Helen Donohue

Six-week-old Diego is being raised to become a guide dog

Guide Dogs for the Blind appeal for puppy raisers

Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is appealing for more volunteers to become puppy raisers to take in a puppy and help rear them to become guide dogs and assistance dogs.

Ireland • 31 Oct 22

Gloria Podaychuk is leaving Dublin to return to study in her native Ukraine

Thank you, Ireland: Ukrainian refugees heading for home

As the Ukrainian army continues to reclaim more territory from occupying Russian forces, some refugees who fled to Ireland earlier in the war have now decided to return home.

Ukraine • 21 Sep 22

The Department said that 20 of the 21 confirmed cases were detected in seabirds

21 cases of avian influenza detected in wild birds

Twenty-one positive cases of avian influenza have been confirmed in Ireland, the Department of Agriculture has said.

Agriculture • 12 Sep 22

A mock-up hotel room used as part of a Focus Ireland appeal for families in emergency accommodation

More than 10,000 people in emergency accommodation

The number of people in emergency accommodation across the country has exceeded 10,000 for the first time in two years.

Ireland • 27 May 22

Viktoriya Alekseeva, who works as a professional translator, left Kyiv with her husband and three children

Ukrainian woman recalls 'horror movie' of fleeing Kyiv

A Ukrainian woman who fled from her home near Kyiv to take refuge with her parents in the west of the country has described the situation in her country as a horror movie.

Ukraine • 04 Mar 22

Yana, Max and Sofiia Katasonova were reunited at Dublin Airport

Student reunited with mother and brother in Dublin

A 16-year-old Ukrainian student living in Dublin has been reunited with her mother and brother after they fled their home in Ukraine to come to Ireland.

Ireland • 03 Mar 22

New public health guidance for close contacts being put into operation

HSE expects to distribute 11,000 antigen tests daily

The Health Service Executive has said it is working to put the new public health guidance for close contacts into operation.

Coronavirus • 21 Dec 21

The ambassadors represent 12 countries, four continents and speak a total of 21 languages

Intercultural ambassadors aim to highlight integration

Sixteen intercultural ambassadors have graduated from the first programme of its kind in Dublin's northeast inner city.

Dublin • 12 Nov 21

Drift bottles such as this were deployed by Professor Ed Monahan in the 1970s and 1980s (Pic courtesy of Prof Ed Monahan)

Decades old 'message in a bottle' found in Russian port

A message in a bottle which was put into the Atlantic ocean off the west coast of Ireland by Irish scientists decades ago has been discovered almost 3,000kms away in a Russian port.

Regional • 29 Oct 21

Around 7,500 people on the Gorey (Creagh) Urban Public Water Supply are affected

Boil water notice issued for residents in Gorey

A boil water notice has been issued to residents in Gorey, Co Wexford.

Leinster • 28 Oct 21