Sixteen people were discovered sealed in a truck on a ferry traveling from France to Ireland, officials said Thursday.more

A former Tesco employee, who took a €25,000 voluntary redundancy package unaware he had an option of continuing to work night shifts in the store, has been awarded €25,000 damages on top of his original €25,000 redundancy pay-out.more

Rent prices around the country have risen by 5.2% in the past year and the average monthly price of rent is now 1,403 euro, according to a new report from property website Daft.ie. more

The Dublin Mint Office has launched new limited edition medals to celebrate the 40 anniversary of Pope John Paul II's historic visit to Ireland. The pontiff's 1979 visit marked the first to Ireland by any pope and the centenary of the reputed apparitions at the Shrine of Knock in August 1879.more

A man has died following a fishing accident in Co Clare this afternoon. The victim had been fishing with another man at Castle Point near Kilkee in the west of the county when the tragedy occurred at around 2.30pm on Saturday.more

The Irish authorities are still convinced that Brexit's delay is better than Britain's exit from the European Union without agreement - said Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney yesterday.more

The official account of Auschwitz, a former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, has tweeted pictures of Cork's Intreo office demanding for a makeshift sign to be removed.more

A facilities firm has been ordered to pay €30,000 to a catering assistant who had her bottom pinched by a chef/manager in a series of sexual harassment incidents involving the senior colleague.more

The introduction of a 30 cent increase to the minimum wage has been deferred due to the threat of a no-deal Brexit.more

Leo Varadkar has said Ireland would likely agree to a request by the UK for a Brexit extension. more

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will unveil detailed plans for Brexit to the European Union before Thursday this week, including how to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland, a government source told Reuters on Monday night.more

The '4-Day Week Ireland' group is the homegrown leg of an international coalition of unions, business, environmental and women's groups who are promoting the benefits of a shorter working week. more

The head of Irish diplomacy Simon Coveney, who paid a visit to Brussels yesterday, said that there is still a big difference of opinion between London and the European Union, and the British have not yet presented a "serious written proposal for agreement" on Brexit.more

Up to one-third of Irish farms could be forced out of business in the event of no-deal Brexit, a Central Bank study has warned.more

Dublin's Stoneybatte district has been given the title of Ireland's "coolest" neighbourhood" and ranks in the top 50 in the world, according to Time Out magazine. more

Women are often the brunt of stereotypical jokes when it comes to driving ability but new research which analysed a drivers habits over six months using a "smart driver" tool has shown that Irish females are actually better drivers than their male counterparts.more

Removing the so-called a backstop without providing a suitable replacement would equal Brexit without a deal - Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said today in Dublin before talking to his British counterpart Boris Johnson.more

Brexit is expected to dominate a meeting between Boris Johnson and Taoiseach (Irish PM) Leo Varadkar in Dublin later. It will be their first face-to-face meeting since Mr Johnson became prime minister in July. He has ruled out asking the EU to delay the Brexit deadline of 31 October - but the Irish government said it would support another extension.more

Visiting Ireland, US Vice President Mike Pence called on the European Union to negotiate "in good faith" with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and reach a respectful agreement on Britain's Brexit agreement.more

Irish media reported a racist attack on one of Dublin's buses. A Polish woman heard from one of her fellow passengers that she should "throw her son out the window."more

Ireland's deputy prime minister has hit back at suggestions that the EU is finally bending to Boris Johnson's demands to drop the backstop on the Irish border.more

Ireland will try to block a free trade deal between the EU and South American Mercosur bloc unless Brazil takes action to protect the Amazon rainforest, Irish Prime Minister Leo Vardakar was quoted as saying on Friday.more

Almost 130 motorists on average are having their vehicles clamped each day in Dublin city. more

The High Court in Dublin has blocked a proposed strike by Ireland-based Ryanair pilots on Thursday and Friday.more

During a 30 minute conversation by phone with UK Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay, Tánaiste Simon Coveney "conveyed disappointment" with Boris Johnson's letter to the EU.more