Sources: RTÉ The Irish Times
American fashion retailer Claire's closes all of its 154 stores in Ireland and the United Kingdom with the loss of 1,300 jobs after collapsing into administration for a second time in a year. 2026-04-27
Conor McGregor loses his appeal against a civil court in the Republic of Ireland, finding that he raped Nikita Hand. 2025-07-31
Ireland reports a record 7,836 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 121,154. 2021-01-6
The Republic of Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar extends stay-at-home coronavirus restrictions until May 5. 2020-04-10
Citizens of Ireland head to the polls in the country's latest general election. 2020-02-8
Apple Inc. and Ireland agree on an interim deal to put €13 billion in an escrow fund for the repayment of back taxes, starting early 2018. Still, both parties refute that the alleged "sweetheart" corporate tax deals were illegal. In 2016, the European Commission found that an unfair advantage of €13 billion is to be reimbursed. 2017-12-4
Georgia's visa-free regime, which allows travel to most member states of the European Union, with the exception of Ireland and the United Kingdom, enters into force. 2017-03-28
Voters in Ireland go to the polls to vote on constitutional referendums, including one that would allow same-sex marriage. 2015-05-22
Darren Scully, the mayor of the Irish town of Naas, resigns after the latest in a series of scandals, having made radio comments about the "aggressive attitude" of "black Africans". A police investigation into his actions is underway. 2011-11-22
Irish senator Ivor Callely is suspended from Fianna Fáil over new expense allegations. 2010-08-3