The first documented attempt by white-tailed sea eagles to breed in Ireland for the first time in 100 years has failed. And, in a double blow for the sea eagle reintroduction programme, the remains have been found in Mayo of a young male eagle...

It was a send-off fitting for… well… a pensioner’s best friend. Devoted dog lover Chris Birmingham-Doody was so fond of her canine companion that, for 24 hours after he died, she put him lying in state — on her kitchen table....

Health Minister Dr James Reilly says numerous issues identified in today’s report by the State’s health safety watchdog on Tallaght Hospital have already been acted on. The Health Information and Quality Authority report is expected to...

The Government should push through plans to limit the sale of alcohol, and alcohol sponsorship of sport and culture events despite Cabinet divisions, Kathleen Lynch, the junior health minister, said yesterday. Ms Lynch was speaking after the...

The number of confirmed measles cases in the West Cork outbreak has risen to 31, with fears that younger children are now at risk. Public health experts said they expect the figure to rise over the coming days. Dr Fiona Ryan, a specialist...

A former psychiatric nurse is hoping a series of nationwide workshops can provide the Government with the necessary tools to reduce a needless average suicide death rate of 500. John Gilroy, who worked as a psychiatric nurse in St Stephen’s...

A major provider of services to people with disabilities has announced plans to create 750 jobs in the next three years with 400 of them in Ireland. The Rehab Group has confirmed the positions will be phased in by the end of 2015, adding to...

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has strongly defended the sharing of personal information of air travellers to the US and said the system had resulted in the prevention and investigation of terrorism and organised crime. He hit out at paranoia...

A litany of government departments and State agencies are expected to be heavily criticised for wasting huge sums of public money in a report to be published by an Oireachtas committee today. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report into how...

While the pen may be mightier than the sword, an Irish literary giant has for the second time this year proven his mettle against robust attack. A marauding scrap gang are suspected of trying to pull down a life-size brass statue of the acclaimed...