On May 22, 2015, Ireland became the first country in the world to say yes to same-sex marriage, voting by 62.1% to change the constitution. Clodagh Finn asks five people how their lives have changed.

Leo says it like it is. Leo does not speak with forked tongue. Leo lays it on the line. We all agreed on this? Course we are, writes Terry Prone.

University of Limerick and Trinity College Dublin have become the first Irish colleges to receive recognition from an international organisation for their efforts to increase academic gender equality.

New sanctions are unlikely to be introduced for unruly TDs after an Oireachtas committee criticised Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald for abusing Dáil privilege.

SINN FÉIN have always insisted that their version of the past is at least as valid as any other — no matter what they imagine it to be. 

Former government minister Des O’Malley has said he would sue Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald if she made allegations about him having an offshore Ansbacher account outside the Dáil chamber.

Former tánaiste Mary Harney last night denied she halted a probe into offshore tax accounts because prominent PD Des O’Malley’s name was on a list of people allegedly involved and that every opportunity had been afforded the investigation to finish its work.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

Irish companies are top of the pile in terms of securing investment from a new EU SME fund with a fifth of applicants receiving €50,000.

A string of dignitaries, including politicians, former presidents and business figures, are expected to attend the state funeral of former taoiseach Albert Reynolds, which will be broadcast on television.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

The next generation of medical vaccines, hydrogen-powered vehicles, quieter aircraft and cheaper railways are among the research projects the EU plans to fund.

Representatives of some of the world’s biggest corporations and institutions are among Ireland’s most powerful women, according to an awards ceremony organised by the Women’s Executive Network.

A taste of some of the interesting, important and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe Correspondent, Ann Cahill.

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Europe must co-operate internationally if it is going to tackle society’s greatest challenges, according to the Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.

Ireland has still to achieve equality between men and women a century after the founding of the Cumann na mBan, President Michael D Higgins has said.

Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill, delivers here weekly briefing on Euro affairs from the European Parliament.

Former Fine Gael justice minister Nora Owen said the manner in which Martin Callinan left office would seem “unfair” on the former Garda Commissioner and she called on the Government to give the full picture on the issue.

The Garda anti-racketeering unit was all but disbanded in 1994 following revelations that conversations with a TD, a journalist, and two businessmen were taped and given to a third party.

Ireland is falling behind other EU countries in the drive towards smarter job creation — the area the Government has earmarked for the country’s recovery.

Ireland tries to milk EU for all it’s worth

Ellen was a normal, healthy 12-year-old until she and her family had the flu vaccine, as recommended by medical staff so they could visit a cousin in hospital.

James Reilly is likely to be replaced by Transport Minister Leo Varadkar in the Cabinet reshuffle next year, senior sources predict.

Horizon 2020 has been called Ireland’s billion-euro opportunity.

The €79bn EU research budget will be launched in Dublin next month to Irish researchers and industry who hope to win about €1bn in funding over the next seven years.

Science versus faith: a Euro conundrum

One step forward on tackling poverty

Former presidents, ministers, and judicial office holders cost the taxpayer €15.6m in pension and severance payments last year, according to figures released yesterday.

Ireland has set its highest ever target of winning €1bn for research from the EU budget, which cleared an important hurdle in the European Parliament.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn says EU research plays a key role in the battle against Aids, malaria and tuberculosis.

Serious brain disorders are costing the EU €800bn every year, and are damaging the lives of an estimated 700,000 Irish people, it has been claimed.

For the first time in its 56-history, the EU agreed to cut its budget, a move hailed by austerity-focused northern countries as a victory and by others as a case of European’s being the losers.

Irish researchers are to play a major role in a €1bn project, developing the world’s latest wonder material.

Máire warns of R&D funding stagnation

Ireland won a small victory in its fight to retain as much as possible of it’s €1.6 billion a year from the EU’s common agriculture fund as negotiations on the Union’s seven-year €1 trillion budget got underway.

A bid to increase the number of women on the boards of large companies is in danger of being killed off with the help of many of the female members of the European Commission.

Busy Enda forced to relinquish EU role

More than €8bn being offered to researchers by the EU is expected to create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the short term and come up with solutions to some of the globe’s major problems.

Moving and shaking on a sticky issue

Germany has said it will push ahead with a growth compact now that Irish citizens have adopted the fiscal treaty, despite cuts and hardships which they said deserved special recognition and respect.

The emergency EU summit is expected to resolve doubts over the fiscal treaty referendum, and shift the emphasis from austerity to growth in a bid to address the concerns of French president-elect François Hollande