In 1910, Mary Ryan became Professor of romance languages at University College Cork, becoming the first female Professor in Ireland. Timothy O’Connor remembers a trailblazer in education.

Seabed erosion is suspected of being behind the collapse of a railway viaduct on one of the country’s busiest lines, it was revealed today.

A hero train driver tonight revealed his terror after averting a major catastrophe when a railway viaduct on one of Ireland’s busiest lines collapsed into the sea.

IARNRÓD ÉIREANN has been accused of failing passengers after admitting journey times have got longer despite billions of euro being spent on the railways.

HUNDREDS of rail passengers suffered hours of delays after Iarnród Éireann axed more than a dozen services in and out of Dublin over Easter.