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The parties in Northern Ireland have reached an agreement on a new First Minister, averting a new crisis.

June 17, 2021

Northern Ireland's major political parties agreed on Thursday to support a replacement for former First Minister Arlene Foster, averting a new political crisis in the...

Ireland

Report reveals grim infant death toll, cruelty at Church-run homes in Ireland

January 13, 2021

The report, which covered 18 so-called Mother and Baby Homes where over decades young pregnant women were hidden from society, is the latest in a...

COVID-19 Ireland

Northern Ireland hospitals under pressure ‘like never before’: health minister

January 11, 2021

Northern Ireland’s health minister on Sunday night said COVID-19 was placing the healthcare system under pressure “like never before,” as one hospital appealed on social...

COVID-19 Europe Health Ireland

Suddenly overwhelmed, Ireland says thousands of COVID-19 cases yet to be added to tally

January 2, 2021

Ireland said on Friday it had under-reported coronavirus cases in recent days by thousands more than previously known as its system came under strain, suggesting...

Ireland Nigeria

Buhari demands justice for Nigerian killed in Ireland

January 1, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has demanded justice for a Nigerian who was killed in Ireland. Buhari, through the Chairman and CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission...

COVID-19 Ireland

Irish health chief concerned by unexpected rise in COVID-19 cases

November 15, 2020

An unexpected 10% rise in the five-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases in Ireland threatens to reverse a recent sharp drop in the incidence...

Europe Ireland

Ireland planning airport COVID-19 testing to enable travel: minister

October 11, 2020

Ireland plans to introduce coronavirus testing at airports as part of a possible alternative to quarantine for some arriving passengers, although it is not clear...

Europe Ireland

Couple filmed having sex in the street avoid jail time

September 29, 2020

A couple in Ireland who were filmed having sex on a busy street in broad daylight have been spared jail time. The couple, Natasha...

Ireland Nigeria

Three Nigerian men become first people in the history of Ireland to be charged over alleged romance scam

September 20, 2020

Three Nigerian men have been declared the first people in Irish history to be charged over alleged romance scam, The Irish Sun reports. The...

COVID-19 Ireland

Half of Covid patients in Irish study suffer ongoing fatigue

September 18, 2020

Even those who have milder symptoms of the virus may suffer longer-term effects, the research suggests Hector RETAMAL AFP/File More than half of patients and...

Ireland Sport

Irish President leads tributes after Derby winner Smullen dies aged 43

September 16, 2020

Irish President Michael D Higgins led the tributes to 2016 Epsom Derby winning jockey Pat Smullen who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 43 GLYN...

Europe Ireland United Kingdom

Johnson’s claim the EU wants to create N Ireland border ‘simply not true’, Ireland says

September 13, 2020

Two former British PMs who played crucial roles in bringing peace to Northern Ireland joined forces Sunday to urge MPs to reject government plans to...

Europe Ireland

Ireland to set September 21 date for full pub reopening: Irish Times

September 8, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Pub doors are locked in the Temple Bar area, as bars across Ireland close voluntarily to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Dublin,...

Europe Ireland

Car crash leaves this woman without a forehead when her knees slammed into her face

September 7, 2020

A woman was left without a forehead for two years after her feet slammed into her face when her car crashed. Grainne Kealy’s feet were...

Europe Ireland Vietnam

Irish man pleads guilty to 39 counts of manslaughter over Vietnamese lorry deaths

August 29, 2020

Police escort the truck that was found to contain a large number of dead bodies, moving it from an industrial estate in Thurrock, south England...

Europe Ireland

EU trade chief Hogan quits over Ireland COVID-19 ‘golfgate’ controversy

August 26, 2020

Phil Hogan quit as the EU’s Trade Commissioner on Wednesday after days of pressure over allegations he breached COVID-19 guidelines during a trip to his...

COVID-19 Europe Ireland

Irish PM accepts minister’s resignation over COVID-19 breach

August 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Dara Calleary, Deputy Leader of Fianna Fail pictured at the launch of their general election manifesto in Dublin, Ireland January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Lorraine...

COVID-19 Europe Ireland

Irish health chiefs to consider if more COVID-19 restrictions needed

August 17, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Pub doors are locked in the Temple Bar area, as bars across Ireland close voluntarily to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Dublin,...

Europe Ireland

Irish women saved clinging to lobster pot after 15 hours at sea

August 14, 2020

Two cousins who were blown out to off Ireland's west coast were found clinging to a buoy on a lobster pot after a 15-hour ordeal...

Europe Ireland Nigeria

Ireland, FG sign MoU to return €5.5m Abacha Loot

August 14, 2020

Ireland has signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal government to return €5.5 million looted by Sani Abacha, the late head of state, to...

COVID-19 Europe Ireland

Ireland expects significant number of COVID-19 cases in coming days

August 8, 2020

FILE PHOTO: People learn to windsurf in Rusheen Bay amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Galway, Ireland, July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne DUBLIN (Reuters)...

COVID-19 Europe Ireland

Ireland says rise in COVID-19 reproduction rate ‘a serious concern’

August 6, 2020

FILE PHOTO: People queue up to enter a fun park amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Galway, Ireland, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne DUBLIN...

Ireland

Crowd gathers ahead of Nobel laureate John Hume’s funeral

August 4, 2020

The body of Northern Irish politician John Hume is taken into St Eugene's Cathedral in Derry Paul Faith AFP A socially distanced crowd gathered as...

Europe Ireland

John Hume, Northern Irish politician who won Nobel Peace Prize, dies at 83

August 3, 2020

Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Hume pictured in Belfast in November 2013. © Peter Muhly, AFP John Hume, a Roman Catholic architect of Northern Ireland's Good...

COVID-19 Ireland Tech

Northern Ireland launches UK’s first COVID-19 tracker app

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

The developer NearForm, which hopes the app will become a blueprint eventually synching up all of Europe, launched a similar app in Ireland on July...

COVID-19 Ireland

Pandemic purgatory: Irish priest in holy island virus vigil

July 30, 2020

Father Laurence Flynn has been holding vigil at Lough Derg since lockdown began Paul Faith AFP As people in Ireland endured months of coronavirus lockdown...

COVID-19 Ireland United States

How Ireland built its COVID-19 contract tracing app, which is so successful that US states want to use it

July 25, 2020

NearFormIreland’s contact-tracing app. Countries the world over have tried to find ways to track the spread of the coronavirus through their citizens’ smartphones, with varying...

Ireland

Irish minister fired two weeks after new government formed

July 15, 2020

An Irish government minister from the party of Prime Minister Micheál Martin was dismissed on Tuesday just over two weeks after his Fianna Fail party...

Ireland

Ireland likely to move to final phase of lockdown next week, deputy PM says

July 14, 2020

Ireland looks set to enter the fourth and final phase of its COVID-19 lockdown next week, which will allow all bars and nightclubs to open...

Ireland Turkey

Hagia Sophia the latest Muslim-Christian tussle over holy sites

July 12, 2020

A top Turkish court has revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a...

Ireland Tech

Two-time Irish champion jump jockey Geraghty retires

July 12, 2020

Barry Geraghty, on Saint Roi, celebrates after winning the Randox Health County Handicap Hurdle Race at the Cheltenham Festival in March this year Glyn KIRK...

COVID-19 Ireland

Irish pubs may be prosecuted for COVID-19 public health breaches

July 9, 2020

Twenty-six Irish pubs face possible prosecution and the risk of losing their licences over potential breaches of health regulations introduced to control the spread of...

Ireland

Irish pub reopening could be delayed after ‘worrying’ crowds outside bars, PM says

July 7, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Pub doors are locked in Dublin, as bars across Ireland close voluntarily to curb the spread of coronavirus. March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Lorraine O'Sullivan/File...

COVID-19 Ireland

Ireland delays easing of travel restrictions until July 20

July 5, 2020

Passengers walk past a sign directing them to specific lines for EU and non EU passports as they arrive at Dublin Airport in Ireland, September...

Ireland

Northern Ireland’s O’Neill rejects DUP call to step aside

July 3, 2020

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill rejected calls on Thursday by her partner in government, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), to stand down temporarily...

Ireland

Ireland’s ex-president, Mary Robinson, to lead probe into AfDB Chief

July 2, 2020

Akinwumi Adesina Ireland’s former president Mary Robinson will lead a panel to investigate the leader of the African Development Bank (AfDB), accused by whistleblowers of...

COVID-19 Ireland

Health officials warn new Irish PM over reopening air travel

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

New Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said on Monday he would take a cautious approach to opening up air travel after health authorities warned this...

COVID-19 Ireland

Ireland to keep its 14-day quarantine on British travellers: Sunday Times

June 28, 2020

Ireland will maintain a 14-day quarantine for travellers from the British mainland in July even as it plans to ease travel restrictions with some countries,...

Ireland Politics

Rotating premiership in recession should force “spiky pragmatism” on Irish leaders

June 28, 2020

Bitter rivals since civil war nearly a century ago, Ireland’s two main centrist parties joined forces for the first time on Saturday under a deal...

COVID-19 Ireland

Growth in young Irish COVID-19 cases ‘a real concern’: chief doctor

June 28, 2020

People sit in a park while practicing social distancing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dublin, Ireland, May 17, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne...

Ireland Politics

Martin named new Irish prime minister, vows to tackle deep recession

June 27, 2020

Ireland’s parliament picked veteran opposition leader Micheál Martin as prime minister on Saturday to head the first ever coalition uniting the two parties that have...

Ireland Politics

Irish coalition deal approved to end political deadlock

June 27, 2020

Ireland’s two dominant centre-right parties and the smaller Green Party agreed on Friday to form a new coalition government that will focus on climate action...

Ireland Politics

Green Party approval seals Irish coalition deal

June 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin is seen after the announcement of voting results in a count centre, during Ireland's national election, in Cork,...

Ireland Politics

Irish parties vote on coalition deal, all eyes on Greens

June 26, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Eamon Ryan, the leader of the Irish Green Party, is photographed during a television interview during the build-up to Ireland's national election in...

Ireland

Irish parties to sign off on coalition deal on Monday: Fianna Fail

June 15, 2020

Irish political parties Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Green Party will sign a deal on the formation of a new coalition government on Monday,...

COVID-19 Ireland

Irish PM says good chance social distancing rule can be relaxed

May 29, 2020

2-3 minutes FILE PHOTO: Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar speaks at a count centre, during Ireland's national election, in Citywest, near Dublin, Ireland, February 9,...

Ireland

Ireland Records No New COVID-19 Deaths, First Time In 10 Weeks

May 26, 2020

People employ social distancing as they queue at shops in Dublin City centre in Ireland on May 18, 2020. PAUL FAITH / AFP Ireland...

Europe Ireland

Ireland and the healing power of words in a time of crisis

May 22, 2020

In the opening weeks of the lockdown, Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney's promise of reward for endurance struck a chord across Ireland DUBLIN - Ireland...