“This is not just an attack on a playground it is an attack on the whole community,” he said. “It is our neighbours, families and children who ultimately lose out when facilities like this are ...

Two schools in Portadown remained closed this morning due to the ongoing dispute. St John the Baptist Primary School Bunscoil Eoin Baiste announced it would remain closed in a statement on social ...

LAST UPDATE | 25 Sep IT WAS, AT the same time, the best- and worst-kept secret in Irish show business. A small crowd started gathering outside Mount Temple shortly after 9am in the hope of catching a ...

ONE OF THE largest companies Ireland has ever produced was finally sold during the week. A group of private equity firms has agreed to pay almost €7 billion for the Dublin-based group, ending a months ...

It is expected to lift at 10am. A STATUS RAIN orange warning has taken effect for six counties across Munster and Leinster. Met Éireann said “very heavy” thundery rain, potential flooding and wave ...

LOOKING FOR A juicy new series with a bizarre crime at its centre, and some of Irish screen royalty starring in it? Then you’ll definitely want to watch Tall Tales & Murder. Here’s what you need to ...

LAST UPDATE | 26 Sep A YOUNG MAN was killed in a hit-and-run in Co Kerry in the early hours of this morning. The male pedestrian, aged in his late teens, was hit by a van shortly after 3am on the N69 ...

Residents in Drumcree went to the High Court this morning to fight the decision to allow an Orange Order march through their community.

ONE OF THE country’s major builders has blasted plans for a new town in northwest Dublin in a former landfill in Dunsink, saying it won’t succeed unless big changes are made to what’s on offer for ...

A WOMAN IN her 70s has died following a three-car collision in Co Wexford this afternoon. Gardaí and emergency services responded to the crash on the N30 at Ballymackesy, Clonroche, shortly after ...

US RAPPER MACKLEMORE has announced a “Free Palestine” tour and will bring it to Dublin next month. Paris and London are the other two stops confirmed on the tour so far. Macklemore made headlines ...

THE CREATOR OF Love/Hate has said it’s nearly impossible to get fresh stories onto screen these days, and that for every 10 scripts he writes, nine go nowhere. Stuart Carolan was speaking ahead of the ...