Social Innovation Fund Ireland has praised the 14 charitable groups awarded supports worth €9.5m under the Children and Youth Education Fund.

The project is being led by Trinity College Dublin researcher Danielle Claire O’Sullivan, who is appealing for anyone with those experiences to get in contact. She explained:

Deputies Brid Smith, Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny and Paul Murphy claim a Bill seeking to link exploration licences with meeting carbon reduction targets has been “strangled” by the Ceann Comhairle.

One-third of Irish residents are prepared to eat less meat in order to make their personal contribution to limiting global warming, according to a survey conducted on behalf of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).

Cork Airport has published a detailed guide to help passengers understand how their travel plans will be affected in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The Government of Ireland village is a new addition to the National Ploughing Championships.

A Corkman who was arrested last month in a raid by US Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) has said he is "embarrassed for the Government" that a minor drug charge will lead to his deportation from the US.

Ken Foxe’s report that the State is insisting that the Government of Ireland logo be used in promotional material for Óglaigh na hÉireann is very worrying ‘Army told to include State logo on promo material’ (Irish Examiner, November 1).

The Defence Forces was worried about commemorative videos for its work being ‘politicised’ after being told it had to include a logo for the Government of Ireland.

A 35-year-old former Connacht Rugby star from Athlone was named Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) for 2018 at today’s final in Dublin.

Plans to increase the movement of academics, students and innovation between Ireland and other countries are being boosted this week.

From human campaigns for social change to nano-science that can revolutionise modern technology, a series of new images showcases the breadth of publicly funded Irish research.

Latest: The Labour Party leader, Brendan Howlin, has said Leo Varadkar must unite everyone in the country if he is to be elected as Taoiseach.

A second legal bid could soon be launched in a bid to derail Brexit, this time in the Irish courts.

Investigating the impact of escaped farmed salmon on wild Irish Atlantic salmon populations is one of five UCC projects which has been awarded €8.5m in Government funding today. A co-led project brings the UCC figure to €9.3m.

Convicted fraudster Breifne O’Brien has been adjudicated bankrupt by the High Court.

Cork actress Fiona Shaw fronts a documentary that aims to undo the airbrushing of women’s role from the Easter Rising, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

An Indian software company is to create 110 jobs in Dublin with the establishment of a European delivery centre in the capital.

The Oireachtas banking inquiry did not sit in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham yesterday. It did not hear from a witness by the name of Jean Claude Trichet, the former head of the European Central Bank (ECB).

Ireland effectively told the European Commission "don't bother us" when it was warned the economy was at grave risk of overheating seven years before its eventual nosedive, a top EC chief has said.

While representing this country abroad the IRFU has its own: a) anthem b) flag.

The Chinese President has been officially invited to visit Ireland.

WHAT a day! We all know the old adage that a week is a long time in politics — sometimes it seems a day can be even longer.

Mark C. Nolan, €30

The European Central Bank is still under the impression that the Irish forestry body, Coillte, will be privatised as part of the troika programme for government.

In hindsight, decisions on messages to newly-elected or crowned heads of state often raise an eyebrow.

A High Court challenge aimed at seeking the removal of the person appointed as Ombudsman of the Defence Forces has been brought by the the Defence Forces representative organisation PDFORRA.

Some in the crowd wept softly as Taoiseach Enda Kenny bowed his head in honour of Britain’s military dead at Enniskillen’s war memorial.

HEIR Island in Roaring Water Bay is a magical place.

The agreement is not as controversial as Lisbon and Nice were, says Tom O’Malley

In an open letter to Michael D Higgins, author Dervla Murphy , who is writing a book on the Middle East, argues why the president should not visit Israel as a state guest

THE head of the Department of Defence outlined savings of millions of euro and ambitions to strengthen peacekeeping missions abroad through the closure of army barracks.

A CONFIDENTIAL 1997 Vatican letter did encourage some clerics not to co-operate fully with the state in protecting children, the Government has insisted.

Full text of this evening's statement from the Government.

The Government tonight warned the Vatican it expects its fullest co-operation in ensuring children are safe from paedophile priests.

AT 14.46 on March 11, Japan was hit by one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history. We are now making all-out efforts to restore livelihoods and recover from the series of tragedies that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake.

OPPOSITION parties united in agreement that the new Government was just copying the old administration’s IMF/EU bailout policies — but divided sharply on whether that was a good or bad thing.

Ryle Dwyer on how Irish affairs figured in US politics as Reagan came to power

Gerry Adams has denied claims on WikiLeaks that he was an IRA leader and had advance knowledge of the infamous Northern Bank raid.

The government had “rock solid evidence” Gerry Adams was a senior member of the IRA as recently as five years ago, according to the latest US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.