Sources: RTE
Irish education minister Simon Harris is elected as Leader of Fine Gael following the resignation of Leo Varadkar. At age 37, Harris will become Ireland's youngest ever Taoiseach upon taking office. 2024-03-24
At least seventeen people are killed in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom as Storm Eunice impacts northwestern Europe. Millions are also left without power. 2022-02-18
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
Pubs and restaurants are allowed to resume their indoor service across Ireland for the first time since March 2020, although customers must have official proof that they have been fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 within the last 180 days. 2021-07-26
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 Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine recommends the owners of three mink farms in Ireland to cull their mink to halt the potential spread of a mutated form of the coronavirus. 2020-11-19
At least 51 people are injured after a bus carrying pensioners crashes in Ireland. 2012-06-23
Voters in Ireland go to the polls for a referendum on whether the Irish government can approve the European Fiscal Compact. 2012-05-31
Enda Kenny is elected as the 13th Taoiseach of Ireland by a margin of 117-27 in the 31st Dáil Éireann, replacing Brian Cowen. 2011-03-9
The International Monetary Fund approves a 22.5bn euro loan to the Republic of Ireland. 2010-12-16