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Cardinal snubs Kenny over abortion
Boston's cardinal is to boycott a Jesuit college's graduation where Taoiseach Enda Kenny is the commencement speaker, over his support for abortion laws.
Five held over jewellery shop raid
Five men have been arrested after an armed heist at a jewellery shop.
Call over Israeli West Bank goods
Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore has deemed goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank should be treated as illegal.
Lynott statue damaged by vandals
A statue in honour of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott has been badly damaged after vandals pushed it over.
Airport trials immigration e-gates
Adult airline passengers from Ireland and dozens of European countries will be allowed to check themselves through immigration in a new self-service border control.
Offender rise 'causing space issue'
The children's minister has blamed the shortage of room in detention centres on a threefold increase in the number of young offenders.
Warning over background checks
Some 40% of staff working in a state child protection and welfare bureau have not been vetted by gardai.
Two held over Kehoe office fire
Two men have been arrested after an arson attack on the Government Chief Whip's constituency office.
Two held in house fire death probe
Two arrests have been made in an investigation into the death of a man whose body was found after a house fire.
Gravely ill Nolan sister unable to attend own book launch
Singer Bernie Nolan, who is battling terminal cancer, was too ill to attend the publication of her memoir, 'Now and Forever'.
Schoolchildren to mark Great Famine
Schoolchildren are to hold a minute's silence to remember those who died in the Great Famine.
Irish prison officer's family meet Gerry Adams over killer
The family of the only prison officer murdered in the Republic are hopeful of getting to the bottom of the killing after meeting Gerry Adams, they said.
4,500 Irish students using 'sugar daddy' service
More than 4,000 hard-up Irish students have signed up to a 'sugar daddy' dating service to pay their way through college.
Top cleric slams Irish abortion legislation
The newly-installed Catholic Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh has hit out at provisions in the Irish government's proposed abortion legislation.
Irish man's shop rampage like scene in 'Falling Down'
An Irish judge said that he was reminded of a rampage in a Michael Douglas film by the actions of a man in court who caused €12,000 damage with a wooden club in a computer store.
Hope for prison officer's family
The family of the only prison officer murdered in the Republic of Ireland are hopeful of getting to the bottom of the killing after meeting Gerry Adams, they said.
Nanny gets child murder trial date
A tentative trial date has been set for an Irish nanny charged with murder over the death of a baby in the US.
Nurses threaten industrial action
Nurses have become the latest public sector workers to ratchet up pressure on the Government with threats of industrial action if it imposes pay cuts.
Informants code measures proposed
Gardai who fail to comply with rules on informants should be removed from their position and retrained, the Garda Ombudsman has said.
Many young 'consider emigration'
More than a quarter of the Irish population have had a close family member emigrate over the past two years, a stark new report reveals.
Radio One's Big Weekend
Three-day festival underway in Derry
Belfast Telegraph Runher 2013
Hundreds of women take part in 10k race
Review: The Hangover Part III
Comedy with big following means blockbuster
Cannes femmes: Shayk and Ambrosio on red carpet
Good guy Zach Galifianakis
Hangover star takes 87-year-old to premiere
FHM's sexiest women - Kunis knocks Tulisa off her perch
Latest News
Thousands of Muslims gather in London to condemn murder of soldier Lee Rigby
Around five thousand Muslims gathered at Morden mosque yesterday to condemn the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich on Wednesday.
Man, 31, held in terror arrest
A 31-year-old man has been arrested in London on suspicion of terrorism offences, Scotland Yard said.
Zoo worker mauled by tiger dies
A zoo worker who was injured in a tiger attack at an animal park in Dalton-in-Furness has died, Cumbria Police said.
Latest Sport
Clark fitness doubt for England new
Calum Clark is a doubt for England's tour of Uruguay and Argentina after an ankle injury ruled him out of Saturday's Aviva Premiership final.
England target top-two ranking new
Stuart Lancaster has been formally set the challenge of leading England into the 2015 Rugby World Cup as one of the two top-ranked nations on the planet.
Players accepting Mourinho return new
Chelsea's players appear to have grown used to the likelihood of Jose Mourinho returning return to the club.
Latest Showbiz
Robbie and Dizzee at Big Weekend
Robbie Williams joined rapper Dizzee Rascal for a cameo rendition of Losing My Mind at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Jaden Smith: I can ask dad anything
Jaden Smith has described his famous dad Will Smith as a "walking dictionary" and says he can ask him anything.
Fresh Prince stars reunite at show
Will Smith was reunited with two of his Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air co-stars as his eldest son Trey made his DJing debut in London.
