Harry Manning

Students flying from Donegal to Dublin to attend lectures

Some third-level students are flying from Donegal to Dublin to attend university lectures amid an accommodation crisis, the President of Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn has said.

Education • 17 Sep 25

President Michael D Higgins speaks at the 2025 National Ploughing Championship

President suggests Israel should be excluded from the UN

President Michael D Higgins has suggested Israel and countries that supply it with weapons should be excluded from the United Nations.

Middle East • 16 Sep 25

Who are the potential runners in the race for the Áras?

While there have been a few sparks in the early stages of the race for the Áras, the presidential election campaign is yet to fully catch fire.

Politics • 15 Aug 25

Daniel O'Connell's heart went missing in 1927, right, artist Claire Halpin's Lost Heart of Daniel O’Connell artwork which is on display in the Church of St Agata dei Goti in Rome (Credit: Claire Halpin)

The curious case of Daniel O'Connell's missing heart

Before Daniel O'Connell's body was repatriated to Dublin for burial in Glasnevin Cemetery, his heart was removed, embalmed and donated to the Irish College in Rome. However, his heart later vanished without trace.

Ireland • 06 Aug 25

credit - Comeragh Cycling Club - It is with great sadness that we have learned that our clubmate and friend young Tomás Walsh has lost his life in France.

Tributes paid to cyclist who died on Tour de France trip

Tributes have been paid to a 25-year-old Irish man who died during a trip to see the Tour de France in Paris.

Munster • 22 Jul 25

Community rally around Dublin jiu-jitsu club after fire

A community has rallied around a Brazilian jiu-jitsu club in inner-city Dublin after its gym was completely destroyed in an apparent arson attack.

Dublin • 20 Jul 25

catherine connolly launches her presidential bid outside Leinster House

Connolly launches Áras bid, hopes to 'empower' people

Independent TD for Galway West Catherine Connolly has completed the launch of her bid for the presidency at a press conference outside Leinster House this lunchtime, saying she hopes to "empower people to find their own voices".

Politics • 08 Aug 25

Dáil holds minute's silence over Srebrenica genocide

TDs have stood for a minute's silence in the Dáil in memory of the more than 8,000 men and boys killed by Bosnian Serb forces in the town of Srebrenica in 1995.

Politics • 10 Jul 25

Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking before the Public Accounts Committee

Taoiseach denies early return from Japan for semi-final

The Taoiseach has said his flight home from a recent trip to Japan was changed due to security advice, and denied it was in order to make it back for Cork's All Ireland semi-final at Croke Park.

Politics • 09 Jul 25

Call for legislation as 'gardens being invaded by drones'

Local authorities are working in a "vacuum" due to regulatory gaps in laws that govern commercial drones, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

Politics • 10 Jul 25