Protesters will be taking to the streets of Dublin today demanding that the new National Maternity Hospital be free of religious influence.

A Dáil deputy held up a thong in the chamber to highlight the maltreatment of rape victims during adversarial trials.

Attempts to preserve Dublin’s best-known shopping streets for high-end retail outlets are being reinforced with a recent decision by the planning authorities to reject plans for a doughnut shop on O’Connell St.

No provision has been made in planning laws, in Kerry, for a minimum distance of the erection of huge wind turbines from family homes.

A bill calling for a referendum on the 8th Amendment is to be debated in the Dáil this coming Tuesday.

Sure, everyone's delighted for him.

After years of disappointment, everyone’s excited (and perhaps getting a little ahead of themselves) for Leo to maybe – finally – win a trophy on Sunday night at the 87th Academy Awards.

Not even the man who battled an evil empire in a galaxy far, far away could save the Kingdom — and so Sam Maguire will be residing in the capital for the next year.

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

Hundreds of people gathered across the country today to pay tribute to the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.

Okay so they might not be actual elephants but it's still looks like a load of fun!

I have some reservations about John Bruton’s favoured location regarding the placement of a statue honouring John Redmond.

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Irish cities on Saturday to call for an end to Israel’s military action in Gaza and a boycott of Israeli goods.

A protest rally is underway in Dublin calling for an end to the violence in Gaza.

Thousands of anti-war protesters marched through the streets of Dublin this afternoon in solidarity with people of Gaza.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has called on the Government to expel Israeli ambassador Boaz Modai from Ireland in protest at the ongoing crisis in Gaza.

Magnificent aerial photographs taken by Irish Air Corps photographic crews as they departed the capital on life-saving and other missions have been getting rave reviews online.

Irish cities have plenty of famous sights, says Pól Ó Conghaile. He focuses on smaller, off-radar discoveries in his new book, Secret Dublin.

ON MAY 26, 12 people aged 16 to 33 disappeared without trace after leaving Heaven, an after-hours club in the heart of Mexico City.

Following nationwide protests across the US, after a neighbourhood watchman was acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin, a protest will take place in Dublin today.

It was one of the signature deals of the boom.

A major protest is set to bring more than 1,000 home-help workers and patients to the doors of the Dáil today to force a U-turn on “savage” service cuts.

WITH Cork to Dublin flights axed, there are only three ways to make it between the two cities in a reasonable time — by car, bus or rail. We decided to put the options to the test and last week, three intrepid journalists headed off from Parnell Place bus station and Kent Train Station in Cork, all with one objective: to get to the Spire on Dublin’s O’Connell Street as quickly as possible...

Thousands of sick and elderly people are set to march on Leinster House over the Government’s plans to axe 450,000 home help hours from the system.

Day 1 in the Pedal to Poland house: 6.15am alarm goes off and I roll out of bed to get ready for the long day ahead.

IT is both interesting and ironic that the entrepreneurs behind the proposed wind farm on Slieve Callan in Co Clare say the venture might become a tourist attraction (Irish Examiner, February 16).

FAMILIES affected by drugs have called for the drugs crisis to be given the same priority as road safety.

The Tibetan community in Ireland has staged a solidarity demonstration with independence demonstrators in Tibet this morning.

THE sky’s the limit, they say.

The heads of the Belgian royal family today began a busy three-day state visit to Ireland which included several joint and separate engagements.

NO sooner had the improvement works on O’Connell Street in Dublin finished recently than the city council started more work on the street, at the Spire.

A CORONER’S jury has recommended several safety improvements be made to Dublin’s busiest junction where an English tourist was fatally injured by a bus.

Safety improvements have been recommended for Dublin’s busiest junction where an English tourist was fatally injured by a bus, an inquest heard.

One of the two women knocked down by a bus in Dublin city centre last week has died from her injuries in hospital.

Dublin City Council is reportedly reviewing the safety of recent alterations to O'Connell Street in the wake of a serious bus accident yesterday afternoon.

HUNDREDS of former aviation workers protested outside the Dáil yesterday, calling for their State pensions to be increased to match those of other public-sector retirees.

Organisers of today's "Reclaim the Streets" protests in Dublin are urging participants to concentrate on enjoying the day peacefully.

WALK On, Walk On....

The Operation Rudolph Santa Cycle, which will take place from December 15 to 18, was officially launched in Dublin today.

Dublin’s Christmas lights will be turned on today at 5.30pm during a festive event between the Spire and the Larkin Statue on O' Connell Street.