Sources: RTÉ The Irish Times
Ireland reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who recently travelled from southern Africa. 2021-12-1
Citizens of Ireland head to the polls in the country's latest general election. 2020-02-8
Irish President Michael D. Higgins signs a bill making abortion legal in the Republic of Ireland for the first time. 2018-12-20
United Airlines Flight 880 makes an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in the Republic of Ireland due to "severe and unexpected turbulence". At least 12 people are hospitalized. 2016-08-31
Irish politicians respond to High Court Judge Paul Carney's order that a man who plead guilty in court to repeatedly raping his daughter as a child be granted bail and provisional released. Taoiseach Enda Kenny comments on a nation "filled with revulsion" at the outcome of the case, while opposition politician Gerry Adams refers to abuse his father inflicted on others. 2013-01-22
The analogue television service in the Republic of Ireland is switched off at 10.00am. 2012-10-24
Ireland is hit by another earthquake, this time off the coast of County Mayo. 2012-06-6
An international operation against a major drug trafficking gang deals "a major blow" as 26 people are arrested in Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom, including a capo di tutti capi. 2010-05-25
Taoiseach Brian Cowen begins his state visit to the United States in Chicago, announcing to the world his scheme that will allow senior citizen tourists aged 66 and above to travel free on Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland. 2010-03-13
The British and Irish governments call in their Israeli ambassadors over the use of fake passports by the alleged killers of a Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. 2010-02-18