Sources: BBC RTÉ
John Moran becomes the first directly-elected mayor in the Republic of Ireland. 2024-06-11
Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland and the Czech Republic expel Russian diplomats. 2022-03-29
Intel pledges €33 billion in investments in the European Union factories and research facilities, including €17 billion for building a chip-making plant in Magdeburg, Germany and €12 billion for upgrading the Irish plant; the company promises €80 billion over the next decade for the EU. 2022-03-15
Ireland reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who recently travelled from southern Africa. 2021-12-1
Voters in Ireland will go to the polls on February 26 after the President dissolves the current Dail or parliament. 2016-02-3
Prince Charles becomes the first member of the British Royal Family to meet with Gerry Adams, the President of Sinn Féin, during a two-day visit to Ireland. 2015-05-19
In two referendums, voters in the Republic of Ireland reject government proposals to abolish Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the country's parliament, but support plans to create a Court of Appeal. 2013-10-5
President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, who left for a three-day visit to Italy in the morning, returns home again in the evening as the full extent of developments become known. 2013-02-6
Ireland's Army Bomb Disposal Team receives four calls in the capital Dublin: among them is a false alarm, dealt with at the Israeli embassy in Ballsbridge. 2012-08-21
Slovakia admits responsibility for a major bomb alert on Dorset Street in Dublin, Ireland, after planting explosives on a civilian as a test. 2010-01-5