Sources: BBC RTÉ
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
A jet bridge collapses at the Dublin Airport in Ireland, damaging an American Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft. 2023-07-9
The Irish Department of Health announces that people aged 80 or older and residents of nursing homes aged 65 and older will receive a booster MRNA COVID-19 vaccine regardless of which vaccine they first received. The booster rollout will begin at the end of September or the start of October. 2021-09-8
Ireland reports its first case of the B.1.525 variant first detected in Nigeria. 2021-02-25
Voters in Ireland go to the polls for a general election. Exit polls indicate that the ruling coalition of Fine Gael party led by Enda Kenny and the Labour Party will fall short of re-election with 34% of the vote between them. 2016-02-26
Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancée Charlene Wittstock arrive in Ireland for a state visit, 50 years after the visit of Prince Rainier and Hollywood actress Princess Grace. They are to dine at a state banquet hosted by President Mary McAleese and her husband at Áras an Uachtaráin. 2011-04-4
Ireland's Fine Gael Deputy Leader and Finance Spokesperson Richard Bruton, brother of former Taoiseach John Bruton, is sacked after publicly declaring his lack of confidence in Fine Gael's leader Enda Kenny. 2010-06-14
Seven people are arrested in Ireland — five in Waterford and two in Cork — over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks. 2010-03-9