Sources: BBC
Ireland reports its first three cases of the B.1.617 variant originally detected in India, with two of the three cases linked to travel. 2021-04-19
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
Fast food restaurant chain McDonald's closes all of its restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland citing the safety of its employees and customers amid the coronavirus pandemic. 2020-03-23
A shooting at a house in Omeath, County Louth in the Republic of Ireland leaves two men dead, including an on-duty police officer. 2015-10-11
A report into Ireland's Magdalene asylums finds "significant" state collusion in the admission of thousands of "fallen women" into the institutions where they were abused and worked for nothing in conditions of slavery before they were shut down less than two decades ago. 2013-02-5
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 funeral of Ian McKeever, who was killed by a lightning strike on Mount Kilimanjaro, occurs in County Wicklow, Ireland. 2013-01-12
Counting begins in elections for the 24th Seanad in Ireland. 2011-04-26
Irish authorities launch an investigation into last night's "violent incident" which saw protesters attempt to storm Dáil Éireann in a campaign against bank bail-outs. 2010-05-12
The brother of Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams, detained under a European arrest warrant, is released on bail after surrendering to the Garda Síochána in Ireland. 2010-03-4