Ireland’s Greenest Places longlist: ‘Those with an acute sense of a warming world stand out’
The summer of 2026 has provided a timely reminder of the urgent need for climate action
Waterford
Edmund van Esbeck obituary: Highly respected rugby writer with encyclopedic knowledge of his sport
Passion for rugby shaped career of former Irish Times journalist but he also covered golf, had a love of hurling and was a lifelong Arsenal fan
Find romance and potentially a bargain with a 19th century Irish artist
Some Irish art from this period is selling for a fraction of the price of work by more contemporary artists
Heavy rain warning in place for six counties
Dublin also faces chance of thunderstorms, intense downpours and surface flooding
With news of Mark Zuckerberg’s Irish purchase, I became concerned I had ‘castle blindness’
Could the Norman knight who built Drimnagh Castle in 1240 have imagined it would one day sit near an Aldi?
Hosepipe ban extended to end of September in 13 counties
Ban will be lifted elsewhere from midnight on Wednesday following ‘improvement in water availability’
Properties to rent in Dublin fell by 18% despite new rules, report finds
New rent regulations triggered record 4.4 per cent hike in average market rents in first quarter
Staff call off strike at Flahavan’s oat production plant in Waterford
Unionised workers will now vote on pay deal
‘We’re well used to seeing helicopters’: Knockanore awaits latest billionaire Zuckerberg
Locals expect Facebook founder to keep to himself in west Waterford
Mark Zuckerberg and Strancally Castle
Is the Meta chief executive familiar with the concept of working remotely?
Huguenots’ legacy written across fabric of Ireland, including Waterford’s famous ‘blaas’
August 24th marks anniversary of massacre of Huguenots in France
Award-winning images of night sky capture fleeting moments not usually seen by naked eye
Reach for the Stars competition received more than 140 entries from amateur and experienced photographers
Tycoon towers: Irish castles and houses owned by the global super rich
Meet the billionaire boys’ club snapping up Ireland’s finest country homes
Original home of Mark Zuckerberg’s Irish castle is immortalised in verse as the site of gruesome deeds
‘Gasping shrieks’ of victims could be heard from the fortress that once stood on the land of Strancally Castle, Co Waterford
Mark Zuckerberg buys Strancally Castle in Co Waterford
Tech billionaire and wife acquire Strancally Castle in off-market transaction
Four seaside and lake homes around Ireland from €600,000
A split-level luxury home in Co Clare, a New England-style residence in Waterford and more
Elderly man may have underestimated severity of burns from candle, inquest hears
Retired teacher was injured when his pyjama bottoms caught fire as he slept
I found the racism of my black Irish childhood embarrassing. Now it has given way to fear
Growing up in Waterford, I naively believed Ireland might sidestep the entrenched divisions of its near neighbours
‘I’m not going to make it’: Man feared for life after shark mauling off Waterford
Sebastian Achim was airlifted to hospital after 1.5m-long blue shark bit his leg on deck of boat and ‘ripped’ part of his calf
Ireland’s childcare black spots: ‘I have knocked at every creche door. I don’t want to quit my job’
Rachana Nagaraja was told she ‘might have a chance next September’ – ‘and I think that’s because I cried’
Staff at oat producer Flahavan’s plant in Waterford to vote on industrial action
Unite union says this is due to introduction of ‘unseen and unagreed’ policy tied to pay deal
‘Thousands of special viewing glasses’ sold for most prominent solar eclipse in 27 years
Almost all the sun is expected to blocked out in Ireland next Wednesday evening
Camping in Ireland: Holiday for less than €500 a week for a family of four
With prices starting as low as €15 a night, the camping and caravanning sector is enjoying a long, hot summer
Profits slump at Queally family-owned meat processor, Arrow Group
Family shareholders take €1.8m dividend as group sees sales rise 6% and reports profit of €15.8m
All Together Now 2026: The weekend in pictures
From Britpop rockers Pulp on Friday to electronic dance duo Disclosure’s closing set on Sunday evening, 2026’s All Together Now saw a weekend stacked with music, laughs and eccentric fashion
Anna von Hausswolff at All Together Now 2026: Not just brilliant but genuinely surprising
Swedish musician evokes apocalypse, environmental collapse and spiritual darkness in songs striving towards the light
Róis at All Together Now 2026: Traditional keening like you’ve never heard it before
A very good show and an exciting glimpse of the freer, more unpredictable artist Róis could become
All Together Now 2026 highs and lows: Kneecap’s Irish Goodbye, €11 curry chips and Kate Nash’s tin whistle
Curraghmore Estate in Co Waterford was packed with 35,000 festivalgoers over the weekend. Here’s what we loved and what we didn’t
Pulp at All Together Now 2026: Common People remains the ultimate takedown of nepo babies
Britpop’s supreme ironists send fans new and old back to their tents chuffed to have witnessed something special
‘What was a beautiful habitat now is black soot’: Ireland’s wildfires devastate wildlife
Mammals, small reptiles and amphibians losing shelter and food due to blazes in Tipperary, Wicklow and Waterford
Dry Cleaning at All Together Now 2026: Shin-kicking post-punks kick off the weekend with a flourish
Blending poetry and indie pop, the London band have a formula but it’s a good one
In pictures: Festival-goers arrive for All Together Now
Seventh edition of All Together Now will see Kneecap, Pulp and Underworld among headline acts
Thousands of music, Mayo and Glen Hansard fans descend on All Together Now
Kneecap, Pulp and Disclosure to headline this weekend’s Waterford music festival
Man (35) found guilty of murdering his partner Gillian Curran in Waterford
Marcus O’Neill will be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin in October
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