News from Nenagh

The Dáil will never be the same again. That was the Taoiseach's view on a week where dire warnings about the health of Irish democracy were furiously issued by politicians.

29 March 2025

A popular tourist attraction in Co Sligo that hosted Ireland's largest sanctuary for raptors and owls has closed due to unforeseen circumstances.

29 March 2025

US President Donald Trump is proposing new tariffs on 2 April. So far, the situation remains fluid, and no final decisions appear to have been made.

29 March 2025

It has not been a good week for the CEO, the senior leadership team, the executives, the facilitators and the transport managers of the country's biggest drug trafficking gang.

29 March 2025

From Monday, motorists looking to renew or take out a new motor policy must provide their driver number.

29 March 2025

To mark Oscar-winning actor Sam Rockwell's eye-popping surprise appearance in the new season of Mike White's acclaimed series The White Lotus, we've rounded up some of the most memorable celebrity cameos in TV history.

29 March 2025

Half of the Sun is expected to disappear during a partial solar eclipse this morning, according to the Irish Astronomical Association.

29 March 2025

The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand passed 700, as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors.

29 March 2025

Talks will resume this morning aimed at averting industrial action in the health service in a dispute over staffing numbers.

29 March 2025

Mike Gaine's disappearance from his home outside Kenmare in Co Kerry more than a week ago has caused much speculation about what may have happened to the 56-year old sheep and beef cattle farmer.

29 March 2025

The revelation that President Trump's national security team had inadvertently added a journalist to a sensitive chat on the Signal messaging app about missile strikes on Yemen was the biggest test for Donald Trump's second term so far. Will it blow over?

29 March 2025

Elon Musk has said his artificial intelligence startup xAI is buying his social networking platform X in a deal valuing the company once known as Twitter at $33 billion.

28 March 2025

The cousin of Private Seán Rooney, who was killed while on a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon in December 2022, has hailed his late relative for helping him achieve a career "milestone", after he was among a number of Defence Forces members commissioned this afternoon.

28 March 2025

Half of the Sun is expected to disappear during a partial solar eclipse tomorrow morning, according to the Irish Astronomical Association.

28 March 2025

Irish authors have joined forces to campaign against the alleged use of their copyrighted work to train Meta AI models.

28 March 2025

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake which struck Myanmar this morning has been detected by seismic instruments stationed in Ireland.

28 March 2025

Electric Picnic has announced five headline acts for this year's festival, including acclaimed American singer-songwriter Chappell Roan and Irish superstar Hozier.

28 March 2025

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government's "over-arching priority" is to protect Irish jobs amid concerns US President Donald Trump's incoming tariff plans could see pharmaceutical and other firms reduce their presence in Ireland.

28 March 2025

The number of visitors coming to Ireland in February of this year sank by 30% compared to the same time last year, new figures from Central Statistics Office show.

28 March 2025

US President Donald Trump has said that the United States needs to take over Greenland for "world peace," as he doubled down on his ambitions to annex the strategically placed, resource-rich Danish territory.

28 March 2025