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A piper plays a lament as the funeral of Veronica Dunne pauses the National Concert Hall where people gathered to pay their respects before the hearse continued on its way to St Josephs Church in Terenure. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Veronica Dunne ‘radiated’ light into lives of others, funeral Mass hears

Veronica (Ronnie) Dunne was a legendary singer, an inspirational teacher and a loving mother who radiated light into the lives of others, her funeral (...)

The Irish Times’ Feeder School supplement gives a school-by-school breakdown on the number of students progressing to higher-level education and shows what third-level institution they have registered with. Photograph: Getty
More students from Deis schools progressed to third level in 2020

Click here to download the full 2020 Feeder School tables Deis-designated schools saw an increase in student progression to third-level edu(...)

Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said ‘we have witnessed during the shock of this pandemic a resurgence of some of the things that are central to human community.’ Photograph: Getty
Archbishops welcome return of public worship but ‘testing times’ for North

Dublin’s two Archbishops have welcomed the lifting of Government pandemic restrictions that will see public worship resume in the Republic from Tuesda(...)

An Air Corp AW139 helicopter. The fleet will not be grounded as it not is believed the incident was due to a ‘significant mechanical defect’. File photograph: Aidan Crawley
Irish Air Corps will not ground helicopter fleet after door fell off mid-flight

The Irish Air Corps has said it will not ground its fleet of six Agusta Westland AW139 helicopters after the door of one fell off mid-flight on Thursd(...)

An empty car park as Fr Paddy Stanley says the Sunday 9.30am mass in St Brendan’s Church, Coolock, Dublin which was closed to the public but broadcast live on the webcam. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Small numbers at Sunday Masses and services, with most live-streamed

At a Mass in a nearly-empty St Andrew’s Church on Dublin’s Westland Row on Sunday morning, Fr Enda Cunningham asked “is God with us or not? Perhaps no(...)

Vincent Black, a farmer from Cavan, among tractors parked on Merrion Square in Dublin city centre as a protest by farmers over the prices they get for their produce continues. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA
Traffic disruption to continue overnight as Dublin tractor protest continues

Parts of Dublin city centre remain closed to traffic overnight on Wednesday due to a tractor blockade by farmers. Around 100 tractors and trailers a(...)

Archaeological works ongoing on Monday at the site where Apollo House previously stood, on the junction of Tara Street and Poolbeg Street in Dublin city centre. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni
Where a house of God succumbed to Apollo: Church ruins revealed in Dublin dig

The ruins of a large Catholic church which was built in the centre of Dublin more than 300 years ago have been discovered on the Apollo House site. T(...)

Irish Community Rapid Response’s chief executive John Kearney and pilot Capt John Murray at Kerry Airport after the emergency medical service’s first flight. File photograph: Don MacMonagle/PA Wire
Charity-led air ambulance completes 100 missions in two months

Ireland’s first charity-led air ambulance service has launched a major fundraising drive to meet its annual €2 million running costs as it revealed it(...)

Students at the global climate change strike in Dublin’s Merrion Square on Friday. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/The Irish Times
Excited and enraged, children take to Dublin’s streets as part of global protest

Shortly before 2pm on Friday the sometimes excited and sometimes enraged chatter of the young people flooding three sides of Dublin’s Merrion Square c(...)

Cpt John Murray (centre) with crew Paul Traynor and Brian O’Callaghan and the new air ambulance at Rathcoole aerodrome in north Co Cork. Photograph: Don MacMonagle
Air ambulance to tackle emergencies in Munster and south Leinster

A new charity air ambulance which will provide emergency medical services for up to two million people in Munster and south Leinster has been official(...)

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