The number of people seeking asylum in Ireland has risen 53% in the first nine months of the year.

Events have been taking place up and down ‘Pana’ this week and there’s still plenty more to come.

It starts in O'Connell Street at 1pm, before making its way on to Eden Quay and Liberty Hall.

Two separate High Court challenges have been launched against a decision by An Bord Pleanala to grant planning permission for a wind farm which will have some of the "highest structures in the country".

He already has permission to build Ireland's new tallest building at Tara Street after a successful appeal to an Bord Pleanála last month.

100 years ago, Constance Markievicz received a letter confirming her return as MP for Dublin St Patrick’s. Ireland’s first elected female politician was in prison at the time, and the letter was addressed: “Dear Sir”. Robert Hume investigates her colourful life

Kicking off at 2pm from at Liberty Hall, the march will continue to and finished at Fairview Park, where the first Pride parade was held.

St Stephen’s Green is a beautiful place any time of the year but spring is particularly magical.

Siptu officials have defended the trade union’s decision to allow members supporting former union president Jack O’Connor’s bid to become a Labour TD to use its headquarters for planning purposes, despite opposition from union members who support other parties.

Tracy McGinnis has been told that she isn’t eligible for a low cost mortgage from her local county council because she’s 'not working' as her only income is the carer's allowance and other benefits, writes Victoria White.

Powerful interests that stand with Trump believe in one thing - the ability to bend the free market to their purposes, writes Fergus Finlay

Siptu has warned that the Iarnród Éireann pay dispute is the “new frontline” in the battle to ensure adequate funding for public transport.

The 98th Dublin City Liffey Swim takes place this afternoon.

Not even sharing a shortlist with Colombian James Rodriguez in 2015 for her Puskas Award nomination gave Stephanie Roche more pride than helping her Irish women’s team succeed in their drive for basic conditions earlier this month.

Towering ambition, Munster passion and a long-proven New York track record in building skyscrapers and working on Manhattan’s ‘Ground Zero’ rebuild are behind soaring plans for an extraordinary Irish site that’s been dubbed “the key to Cork’s docklands future”.

The young revolutionary who killed the only policeman to die violently between 1916 and the War of Independence later became an early member of An Garda Síochána, a police researcher has found.

Football has taken Stephanie Roche to places she could hardly have imagined as a kid who, growing up in Shankhill, was mad about the game.

Siptu has told its members in Bus Éireann today to prepare for protracted strike action.

Gaps and inconsistencies in legislation are preventing the protection of an underground grenade factory, which was used by the IRA during the War of Independence.

Many social media platforms are dominated by women as a special business seminar will celebrate, Ailin Quinlan reports

We look at the timeline of events during Easter Week in 1916.

A small printing press in the home of Joseph Plunkett was responsible for one of the most controversial documents in Irish history.

As the date of the Rising rapidly approached, this is what was happening behind the scenes 100 years ago this week

President Michael D Higgins says the Republic that the 1916 rebels dreamed of “remains unfulfilled”.

Ian Kenneally examines the role and response of the press in Ireland around the time of the Easter Rising

Siptu will host a programme of cultural events to commemorate the 1916 Rising and the role that its headquarters Liberty Hall played in it.

On the eve of the 1916 anniversary, Claire O’Sullivan took her kids to Dublin to tour the city’s child-friendly museums.

No, we haven't been invaded.

Ten post boxes across Dublin at locations such as Stephens Green and Liberty Hall have suddenly turned red.

An ongoing and chronological look back at 1916 and some of the behind the scenes planning of the Rising which was certainly "NOT in the news" of the time.

The Revolution Papers’ efforts at providing a critique of the 1916 Proclamation, in its much-heralded first issue are pedestrian, biased and lacking in historical perspective.

Siptu is to fully drape three sides of the landmark 60m-tall Liberty Hall with images from 1916 to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising.

From Cork City Hall to the Ballymun Towers, 80 buildings have been named the country’s most iconic.

A banner promoting a Yes vote in the Marriage Referendum has been unveiled at Liberty Hall in Dublin this morning.

Five great things to do from the world of arts, culture and film this week

Those who fought in the Easter Rising are being remembered in Dublin this afternoon.