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State-owned forestry body views stalled Connemara project as a pilot site for an ambitious plan to restore 30,000 hectares of bog along the west by 2050

Minister for Education Norma Foley and the State Examinations Commission (SEC) must revert to holding oral exams for Leaving Certificate Students during term time, a Fine Gael Senator Has said.

EU politicians at summit in Brussels go step further than previous pressure for 'humanitarian pause' in conflict

Influenced by Korn and moving beyond their native Ireland, the band are ready to be one of the biggest in the world. They explain how panic attacks and parenthood came to bear on a bold new LP

John Dolan finds it surprising that the 75th anniversary of the founding of our Republic is due to fall next week with very little in the way of ...

It was probably a Dáil first: a taoiseach making his inaug­ural speech in front of both his grandmother and young children. While Simon Harris’s granny Ann Cahill got a huge cheer from the assembled crowd at the new Taoiseach’s big moment this week, his speech was also interrupted by his daughter Saoirse and son Cillian, who clapped and called for “Daddy”.

Also this week: a TD speaks about guns.

The decision to downgrade the diocese of Killala and Achonry brings an end to an Ireland we once knew.

One of the great Billy Connolly’s mantras is “Dinnae vote for politicians – it only encourages them!”, writes Dr Chris Luke

A new The Journal/Ireland Thinks poll also found that immigration is seen as the priority issue in the European elections.