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Back in time: The Galway of 600 years ago shows just how much of the city has survived
26.2 miles later: 'You started something, played the long game and you finished it. Job done.'
Sarah Geraghty
The 'male pill' could be coming, it's in jab form and it works
Lonely Planet names Skellig Ring as top destination for 2017
Introducing Lynlee Boemer - a baby who has quite literally been born twice
Could these 9 ideas change Ireland for the better?
Darren Ryan
Nat Geo photo competition gives us a glimpse of a strange, alluring world
Chopped to create 120 jobs in Dublin and Kildare
Lucky Cork family scoop €500,000 in Euromillions draw
The State of us: Ireland by the numbers in 2016
'A great day for Ireland': Irish sign language one step closer to official recognition
2015 was a 'tax leap year' - meaning you could be due more tax back than usual
These are the 10 best restaurants in Ireland*
David Attenborough wants us to use peepholes to look at gorillas in zoos
Tasmanian devils could hold the key in a battle to save the lives of 10 million humans
The creators of the Muppets want this cartoon to help kids save the planet
Plans for new cancer institute at St James' Hospital
How Pat Shortt made a comedy about emigration and 1916
'The land of a thousand hills' is now using drones to deliver medicine
Quiz: Can you tell the Dublin Bus route by the start and end points?
Why does the naked mole rat feel no pain and not get cancer?
'Dublin is what happens in between': What's the meaning behind this new tourism tagline?
Anne Doyle made her triumphant return to reading news on the Ray D'Arcy Show
Argentina's "cowboy priest" to become country's first saint after performing two "miracles"
Fighting cancer with funny moustaches: "We were not the norm. Cancer is very serious and we were not serious"
The world's tallest tower has broken ground
Independent distillers and brewers are funding themselves by offering 'bragging rights' to fans
GO GO GO! Audience tickets for this year's Late Late Toy Show are now up for grabs
This Irish doll-maker has signed a book deal with famed children's publisher Penguin
This is how you can quickly remove your embarrassing browser history
Globe artichokes - embrace this weird but delicious vegetable
Michael Kelly
McGregor's team-mate Charlie Ward becomes the latest Irishman to be signed by the UFC
The maths gene? It all adds up to a myth
Eoin Gill
Ulster Bank customers can donate to Haiti at bank's ATMs
Pope Francis has opened up his summer holiday home to tourists because he's not using it much
All aboard! A train is set to reach the Sligo glamping site this weekend
Boil water notice lifted in Roscommon after 2.5 years
Irish women are being given the chance to star in a movie with Mel Gibson
There's a new online tool to help house buyers compare prices
Why Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature