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Endangered lapwing makes return to Northern Ireland bog thanks to conservation efforts

The bird is now red-listed on the Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland and is a Northern Ireland priority species because of its decline, ... View article...

Celebrations for Ireland's oldest ringing church bells

The 600th anniversary of the oldest ringing church bells in Ireland - and one of the oldest surviving sets in the world - will be celebrated this ... View article...

The Most Luxurious Place to Stay In Northern Ireland

The Regency in Belfast, in Northern Ireland , falls into the camp of the latter. Simply put, my stay was unforgettable and the property ranks as ... View article...

Head of Catholic Church in Ireland facing resignation call from abuse survivor over ...

Several survivors of child sex abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy have spoken out against the Archbishop Eamon Martin, primate of All Ireland , ... View article...

TV and films made in Northern Ireland to take centre stage this autumn

The fictional story is inspired by Ireland's Magdalene Laundries scandal and features Wilson as a survivor of one such institution, whose baby is ... View article...

Over 100 Court Service agency workers warned of payslip security breach after cyber attack

Over 100 agency staff working in the Northern Ireland Court Service have had their personal data breached in a cyber security attack. View article...

Sinead O'Connor: Family thank Northern Ireland charity that helped return singer's body home

The family of Sinead O'Connor have thanked a Northern Ireland charity for its help in returning her body from England following her death last ... View article...

€300,000 to be spent on assessing prisoners' mental health

The Irish Prison Service is to spend €300,000 on evaluating the mental health needs of Ireland's entire inmate population. View article...

Tens of thousands of US fans descend on Dublin for American football game

It is the largest single peacetime movement of US citizens out of the country, the US ambassador to Ireland said. View article...

United Nations to hear how Northern Ireland is 'failing disabled community'

A delegation from Northern Ireland is set to highlight the impact that a lack of government has had on the disabled community at the United ... View article...

Pictures as thousands of Northern Ireland students receive grades

Almost 31,000 students across Northern Ireland received their GCSE exam grades and some vocational qualification results on Thursday. View article...

Church signs up as a Living Wage employer as it's the 'right thing to do'

The Scaffolding Project, an anti- poverty project based at Eastside Partnership, launched the Living Wage Campaign for East Belfast last year. View article...

Almost half of 16-year-olds have mental ill-health, findings reveal

The data was published by the Mental Health Champion for Northern Ireland, Professor Siobhán O'Neil, and found that 45.2 percent of 16-year-olds ... View article...

How Irish Sea tunnel proposed in 60s became just another pipe dream

It would provide more reliable connectivity with Britain, improving Northern Ireland's access to the British market and stimulating tourist growth by ... View article...

Hundreds of teachers in Northern Ireland to begin bereavement training

The training, that will take part at seven venues across Northern Ireland , has been designed by Marie Curie and delivered in partnership ... View article...

Irish government should consider UK legal action, says Sinn Féin

What is the legacy bill? Legislation that aims to draw a line under the Northern Ireland Troubles by dealing with so-called legacy issues; The ... View article...

Budgets and Breakdowns: A Perfect Storm for Child Poverty in Northern Ireland

Child poverty in Northern Ireland could get worse as budget cuts, an absent government, and the cost-of-living crisis hit the most vulnerable ... View article...

Message in a bottle from Ireland washes up in New Jersey

A family cleaning up trash on a New Jersey beach discovered a message in a bottle that was apparently thrown into the water in Ireland about four ... View article...

Barbie' Surpasses 'Avatar,' 'Titanic' to Become Ireland's All-Time Box Office Champion

Overall, for the first seven months of 2023, admissions are higher by 6% over 2022. The other films charting in Ireland's 2023 top 10 are “Spider-Man: ... View article...

Belfast computer firm in free broadband offer in effort to tackle 'digital poverty

Digital poverty is a reality in Northern Ireland and while people might save up to buy the one-off purchase of a tablet or laptop, ... View article...

Ospreys: First breeding pair in Ireland for centuries

Evidence suggests ospreys have bred in Ireland for the first time in more than 200 years. The discovery was made at a confidential nest site in ... View article...

Hundreds of Ireland's pubs call time in major blow to tourism

For the millions of tourists who flock to Ireland each year, a pint of Guinness in a traditional Irish pub is a must. View article...

Ireland's wild data is leaving economists stumped

The growth was entirely down to Ireland's 13.1 per cent surge. Excluding “statistical quirks and distortions” in the Irish data, Mark Cus Babic, an ... View article...

Good standards key to Ireland 'maintaining' animal transport system

The key to maintaining an animal transport system out of Ireland is "good standards" according to an Irish MEP. View article...

Irish whiskey: Northern Ireland faces duty free disadvantage

The notable omission is Northern Ireland . John Hume, senior advisor for Penta Group, advisor to the UK Travel Retail Forum, says: “We have EU law and ... View article...

A-level results: NI students secure best grades across UK, but top A and A* grades drop

“I would also like to thank and pay tribute to Northern Ireland's school leaders, teachers and lecturers for the support, guidance and dedication that ... View article...

Brexit border row over capybara smuggled from England to Northern Ireland

Unlike the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland continues to follow EU rules on animal health to prevent a hard land border with the Republic of Ireland  ... View article...

Family takes 96-year-old grandfather to visit his hometown in Ireland

Family takes 96-year-old grandfather to visit his hometown in Ireland .  View article...

New electricity provider could save households €500 in market shake-up

“An Electric Ireland customer on standard rates with a 24-hour meter and who uses an average amount of electricity would save around €260 over the ... View article...

Budget increased gap between rich and poor, says charity

Social Justice Ireland is warning it against repeating this mistake in Budget 2024, and they said the state's cost of living measures have further ... View article...

Ireland among top countries for jobseekers globally

Ireland is among the most attractive countries for international jobseekers according to new research from job website Indeed. View article...

'There's a sense of unfulfillment and hopelessness': The young people leaving Ireland

Storm Betty lashes Ireland overnight. Storm Betty brought heavy rain and winds overnight resulting in flooding, road accidents and fallen trees in ... View article...

Triathlon Ireland did not sanction Youghal Ironman event 'due to adverse conditions'

In our almost 40 year history, the sport in Ireland has an impeccable safety record," he said. "For the Ironman Cork event, in line with normal ... View article...

Upcoming film to look at what Ireland will eat in 2050

The film will feature contributions from key players in the Irish food industry and look at how Ireland can seek to become more sustainable. View article...

Covid Eris variant spreading in Ireland as cases surge almost 50% and peculiar new ...

Health officials say the new Covid variant Eris has been increasing in prevalence in Ireland over the last five weeks. Concern is growing about ... View article...

How Ireland does business with Saudi Arabia, a regime with a questionable human rights record

Focus for Ireland is resolutely on business, not human rights, as several Irish lead projects in Arab kingdom. View article...

When you are dealing with a mental health issue in the home, you kind of drop ...

In June of last year, a number of parents whose children had been referred to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Camhs) took part in ... View article...

Young people leaving Ireland: 'I do love Galway but I'm emigrating for a better quality of life'

“It was never really set in stone that I was going to emigrate but there's not a lot keeping me in Ireland ,” says Evan Quirke, a newly qualified ... View article...

Bank outage does little for Ireland's tarnished image

Paschal Donohoe wasn't wrong when he said Ireland's reputation had not suffered from this week's Bank of Ireland fiasco. View article...

Ireland must show 'pragmatism' of Michael Collins in adapting to challenges of Brexit

Former RTÉ northern editor Tommie Gorman has said that Ireland must show the ... posed for Northern Ireland and Anglo Irish relations by Brexit. View article...

How is cocaine getting into Ireland?

According to recent studies, Irish people are the joint-fourth highest consumers of cocaine globally and the biggest consumers within the EU. View article...

British neglect risks Northern Ireland's future

The politics of Northern Ireland throw up strange alliances and unexpected points of agreement. For example, republicans think that the British ... View article...

Bank outage 'extremely serious' but didn't damage Ireland's reputation

Bank of Ireland has moved to assure customers that their account balances should be up-to-date after glitch View article...

9/11 firefighters to visit Ireland's unique 'living memorial' in Kinsale

9/11 firefighters to visit Ireland's unique 'living memorial' in Kinsale. Contingent of Irish American New York city fire department serving ... View article...

Inland Fisheries Ireland probing pollution in Cork suburb

A 1.5km stretch of pollution in one of the tributaries of the River Lee in Cork is being investigated by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). View article...

Are people from Northern Ireland viewed as not “properly Irish”?

“Today, in Northern Ireland , people still experience a diminishing of ... Under the Good Friday Agreement, people in Northern Ireland have the ... View article...

Song for the Mira”- the Canadian song that captured the hearts of Irish everywhere

Song for the Mira” has become the anthem of Cape Breton in Canada, but Ireland loved it too, sending two versions of the song to the top of the ... View article...

Bank of Ireland apologise for cash withdrawal glitch as technical issues now resolved

Bank of Ireland warned customers that money withdrawn from their accounts while its online and app services were down will still be ... View article...

What happens to people who withdrew money during Bank of Ireland's tech meltdown?

Some Bank of Ireland customers were able to transfer money they did not have in their accounts to external accounts and then withdraw that cash. View article...

Ireland's endangered corncrake population grows by 35%

The population of endangered corncrakes in Ireland has risen by more than a third, according to new figures. New research from the National Parks ... View article...

Irish farmers pressured to cull cows to meet climate goals

Dairy farming produces much of Ireland's emissions, but herd-owners say large-scale culling is not the answer. View article...

Islands of Ireland: Taking the blueway to visit Horse Island

There have been lots of shipwrecks in Bantry Bay near Horse Island - alongside Rabbit Island, Hog Island and Chapel Island. Islands of Ireland : ... View article...

Covid Eris variant symptoms as Ireland confirms dozens of cases and isolation rules explained

The new Covid Eris variant has been detected in Ireland , with 64 cases confirmed to date. There are a number of specific symptoms experts say to ... View article...

Nine stunning coastal walks around Ireland

Nine stunning coastal walks around Ireland . Explore hidden coves, secluded beaches, timeless watchtowers and soaring cliffs on these oceanside ... View article...

Best places for fish and chips in Ireland

Best places for fish and chips in Ireland . Straight from the bag or off a silver platter, good old fashioned fish'n'chips are hard to beat. View article...

Is Ireland about to get into a big corporate tax row with the US?

Ireland has benefited hugely from the first one, which came into effect in 2015. It resulted in many big US multinationals relocating their ... View article...

Ireland has been having the wrong neutrality debate

Ireland has been having the wrong neutrality debate. We must face up to the threats of the modern world, where cyberattacks are a reality and ... View article...

Drinking water quality not affected by widespread toxic algae blooms

Northern Ireland Water: Drinking water quality not affected by widespread toxic algae blooms. Toxic blue-green algae cloaked a vast stretch of ... View article...

Children's ombudsman accuses State of 'profound violation of children's rights' on mental ...

The “poor availability” of therapeutic services within primary care and the HSE's child and adolescent mental health service (Camhs) over the past 20 ... View article...

Interconnectors could make Ireland net exporter of electricity

Plans for a series of new electricity interconnectors between Ireland and its neighbours will help tackle high energy prices and deliver on key ... View article...

Why Ireland's biggest private landlord is struggling - despite average rents of €1,800 a month

IT MAY BE hard to believe, but even with the average rent it charges steadily creeping towards €2,000, Ireland's largest private landlord is ... View article...

Monumental' data breach exposes names, ranks of Northern Ireland police officers

Authorities released a statement saying that they had by mistake shared the names and ranks of police officers in Northern Ireland , which further ... View article...

Social welfare Ireland: Government considering child benefit increase for Budget 2024

Social welfare Ireland : Government considering child benefit increase for Budget 2024. The monthly payment was last increased in 2016. View article...

One in four unpaid carers in Northern Ireland living in poverty, research shows

The report from the Carer Poverty Commission – a group of experts who spent the last six months gathering evidence on carer poverty in ... View article...

DUP hopes for progress on Northern Ireland stalemate in weeks

The leader of Northern Ireland's biggest pro-British political party hopes to receive a "definitive" response from the British government on its ... View article...

Sinead O'Connor's final resting place in Ireland after funeral

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor she was buried as a Muslim in a Catholic cemetery at Deansgrange Cemetery in Bray, Co Wicklow, following her death on ... View article...

Sport Ireland to spend €20m on consultants for development of campus

Sports body seeking five lots of consultancy services to support development of its campus in Blanchardstown in West Dublin. Sport Ireland to ... View article...

new Covid-variant: No new public health restrictions planned despite 'wave', Varadkar says

The new Covid variant, named Eris, has been detected in Ireland , the Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed. The HSE said the variant is ... View article...

Northern Ireland police under further pressure as they investigate second data breach

The data is hugely sensitive in Northern Ireland where police officers are still sporadically targeted by dissident groups in bomb and gun attacks ... View article...

Ireland at risk of severe storms over coming months as oceans hit record temperatures

More severe storms may hit Ireland than normal over the coming months, as scientists expect record ocean temperatures driven by climate change to ... View article...

The relentless rain isn't a blip. Ireland's climate is now a year-long autumn

There's little equivocation any more about the real cause of Ireland's descent into perma-autumn or Europe's skin-stripping heatwave. View article...

Ireland is EU's most expensive place to shop and second-biggest polluter

Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions were 11.6 tonnes per capita in 2020, compared with an EU average of 7.4 tonnes. In 2020, Irish greenhouse gas ... View article...

Have you found good value while holidaying in Ireland?

Is Ireland a rip-off for tourists, or does it present good value? ... while Georgina Campbell says Ireland is not a rip-off, once you're looking ... View article...

Call for more Muslim cemeteries in Ireland after 140k funeral trek for Dlava Mohamad's family

Family of teenager killed in a car crash last week in Monaghan on the way to her debs had come to Ireland for protection from the Syrian war and ... View article...

Ireland needs a national computer chip strategy

A National Chip Strategy for Ireland should be prioritised with a target of more than doubling the size of the semiconductor industry here by 2030 ... View article...

Ireland Says Goodbye to Sinéad O'Connor

Ireland Says Goodbye to Sinéad O'Connor. In the coastal town of Bray, south of Dublin, the site of Ms. O'Connor's last Irish home, mourners prepared ... View article...

Ireland adopting hybrid working at greatest rate in EU

Commercial property group BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland reports that while back in 2019 just 7 per cent of Ireland's workforce said they “usually” ... View article...

Bathing waters Ireland: People warned against swimming at 36 Irish beaches due to heavy rain

Warnings are in place over the bathing water quality at 36 beaches in Ireland . A correlation between days of heavy rain and bathing water quality ... View article...

Ireland sees surge in work and education permits

The number of permits issued by Ireland places it seventh overall in the EU, ahead of Sweden, Belgium, and Hungary. View article...

Climate fears are beginning to burn in Ireland

Climate fears are beginning to burn in Ireland ... This month's opinion poll reveals a record 16pc identifying climate change as one of their two most ... View article...

Sinéad O'Connor tribute appears in Ireland as funeral plans announced

The tribute, which used the Irish name for Ireland , appeared 11 days after police found the singer unresponsive in a south London flat, ... View article...

Ireland Granted Over 18000 Employment Permits in First Seven Months of 2023

The government of Ireland revealed that the total number of permits issued by the sector for a period from January until July this year is 18,367, ... View article...

Former Miss Ireland Emma Waldron Engaged To Tech Guru Andrew Chen

Former Miss Ireland Emma Waldron has announced she is to wed a Silicon Valley mathematics guru after the pair locked eyes in his home town of ... View article...

BBC Northern Ireland pays £464k legal bill in employee disputes

The case between Donna Traynor and the BBC in Northern Ireland and its director Adam Smyth was settled in June with no admission of liability. View article...

Ireland is calling in foreign workers to fill labour shortage gaps

Ireland has granted 6868 employment permits to Indians in the first seven months of 2023 for fields including health, communications, ... View article...

Northern Ireland Education: Time to end 'wild west' teaching recruitment in NI says union

A union has called on the Equality Commission to investigate the “wild west” employment practices of teacher recruitment in Northern Ireland . View article...

The essential guide to visiting Ireland

Everything you need to know about exploring the Emerald Isle—when to go, where to stay, what to do, and how to get around. View article...

10 best things to do in Ireland

Hills and greenery. The Dingle Peninsula is just one of the many scenic sections along Ireland's 1,600-mile Wild Atlantic Way. View article...

Idea Ireland should move on from history with England 'ridiculous'

The suggestion that Ireland should simply move on from its history with England has been branded as 'ridiculous' by one historian. View article...

Naturalization Rules Relaxed

Citizenship applicants (including minors) can now be outside Ireland for a total of 70 days for each of the years that they are relying upon to ... View article...

Northern Ireland's 'corporate elite' businesses see sales spike to £31 billion

The list, published in association with KPMG, has showcased the performance of the biggest firms from right across Northern Ireland , ranked by ... View article...

Most-Googled over past 20 years shows Ireland's obsession with weather

To mark its anniversary in Dublin, the tech giant reflects on some of Ireland's biggest search trends over the past two decades. View article...

Ireland's tax riches are 'potentially unsustainable

A “considerable portion” of Ireland's bumper tax revenues so far this year are “potentially unsustainable” the finance minister has said. View article...

I want Ireland to be the 'best country in Europe to be a child

Launching his plan to end child poverty , Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said “happy childhoods are the foundation for realising broader economic, ... View article...

Ireland is Europe's loneliest country - this travel club aims to change all that

We are considered the loneliest country in Europe, according to a study from Alone. Its data shows “over 20% of respondents in Ireland reported ... View article...

Ireland has more teachers, doctors and nurses than ever before

The research also found that 81% of Ireland's schools are employing at least one unqualified teacher. Advertisement. Meanwhile, the INMO (Irish Nurses ... View article...

Ireland sees wettest July on record with rainfall at 215%, following hottest June

With Ireland's sweltering June having broken an 83-year record, July saw 7.04 inches (178.9mm) of rainfall. This is the highest recorded rainfall ... View article...

Extreme summer heat 'will become much more frequent' in Ireland, expert warns

Ireland has some 'leeway' for rising temperatures when compared to the UK, but we can't avoid it. Climatologist and Professor Emeritus at Maynooth ... View article...

How to plan a road trip along Ireland's Ceide Coast

The North Mayo coast is gloriously off-radar. Here’s how to spend a day enjoying its sea stacks, country cooking and clifftop walks. View article...

How do home heating oil prices compare in Northern Ireland v the Republic?

THE price of home heating oil in Northern Ireland has jumped by around 7 per cent in the space of a week, but households here are still getting a ... View article...

Ireland's average weekly rent increased by 37% between 2016 and 2022, Census data shows

Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik said Ireland's system of care for older people was predicated on the assumption that they would own their own home and ... View article...

Ireland plans interconnector expansion to EU and UK, aims to become renewable energy exporter

The Irish government has approved a new policy statement on electricity interconnections which will see Ireland explore new interconnection ... View article...

Irish government gives NI students €2m mobility funding

"Many students in Northern Ireland choose to pursue internships in Ireland in key employment sectors such as financial services and technology. "This ... View article...

Independent Scotland would 'base citizenship on Irish model'

An independent Scotland would adopt an “open and inclusive” approach to citizenship based on the Irish model, according to proposals set out in a ... View article...

Family who sought help from youth mental health service had 'devastating' experience, says father

Hundreds of families suing youth mental health services due to alleged inadequate treatment. View article...

What the CEOs of the country's biggest companies were paid last year

Pay for 19 top executives averaged €2.84m last year. Expand. Pay for bosses of Ireland's biggest listed firms ... View article...

10 of Ireland's best motorway coffee stops

10 of Ireland's best motorway coffee stops. Planning a roadtrip this summer? Tom Breathnach has 10 of the best motorway coffee ... View article...

Gogglebox Ireland star jailed for a series of dangerous driving offences

The star, who also took part in Ireland's Fittest Family on RTE, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, being uninsured, driving while disqualified and ... View article...

Ireland is 'among the most complicit' countries in enabling global tax avoidance

Ireland has been accused of being one of the most complicit countries in enabling international tax abuse by a researcher behind a global study on ... View article...