"It was my mother’s habit to tap the barometer every morning and announce which way the weather was going." Colm O'Regan: ...
"I have always been partial to some people watching. Whenever I find myself somewhere with some good footfall, I like to survey the general public, noticing their idiosyncrasies and lunacies." ...
The new Government certainly has plenty to contend with, such as its relationship with another new administration, that of Donald Trump in the USA, but the challenges do not end there ...
A disability minister is needed, to work on a rights-based platform for services, says one reader, while another letter-writer says the provision of transport police must be a Government priority ...
Throughout the latter half of the last century, specific policy decisions directly affected the lives and behaviours of people from the northside of Cork ...
It is another action packed weekend of sport on TV. The Allianz football and hurling leagues return, the Australian Open finals take place and the URC is back - all you need to know here.
A jury of five men and seven women was seated on Thursday at the trial of rapper ASAP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend in 2021. Opening statements at the trial of the 36-year ...
Episode three of the new series of First Dates Ireland saw familiar faces return to the restaurant on RTÉ2 on Thursday night. Here's what ...
Instead, after conceding a disastrous late equaliser, Amorim once again needed his countryman Bruno Fernandes to come to his rescue as he scored a sensational 92nd minute winner.
Micheál Martin was elected Taoiseach this week at the second time of asking. First he, the Dáil and the wider public had to endure the spectacle of attempts to elect a Taoiseach ending in chaos.  But ...
Martin will have the opportunity to somewhat even out numbers when appointing ministers of State but after a tumultuous two days he will simply be relieved to finally return to the office of An Taoise ...
Patrick Collins, Niall O’Leary, Seán O’Donoghue, Tim O’Mahony, new captain Rob Downey, Darragh Fitzgibbon, Declan Dalton, Shane Barrett and Brian Hayes are included in the side for the trip to ...