A controversial visitor centre, planned for the Dublin Mountains, will not have an adverse impact on protected wildlife and habitats.

The Supreme Court is due to begin considering whether mobile phone evidence that helped convict Graham Dwyer was invalid.

Limerick’s team spirt proved key as the Munster champions beat Courtown to set up the chance of All Ireland glory at Knightsbrook Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort today.

A residents group has brought a High Court challenge to a decision to refer to the gardaí an alleged breach of political lobbying law over opposition to a plan to build an interpretive centre at Dublin's Hellfire Club.

The family of a man killed while out walking his dogs in a Dublin forest have issued an appeal for information.

Drones are to be used by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to manage the risk of wildfires.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has teamed up with the State-owned forestry business Coillte to combat wildfires using drones.

Graham Dwyer has won his legal action against the State and the Garda Commissioner over the retention of access of his mobile phone data.

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Today, the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup folds its tents and moves up the M1 from the UCD campus on Dublin’s southside to Belfast.

A space to meditate on life and loss has been destroyed by vandals.

A Central Criminal Court jury has acquitted a man of raping a woman on a first date after they met on Tinder.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of raping a woman he met on Tinder in September 2014 has been told it can return a majority verdict.

THE setting is Victorian Dublin, as newly promoted detective inspector, Joe Swallow investigates an outbreak of sexual assaults on women. 

My mum, bless her, is 94 and long past caring how old people think — or know — her to be. A bit dodgy on the legs these days and macularly degenerated to the point she can no longer do her beloved crosswords or even read the paper, she’s still as lively as a bag of ferrets.

Martin Conmey says he drew strength from the release of the Guildford Four in 1989.

HE MAY have needed high doses of Berocca, coffee, and fruit to get through the Rose of Tralee, but escort Carl Mullan is still on a high.

Vibrations linked to the devastating earthquake in Italy, in which at least 73 people died, were felt in Ireland.

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Almost 15,000 signatures have been gathered in less than 24 hours in an attempt to stop the sale of 5,000 acres of land in the Dublin Mountains.

Convicted murderer Graham Dwyer wants legal aid for his action against the Garda commissioner and state over the use of mobile phone records in his trial.

A fireman with an “unblemished” 30 years serving with Dublin Fire Brigade has been sentenced to seven years for having a sexual relationship with a child.

Many Dubliners spend their days rushing around the city like busy bees, but little do they know there are colonies of bees all over their city baking urban honey. From the mountains to the rooftops, the Dublin Honey Project is buzzing.

Murderer Graham Dwyer is to argue that his conviction should be overturned and he should be freed from prison in an appeal likely to be heard next year.

The trail of destruction left by Graham Dwyer was never more painfully evident than when it led to his sentencing hearing.

Graham Dwyer has been sentenced to life in prison for what the judge described as the “chilling and premeditated” murder of childcare worker Elaine O’Hara.

Pre-tax profits at one of the best-known pubs in the country, Johnnie Fox’s in the Dublin Mountains, reached new heights last year, increasing 15% to €226,801.

Cormac O’Keeffe catalogues the painstaking policing and investigative work, as well as the chance discoveries, that contributed to the conviction of Graham Dwyer for the murder of Elaine O’Hara. (This article was originally published in March 2015)

An architect accused of murdering a childcare worker cannot be convicted on the basis of his thoughts or unusual fantasies, a jury has been told.

Hours before she was last seen alive, Elaine O’Hara is alleged to have texted the man the State claims was Graham Dwyer to tell him she was scared of him and knew her life was in his hands every time they met.

Murder accused Graham Dwyer described victim Elaine O’Hara as “that awful girl” in a letter to his wife.

Graham Dwyer’s wife has told his murder trial that she recognised the spade found near Elaine O’Hara’s remains as a spade she had noticed missing from their garden.

The trial of Graham Dwyer has heard that gardaí found a number of files linked to stabbing and killing on Elaine O’Hara’s laptops.

Graham Dwyer’s sister has given evidence in her brother’s trial.