2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (644+ words) Bloc Party made a lot of noise with their debut album, Silent Alarm, from 2005. It’s a record that has come to be regarded as one of the towering achievements of the unfairly reviled “landfill indie” era. But the very fact…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1374+ words) “The biggest challenge now is the buses not showing,” says Elaine Conry. “My girls get the bus, and it is just dreadfully unreliable; some days they’ve had to get a taxi into school.” Conry has lived in Sandyford in south…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (541+ words) My name is Nisha, and I’m originally from Chennai, India. I moved to Dublin five years ago to pursue a master’s in accounting and financial management at UCD. Since joining EY, I’ve completed all my ACA exams on the first…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (632+ words) A woman who told a court her husband chased her through their home with a machete “screaming that he would kill me” has secured an interim barring order against him. She also told Dublin District Family Court that the man…...

16+ hour, 34+ min ago   (523+ words) “To me personally, Woman Unknown is about the female body as a battleground,” she said from the podium. “At the same time, the film tells the tale of women who are invisible, unseen and voiceless.” The award from a jury…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago   (453+ words) “I am really surprised. There were better swimmers in this race than me,” Bruno Delmonte, winner of the men’s race in the 106th year of Dublin’s Liffey Swim, said on Saturday. Cheering crowds lined the quays between Rory O’More Bridge and…...

12+ hour, 2+ min ago   (622+ words) US president Donald Trump said Irish unity would be a “great thing” in response to a reporter’s question on his visit to Dublin. The comments, made alongside Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Farmleigh, caused eyebrows to be raised north and south…...

11+ hour, 56+ min ago   (569+ words) Palestine, Iran, paedophilia, racism, misogyny, transphobia, corruption, climate destruction – there was a placard for all. The crowds that gathered in Dublin to protest the visit of Donald Trump had a pick ‘n’ mix assortment of grievances to air. “I have…...

13+ hour, 36+ min ago   (525+ words) It was, as one senior SDLP figure put it, “quite a moment, to have the American president saying that.” The “that” in question was Donald Trump’s endorsement of Irish unity, delivered when answering questions from the media after his arrival…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (534+ words) Dozens of criminal legal aid cases were adjourned at a midlands district court on Thursday due to the withdrawal of services by criminal solicitors involved in the legal aid payment dispute. At Mullingar District Court, Judge Patricia Cronin adjourned the…...