Republic of Ireland News

Demonstrators have taken to the streets across the country to protest about the government's controversial household tax.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland recorded the first victory of their interrupted Six Nations campaign on Saturday, finishing strongly to beat Italy 42-10 in the Aviva Stadium at the beginning of a daunting run of four games in successive weekends. Two tries from Tommy Bowe and one each for Keith Earls, Tom Court and Andrew Trimble …

An 82-year-old woman has been killed in a car crash in Co Roscommon.

One man has died and another is in a serious condition in hospital following a car crash in Co Clare.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Deposits made with Bank of Ireland's UK businesses will not be protected under Ireland's expensive government guarantee scheme from the end of March, Ireland's finance minister said in a notice published on Friday. Bank of Ireland, the country's largest lender, saw its deposits grow by 8 billion euros …

A top law firm has launched an investigation into a bogus memo that claims to have come from the company advising the public on paying the household charge.

Traffic gardai have launched a checkpoint blitz targeting high-risk accident blackspots.

Council chiefs have been ordered to report on the state of a ghost estate where a two-year-old boy drowned on Thursday.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has expressed his condolences to Finance Minister Michael Noonan, whose wife has died.

The economy will have grown throughout last year for the first time since 2007, economists have predicted.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's economy will grow 0.9 percent this year and more than double that rate in 2013, a government-funded research body said on Friday, weathering austerity at home to track and likely outpace a gradual upturn in the euro zone. The forecast for this year from the Economic and Social Research Institute …

A man suspected of being a burglar who was shot during a break-in has been arrested.

The Government has an obligation to protect schools that are truly Catholic from being stripped of church control, the Archbishop of Dublin has said.

The Government has insisted it remains 100% committed to the long-awaited national children's hospital as it ordered experts to explain why planners rejected the Mater site.

A toddler has drowned in a small pool of water in a ghost estate, gardai have confirmed.

A new Government scheme to cut dole queues could see the unemployed stripped of benefits unless they sign up for back-to-work initiatives.

Seven out of 10 women living on the street suffered violence or abuse as children, a new study has revealed.

The cost of living rose by 2.2% in the year to January, official figures have revealed.

Northern Irish comedian Frank Carson, a stalwart of hugely popular British light entertainment shows in his 1970-80s heyday, died on Wednesday aged 85 his spokesman announced.

Italy coach Jacques Brunel says Italy must stop Ireland dictating the tempo of their Six Nations clash if they are to come away from Dublin with a positive result on Saturday.

Bailout lender Allied Irish Bank has revealed it is giving something back to the taxpayer - a Jack B Yeats masterpiece worth more than 1 million euro and 38 other valuable artworks.

The family of two brothers-in-law found dead on neighbouring farms in a suspected murder-suicide have been devastated and numbed by the tragedy, a local priest said.

A 700% rise in the number of sick children left lingering in paediatric emergency departments has been recorded by senior medics.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish government raised its target for the sale of state assets to 3 billion euros (2.5 billion pounds) on Wednesday, unveiling a final list of utilities set to go on the block headed by the energy business of its Bord Gais utility. The government had previously said it was looking to raise 2 billion …

A 3 billion euro sell-off of state assets has been unveiled by the Government with parts of the ESB and Bord Gais energy divisions topping the privatisation list.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish government will provide a final list of assets on Wednesday that are to be hived off to pay down debt. State assets worth between 2-3 billion euros will go on the block, including the retail division of gas supply company Bord Gais, according to a report in the Irish Independent. The Minister …

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said on Tuesday that the state's lawyer is likely to advise within "two to three weeks" on whether the country needs to hold a referendum on a new EU treaty that includes tougher fiscal rules. Irish attitudes towards Europe have cooled during the country's financial crisis …

The Government has been forced into a U-turn over cuts to disadvantaged schools with more than half the original redundancies proposed being retained.

US online payments giant PayPal is to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland in a major expansion of its operations in the eurozone member, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said on Tuesday.

US online payments giant PayPal is to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland in a major expansion of its operations in the eurozone member, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said on Tuesday.

The family of a teenage girl murdered in a drive-by shooting has told the suspected killer to rot during an angry court confrontation.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has defended his decision not to challenge the Chinese vice-president over specific human rights violations in the communist country.

A killer who was told he would never be released from jail after being convicted of torturing gay men to death almost 20 years ago has died in prison.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has hinted he will not be sacking any of his Cabinet ministers following a year-end review of their performance.

(Reuters) - Ireland named an unchanged side on Tuesday for Saturday's Six Nations championship match against Italy in Dublin after their last fixture against France was postponed because of a frozen pitch.