A group of former Clerys workers have launched a concerted bid aimed at preventing the €150m redevelopment of the Dublin department store from getting the green light.

Luas construction works in Dublin city centre will cause major diversions for fans visiting Croke Park for the GAA matches this weekend.

Even if LGBT people achieved absolute social acceptance in Ireland, the parades that inject Irish cities with a rainbow of colour would still be necessary. Brian O’Flynn explains why

Limerick City’s St Patrick’s Day parade grand marshal, Myles Breen, summed it up well: “What an audience.”

The preferred bidders on Nama’s largest ever portfolio of assets will pay more than the speculated sale price but significantly less than the face value of the assets.

Retail spending in Dublin’s city centre could collapse if planned new traffic restrictions are introduced. The Irish Parking Association has warned that city centre businesses face a 24% drop in revenue, if plans to ban traffic from key routes go ahead.

The number of retail premises lying vacant fell considerably in the opening months of the year as a slight pick-up in sales growth enticed retailers back onto the country’s main streets.

Dublin has gone green for Patrick’s Day, with festivities culminating in a street party tomorrow, expected to attract more than 500,000 spectators. 

A former Russian Special Forces soldier who said he was suffering flashbacks when he wrestled a teenage girl to the ground and sexually assaulted her at Dublin Airport has avoided jail.

An ex-partner of a man on trial for a double murder has testified that he was a fantasist and “told a lot of lies”.

It opened with a sigh, continued with a groan, and quickly it became apparent that RTÉ Radio 1’s new — or at least reconditioned — signing was in the soup.

In this week’s column we are looking at stereotypes within Ireland and why Limerick City has a bone to pick with Donal McIntyre, writes , Kehlan Kirwan.

The biggest outdoor art event ever witnessed in this country takes its first, spectacular step today when a giant grandmother commences a three-day odyssey through the streets of Limerick.

Limerick is expecting a Sam bonanza from Saturday’s All-Ireland senior football semi-final battle between Mayo and Kerry, which will reignite in the Treaty City.

The average €240 a year water bills for each home will be wastefully squandered, according to councillors on one council.

ASBOs have been imposed on two men after a judge heard evidence that they were suspected to be involved in drug transactions and their presence around the O’Connell Street area frightened members of the public.

FOR some of Dublin’s more exuberant Christmas revellers a trip to the Carriage Office in Dublin was as traditional as a visit to Clery’s window or a Christmas Eve pint in The Duke.

It’s 50 years since the Fab Four played their first and last Irish show at Dublin’s Adelphi Cinema. For those who were there, says Ed Power, it’s like Yesterday.

Up to 10,000 elderly people took to the streets outside Leinster House yesterday to plead with politicians to stop the “shameful” universal over-70s medical card cut, which is due to be voted into law in two days.

The re-enactment of the violent clashes during the Dublin Lockout was the centrepiece of the State commemoration to mark its 100th anniversary over the weekend.

Up to 40,000 protesters took to the streets of Dublin over the weekend against the contentious new abortion legislation.

Education correspondent Niall Murray reports on the plan to move the Children of Lir statue to make way for a memorial to victims of residential child abuse

Gardaí have not received notification from the org-anisers of a controversial protest on the union flag issue, just days before a planned demonstration outside Leinster House.

Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of central Dublin at the weekend in a mass protest against austerity measures.

A Luas driver has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for “impaling” his tram into a bus on O’Connell Street.

A deep recession has reshaped the retail landscape and will continue to do so over the coming years. Casualties are anticipated, and the big-name stores have as much to fear as anyone, reports Kyran FitzGerald

A €20,000 reward was offered today for help in solving the murder of a security guard found stabbed to death near an old cemetery.

VETERAN drummer Jack Countey yesterday stole the show at Limerick’s International Bands Parade.

ARE you right there young ladies and old gents please? That age-old drink-up call has gained two adjectives to cater for the tastes of a Limerick pub.

Thousands of Union members are involved in a day of protest in towns and cities across the country at the level of statutory redundancy payments.

There have been violent incidents during the early hours in Ennis, Co Clare and in Swords, Co Dublin.