Republic of Ireland News

Some schools put up barriers to stop parents from enrolling children with special needs, inspectors have claimed. More »

By Mia Shanley STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Bare-chested Irish drummers, a Ukrainian giant and a much-discussed lesbian kiss will be on display at this Saturday's More »

Two men have been arrested over an armed hold-up at a suburban supermarket. More »

One of the whistleblowers behind the penalty points controversy is considering asking the Garda ombudsman to launch an independent investigation into his More »

Global internet giants Google, YouTube and Facebook have been slapped down by a judge and ordered to remove a defamatory viral video from websites around the world. More »

Some 800 jobs are to be created as a services company plans to double its workforce. More »

One fifth of the five million euro savings at Bus Eireann will come from the top executives and management. More »

By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's grand slam-winning captain Brian O'Driscoll ended months of uncertainty over his future on Thursday when he agreed to More »

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has refuted a claim from the Archbishop of Dublin that new abortion laws give less protection to the unborn than in liberal regimes. More »

One of the world's largest ocean liners has berthed off the coast of Dun Laoghaire. More »

A man has been killed in a suspected hit-and-run. More »

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Having left the muddy fields of South Wales to play rugby Down Under three years ago, Gareth Delve cannot help but feel the More »

The economy could grow by as much as 2.7% next year if forecasts of a global revival materialise, a leading think-tank has claimed. More »

Three senior Garda officers under investigation over the quashing of penalty points had cleared more than 600 driving licences in the last few years, an internal More »

Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein have joined forces in attempts to grill the Justice Minister over allegations of Garda collusion with a convicted drug trafficker. More »

A man has been left fighting for his life after being shot four times in an attack at a gym on an industrial estate. More »

Hundreds of Irish women are left traumatised, depressed and suicidal after they have an abortion, it has been claimed. More »

Mobile phone providers in the Irish Republic could be asked to cut signals during the G8 summit being held in Northern Ireland amid fears terrorists may use them to More »

The body of a man has been discovered in a flat. More »

Pilot inexperience and excessive speed have been blamed for a passenger plane veering out of control for more than a kilometre during landing at one of Ireland's More »

A Second World War Spitfire and a B-17 Flying Fortress will take to the skies above Dublin city as part of an international flypast. More »

Cruise ships visiting Dublin are to be brought further up the Liffey than ever before in a new plan to develop deep water berths. More »

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has insisted there is priority screening for women at risk of certain hereditary cancers. More »

Barristers for former junior minister Ivor Callely have requested more evidence from prosecutors in connection with allegations he made false claims for mobile More »

Global healthcare company Pfizer is to close one of its Irish factories where 136 people are employed. More »

The controversial practice of making fishermen discard millions of tonnes of fish caught over EU quotas could be phased out within years, the Agriculture Minister More »

Bus Eireann has said the vast majority of its services are operating normally as crunch talks with unions entered a second day. More »

Detectives believe a man found dead near a waste chute at an apartment complex was assaulted. More »

Ten unions that overwhelmingly rejected Government plans to slash the public pay bill are likely to agree to a new deal. More »

Almost 50 hospitals will be headed by six independent groups under plans to reform Ireland's acute hospital system, the health minister has said. More »

It will be a "disaster" if difficult talks on reform of the EU's under-pressure fishing regime fail to deliver an agreement, Ireland warned Tuesday, calling on all More »

Justice Minister Alan Shatter will on Wednesday publish the report of an internal Garda investigation into the alleged wiping of penalty points for high-profile More »

Trade unions have piled pressure on transport chiefs by warning drivers at Dublin Bus and Irish Rail will vote on strikes in solidarity with Bus Eireann workers. More »

A man from Northern Ireland has died after being found in a canal in Amsterdam. More »