IRELAND will effectively go into lockdown overnight as it braces for the impact of what is being forecast as the “worst storm it has ever seen”. Storm Éowyn is set make landfall in the early hours of ...

SAXOPHONE player and singer Paddy Cole has died at the age of 85. A familiar face from Ireland’s showband scene, the popular jazz artist hailed from Castleblayney in Monaghan. His death comes after he ...

Sean Mac Bride’s career spans the history of independent Ireland. His father was executed by the British after the 1916 Rising, when Irish independence was first proclaimed. As a teenager he fought in ...

A MILESTONE has been achieved in the Irish Defence Forces this week as a senior medical officer became the nation’s first graduate of military medicine. “History was made this week as Ireland ...

AN armed robber was arrested after targeting a store which had two plain-clothed gardaí inside. The man attempted to rob a retail premises on Military Road in Dublin 8 at around 6.55pm last night ...

SOME 298 people were arrested on suspicion of drink or drug driving in December in Northern Ireland police figures reveal. Data released by the PSNI show hundred of drivers “ignored the warnings” over ...

A SPECIAL celebration took place this week to mark 85 years since the first flight took off from what is now known as Dublin Airport. Current and former airport staff, airline workers and aviation ...

A NATIONWIDE Red Wind Warning has been issued in Ireland as Storm Éowyn threatens to wreak havoc with destructive gusts of more than 130km/h expected. Met Éireann issued the countrywide warning on ...

FOUR men have appeared in court after being arrested for disruptive behaviour at Dublin Airport this morning. The four men, aged in their late 30s and 40s, were arrested for breaches of the Air ...

FIANNA fÁIL leader Micheál Martin has accused his opponents of subverting the constitution after the failure to elect a new Táoiseach in the Dáil today. Mr Martin is expected to be nominated for the ...

GARDAÍ have revealed they are now treating the death of a man in Co. Wicklow at the weekend as a murder investigation. William Moorehouse, a 36-year-old father-of-six, died after being discovered with ...

POLICE are appealing for information following a report of an attempted arson attack by a group of hooded men on a house in Co. Antrim. Two people inside the property at the time were injured in the ...