One of the most dangerous breeds of jellyfish has been spotted in the sea near Sandycove in Dublin.

Latest: The principal of a south side Dublin school says it would be "devastating" if its playing fields have been sold.

A swimming race due to raise money for Special Olympics Ireland has been cancelled due to E. Coli.

Baby AJ O’Brien never saw the world but it was waiting for him with soft blue blankets and teddy bears and cuddles at the ready.

An incident room has been set-up by gardaí following a sexual assault on a woman in Dublin.

A row has broken out between two local authorities over which should have ownership of the diaries of one of the leading figures of the 1916 Rising.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is likely to snub ex-cabinet colleague Mary Hanafin’s front-bench ambitions if she wins back her Dáil seat, saying the era of “I’ve served my time so I’m entitled to something” is gone.

A councillor selected as Fianna Fáil’s Dún Laoghaire candidate for the general election has hit out at headquarters’ decision to add ousted ex-minister Mary Hanafin to the ticket, saying it “dramatically reduces” the party’s chances of winning a seat.

Former education minister Mary Hanafin’s bid for a Dáil return suffered a setback as Fianna Fáil members in Dún Laoghaire narrowly rejected her as an election candidate.

Mary Hanafin has been beaten in her bid to gain Fianna Fáil’s nomination to run in the general election.

Fine Gael officials will decide on whether to run under-pressure European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy in the general election at a grass-roots vote in his constituency tonight.

Fianna Fáil has backed down on mooted plans to order party members to pick a female general election candidate in a tightly contested constituency after a legal threat from a male councillor who claimed he was being blocked from running.

Fianna Fáil has ruled out holding a referendum on changing the Constitution in relation to abortion if the party was to enter Government after the next general election.

Fianna Fáil is in a “conundrum” over whether party headquarters should issue a directive to select only a female candidate for a Co Dublin constituency, it has been claimed.

A smear campaign has been launched against former Education Minister Mary Hanafin in a bid to derail her attempt to return to the Dáil in the general election.

AT THE sprightly age of 36, Cork North-West TD Micheal Moynihan remains Fianna Fáil’s youngest member of Dáil Éireann.