scene of horror’, says coroner

Sinn Féin candidate in Cork South West hopes to become first woman TD for the area

Brent oil prices dropped to under $57 per barrel - its lowest level since May 2009

A-list of 30 Bills includes 11 carried over from earlier this year

Burton’s leadership style impresses as think-in a fairly relaxed and pleasant affair

Party likely to push for changes to tax bands and credits

Over 300 families newly homeless in Dublin since January, including nearly 650 children

At least four Ministers of State in jeopardy in the reshuffle

Labour is pushing for Mr Gilmore to succeed Máire Geoghegan-Quinn on the European Commission

Brent crude oil prices was up 41 cents at $114.67 a barrel

Oh dear God, but the Labour husting was boring, with everyone trying to find different ways of saying the same thing