Artist João Brutto Adnet created this tragic cling film scene on Grafton Street, linking the Irish Famine with the starvation children are suffering in Gaza.

Wexford County Council has been urged to take urgent action on a derelict and dangerous building in Wexford town, which is “being used as a playground” by children younger than ten years old.

There has been a fall in petrol prices at the forecourts this month, with diesel prices holding steady. Unleaded petrol now averages €1.73 per litre, according to the latest monthly fuel price survey ...

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami waves of up to 5 metres (16 feet) and sparked evacuation orders in Hawaii and across the Pacific on ...

The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council (NCPC) has warned that there are signs of a potential repeat of the loss of economic dynamism that preceded the Celtic Tiger bust.

A man who ran what was described as an ‘amateurish’ drug supply business has been given a five-year suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Court.

Gardaí have launched an investigation following the discovery of man’s body in the village of Kilgarvan. The tragic discovery was made just off Main Street in the early hours of this morning, July 30.

Residents of the highest village in Ireland turned out in their droves last Saturday night to take part in a bon voyage party for local girl Nancy Lehane who is this year’s Cork Rose.

Rescuers comprising local mountaineers and porters resumed efforts on Wednesday to reach injured German Olympic gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier on a peak in northern Pakistan, officials said.

Health insurer VHI is to increase the cost of seven plans just weeks after previous hikes Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news Damp and humid day on the ...

Ruaidhri O’Connor in situ in Sydney provides the latest on the Lions as they face their last Test of this tour on Saturday.

The main road view of a fire station that serves a Cork town has been branded a “disgrace.” Macroom Fire Station, which is located on the Gurteenroe Road, was officially opened in September 2022. But ...