Sinéad Courtney

Saanvi Kaushik developed an app to help occupational therapists deliver care to their patients

Teen hopes her app helps children on OT waiting lists

This week we are shining a light on some of Ireland's most inspiring teenagers in our 'Quaran-teen' series of reports. They tell us about their experiences and stories of navigating life through the pandemic.

Ireland • 30 Aug 21

Phil Behan of the Bull Island Action Group has kept a selection of the 'retro rubbish' he and the other volunteers have found on their beach cleans

Dublin group highlighting 'retro rubbish' problem

A group of volunteers in Dublin are cataloging items of 'retro rubbish' to highlight how some waste "never disappears".

Environment • 10 Aug 21

Terry Brennan from Co Wicklow has created this statue as part of a memorial to Irish immigrants in Leadville, Colorado

Wicklow statue bound for Irish immigrant memorial in US

A statue made in Co Wicklow will soon depart for the US, where it will form the centrepiece of a memorial to more than a thousand Irish immigrants who are buried in unmarked sunken graves in Leadville, Colorado.

Ireland • 30 Jul 21

The artwork entitled, 'Don't Talk Down to Me', created by Joe Caslin

Mural marks 50 years of Down Syndrome Ireland

A 18m artwork featuring a 21-year-old woman with Down syndrome will be unveiled in Dublin city centre to mark Down Syndrome Ireland's 50th birthday.

Ireland • 27 Jul 21

Cormac Deignan with his mum Della Murtagh at their BFG installation at their family farm in Co Meath

Schoolboy enjoys new chapter reading Roald Dahl books

Reading had always been a struggle for 10-year-old Cormac Deignan who has dyslexia, but when he discovered Roald Dahl, his story turned a page.

Ireland • 23 Jul 21

10-year-old William Woods with his calves on his family farm in Co Cavan

Busy summer ahead for schoolboy rearing his own calves

A 10-year-old schoolboy from Co Cavan is looking forward to a busy summer - rearing the calves he bought with his winnings from a credit union draw.

Ireland • 05 Jul 21

Scott Ward and Derek O'Brien have made it to Birr, Co Offaly, so far on their adventure

Dublin teens on fundraising 'adventure' across country

Two teenagers from Dublin are over halfway through a charity walk from Coolock to the Cliffs of Moher, setting out from Birr, Co Offaly for another leg of the journey today.

Ireland • 30 Jun 21

Fine Art graduate Mollie McCullough from Dublin displays an image of her final year project

IADT graduates to have art projected on LexIcon Library

A selection of work from Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) graduates will be projected on the walls of the LexIcon Library in Dún Laoghaire this weekend.

Ireland • 25 Jun 21

An exhibition of portraits of the former vicereines of Ireland has opened at Dublin Castle

Portraits shine light on women's 'forgotten' stories

A new exhibition at Dublin Castle shines a light on the wives of the men who governed Ireland before independence.

Ireland • 04 Jun 21

Eleanor Merriman reads her first book to three of her five children

Mum pens dyslexia-friendly book for children

Eleanor Merriman struggled with reading and writing throughout school and was not diagnosed with dyslexia until she was 19. She has now written a book with dyslexic readers in mind.

Ireland • 02 Jun 21