12+ hour, 35+ min ago   (451+ words) An online casino and sports betting website that bills itself as the “world’s largest” has been shut down to Irish users after an intervention by the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI). Stake, which claims to have more than 44 million…...

12+ hour, 50+ min ago   (269+ words) Sir, – Listening from my home in Siem Reap to Irish radio coverage of Ireland’s latest Pisa (Programme for International Student Assessment) results, it is difficult not to be struck by the contrast with the country in which I have lived…...

12+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1681+ words) On the evening of Tuesday June 9th, Michael was at home with his family when a brick came through the livingroom window, shattering the glass of their terraced home in east Belfast and just missing his three-year-old son. “My child was…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (557+ words) Soft toys, illuminations, large-scale floral tributes and “highly conspicuous materials” will be banned from roadside memorials to crash victims under a new policy covering much of south Dublin. Shrines and monuments to those killed in collisions have for decades been…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (600+ words) Proposals to toughen the requirements for acquiring Irish citizenship through naturalisation have been drawn up with an eye to “what the rules are in other countries”, according to Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan. So how does Ireland compare? The length…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (723+ words) At least 88 families were forced out of their homes as a result of Northern Ireland race riots in June, either through burning or local intimidation, according to figures supplied by housing authorities. As of the beginning of September, fewer than…...

12+ hour, 49+ min ago   (180+ words) In late summer, a criminal using the name “SpongeJob” posted a wanted ad on Telegram, an encrypted messaging service. He was looking for a hitman to travel to Cyprus to kill two men, twins from the UK. Everything would be…...

13+ hour, 51+ min ago   (586+ words) The State-owned Irish Shipping company had ordered a large bulk carrier, which was built in a shipyard in Glasgow. When it was finished in 1973, because of its size and its specialised function, on its maiden voyage it would not come…...

21+ hour, 36+ min ago   (258+ words) In a couple of hours in the Phoenix Park on Saturday morning US president Donald Trump opined, with varying degrees of coherence, on a dizzying range of topics. The Government will be content that the visit passed without any major…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (536+ words) The First Ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn…...