In Dublin teachers at the English language school Grafton College have occupied the building.

Four Irish restaurants are among the new names to be awarded Michelin Bib Gourmand status this year.

Lisa Marconi: Co-founder of Dust

Planning permission has been granted for a new €40m hotel at Portobello in Dublin in spite of opposition from comedian, David McSavage and scores of other local residents.

"They have a complete disregard for residents in the area who are forced to put up with them urinating in public and often on their doorsteps."

A 19th-century inn in Co Clare has become the latest Irish restaurant to be added to the prestigious Michelin star list.

A 19th-century inn has become the latest Irish restaurant to be added to the prestigious Michelin star list.

GSOC is seeking witnesses to an incident early today in the Portobello area of Dublin, near the Portobello Road/Bloomfield Avenue junction.

If a well-known beer did ringside seats, they would probably be like this — right in front of the cattle ring with a freshly-poured pint in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

A 30 year old cyclist struck by a car in Dublin died of multiple traumatic injuries.

A man in his 50s has drowned in Dublin.

Memmeh and Deddeh will be so proud.

FOR some reason, Irish cities and towns rarely make the best use of their waterways, either ignoring them or turning their backs. 

A number of cafés across the Dublin are allowing customers to Pay With A Poem to mark World Poetry Day today.

Five Irish citizens — three of them children — have flown out of Turkey after being caught up in the Islamic State (IS) terror attack in Istanbul, which claimed four lives.

Many tributes have been paid to Supreme Court Judge Adrian Hardiman who died suddenly yesterday.

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.

There’s been a few videos and photos uploaded to social media this afternoon of what looks very like a shark swimming around in the Grand Canal by the Portobello lock.

If you’re off to the British capital for the Rugby World Cup and plan hanging around for a few days , then Conor Power has the lowdown on how to fall in love again with London town.

He spent last year deciding Ireland’s Home of the Year. Now the tables are turned as Hugh Wallace opens up his doors to Jonathan de Burca Butler.

Marriage Referendum seems to be bringing out the worst in some people.

 

Darren Kennedy and Jennifer Maguire presenters on The Unemployables, RTÉ2, 9pm, next Thursday.

WE have been to smaller restaurants but usually they’ve been located in much larger cities than Dublin — hideaways in side streets and alleyways in Paris and New York spring to mind. 

Dublin City Council isn't giving much away about a filming project that closed the city's Samuel Beckett bridge for nearly 24 hours.

A man has appeared in court in Dublin charged with the carjacking of a woman's car in Rathgar last Friday.

A man will appear in court in Dublin this morning charged in connection with a carjacking in the capital last week.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a man in connection with a carjacking in Terenure on Friday.

Gardaí were last night questioning a teenager in relation to the latest carjacking incident to take place in Dublin.

A woman and her two children were threatened by an armed robber this afternoon in a Dublin suburb when their vehicle was carjacked.

Anti-war campaigner and writer Margaretta D’Arcy could be released from Limerick Prison if she signs a bond pledging to stay out of Shannon Airport, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter told the Dáil. (Irish Examiner, February 7).

Not everyone will be happy with the news house prices are on the rise, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

The winning of a coveted Michelin star last year greatly improved the fortunes of Sebastien Masi’s Locks Brasserie restaurant, recording profits of over €100,000.

Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for witnesses in relation to the serious sexual assault of a special needs woman on Wednesday.

Rita Ora is "not bothered" about making money.

A last word on Con Houlihan?

One of the country’s most exclusive restaurants, the Michelin-starred Thornton’s, owned by celebrity chef Kevin Thornton, dipped into the red last year.

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious crash on Rathmines Road in Dublin.