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Last week
7th June 2026 - 13th June 2026
77-year-old mother and baby home survivor and human rights advocate awarded PhD in Galway
My recovery has started – Christian Eriksen ‘feeling good’ in wake of collapse
Denmark's Christian Eriksen ‘in good spirits’ after collapsing on pitch during friendly match
This month
June 2026
If you see a hedgehog you should report it to the authorities
Last month
May 2026
Family effort restoring one of Cork's most iconic clocks to air tomorrow
Irish student takes European prize at world's largest teen environmental competition
April
April 2026
Irish Guide Dogs seeks volunteers and puppy raisers as it celebrates 50 years
This turtle has lived in Kerry since Bertie was Taoiseach. Now she's being released to the wild
'It's still surreal': The Wexford teen on his Late Late win and his date with Shania Twain
Cork mother to walk in the steps of medics who spotted rare conditions in her twins
New breast cancer scanner at University of Galway hailed as a diagnosis 'game changer'
Courts' Poor Box handed out over €1.5m to Irish charities last year
Palestinian tech student tops class at Dublin university
Artemis astronauts almost 170,000 kilometres from Earth and in 'good spirits'
March
March 2026
Public invited to make nominations for Dublin city's Lord Mayor's Awards for the first time
Forty new migratory species given international protection, UN agrees
Restoration completed on historic 'Four-Faced Liar' clock in Cork city
Restoring a lifeline: The (free) surgery giving paralysed patients back their hands
Galway student leads team to discovery of new planet
Young people with Down Syndrome star in new Irish music video
In pictures: Ireland's underwater world documented in award-winning images
Irish mum couldn't find special PJs to suit her son's needs - so she created her own
Hundreds of free trees to be given away to Crumlin residents this weekend
'Sam’s home, Oscar is on the way': Kerry town beams with pride for Jessie Buckley
Ireland could be getting its first direct flight route to Brazil
New €6.8m Westport Coast Guard Station officially opened
February
February 2026
Dermot Kennedy pledges to donate €20,000 to Barretstown after winning radio quiz
Vogue Williams announced as Grand Marshal of Dublin's St Patrick’s Day parade
Monaghan man breaks his sixth world record with pull of 120-tonne boat in Connemara
‘Little legend’: Australian police release emergency call made by boy who saved family swept to sea
HBO Max is coming to Ireland next month and taking Friends with it
'Celebrations are already underway': Two Irish restaurants awarded their first Michelin star
Dublin’s Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen was thought to be in with a chance of earning its third star this evening, but the restaurant and its two-star peers missed out.
'One of Dublin's most authentic voices': Actress Brenda Fricker to be awarded Freedom of Dublin
Rossie to Aussie: Roscommon nurse arrives in Sydney after two-year cycling challenge for charity
Rescue dog who was found in Tesco bag to represent Ireland at Crufts
Irish grandmother of boy (13) who saved his mother and siblings' lives in Australia 'very proud'
13-year-old swims four hours to save family after being swept out to sea in Australia
Derelict Aran Island hotel to reopen as cultural centre - and there's a competition to name it
January
January 2026
Baftas: Another nod for Jessie Buckley as Paul Mescal gets in on the act too
US free-climber successfully scales Taiwan's 101-storey skyscraper