The public needs to play a transformational part to help Ireland meet its emission reduction targets, say the authors of a new report which warns that the country’s emissions are rising rather than falling.more

Hundreds of migrants who have had their visa applications refused are to be deported in the coming weeks following the Government's hardening of its immigration policy.more

The HSE’s chief clinical officer has said that health care systems across Europe are concerned at the higher than expected levels of influenza in Australia at present as traditionally such conditions are replicated the following winter in the northern hemisphere.more

Staples like pasta and bread are rising in price while the humble potato is among the few items to decrease, according to the latest Consumer Price Index. more

Bill to be brought forward in autumn will create new ‘aggravated’ versions of existing offence.more

A hospital has installed beehives to ease the fears of children who have suffered life-threatening reactions to bee and wasp stings. more

Coalition believes First Home scheme will fund up to 8,000 homes over four years.more

The State’s economic outlook comes with high downside risks but remains positive despite some fierce headwinds and the worst cost-of-living crisis in a decade.more

Efforts to manage seriously violent inmates in Irish prisons, including those viewed as "possessing a serious potential to kill", have been ineffective or even counterproductive. more

The number of people resident in Ireland but registered as paying tax elsewhere increased more than five-fold between 2014 and 2019, it has emerged.more

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin today visited Borodzianka near Kiev during a visit to Ukraine. The purpose of the visit is to demonstrate solidarity with Ukraine in the war started by Russia, which Martin described as "immoral and unprovoked".more

IRELAND’S secret codeine epidemic has claimed dozens of lives since 2018, the Irish Sun has learned - amid calls by an expert to remove the pain pills from over the counter sale.more

Polish people living in Ireland are being extradited back to their native country for offences as minor as possession of €50 worth of cannabis. more

Revenues were boosted by a 105% year-on-year increase in online sales while pharmacy sales increased by 21.1% as a result of an increase in Covid-19 testing and vaccinations more

Students planning to move away from home for the upcoming academic year should budget at least €13,305 if they’re moving to Dublin, but staying at home might save them about €7,000.more

Ireland could be heading into a winter food crisis, with extreme weather and Russia's invasion of Ukraine putting severe strain on global supplies, one of Ireland's foremost climate scientists has warned.more

Ireland now tops the table along with notoriously pricey Denmark as the most expensive country in the EU for everyday expenses, leading experts to call for a Minister for Consumer Affairs.more

A return to mandatory mask-wearing is not considered necessary at this time, despite the summer wave of Covid-19, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. more

Hoteliers have blamed high energy costs, supply shortages, and 'pent-up' demand for the soaring hotel prices that are "damaging Ireland's reputation internationally". more

Hard-pressed householders could see their energy bills rise by as much as €70 per week if prices continue to surge on their current trajectory.more

The backers of the Irish franchise for healthy fast-food chain Leon have made a decision to wind up the company after Covid changed office-worker eating patterns.more

A concerted effort is under way to position Ireland as a centre for international dispute resolution. While the potential for Dublin to become an international legal hub has been talked up in the wake of Brexit, efforts to turn that vision into a reality will gather pace today with the opening of the inaugural Dublin International Disputes Week (DIDW).more

Wojciech Chmielarz, the author of the book and screenwriter of the series "Żmijowisko" and "Wyrwa", was the star of the 2nd O'Czytani Literary Festival at the Polish Biblary Library in Dublin. The event was addressed to all those who want contact with their mother tongue, authors, writers and figures who take an active part in cultural life in the country and in Ireland.more

The ITAKA Foundation - Center for Missing People, at the request of the family and in cooperation with the police, is searching for the missing Damian Urbański.more

A rare copy of the 1916 Proclamation which can be traced directly to the General Post Office (GPO) during the Easter Rising has been gifted to University College Cork (UCC) and is set to go on public display. more