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Ireland ranks third in world for number of pubs per head, but more people are becoming teetotallers, new report reveals

Although a significant number of pubs have closed in the last decade, there has been an increase in off-licences.The picture emerges in a report...

Ireland and Spain reiterate plan to form alliance to recognise state of Palestine

Ireland and Spain have reiterated their intention to forge an alliance of countries that will soon recognise Palestine as a nation state.The Irish taoiseach,...

Irish taoiseach and Spanish PM to discuss Palestine nation state plan

The new Irish taoiseach is to meet the Spanish prime minister to discuss their joint plan to recognise Palestine as a nation state and...

Bodies fused together in death: How Stardust was seared into Irish consciousness

It was a night of giddy teenage romance that suddenly turned into...

Simon Harris Becomes Ireland’s Youngest-Ever Prime Minister At 37

<!-- -->Simon Harris is known as "TikTok taoiseach" because of his social media presence.Simon Harris has become Ireland's youngest-ever prime minister at the age...

How the dung queen of Dublin was swept from history

Four centuries ago Dublin had an official city “scavenger” who was tasked with running sanitation teams to clear streets of human and animal waste....

Trinity College marked top of the class in Ireland in world university rankings

The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 survey found Trinity has 22 subjects in the top 100 inter­nationally, with five in the best...

Simon Harris becomes Ireland’s youngest prime minister at 37

Simon Harris has become the youngest premier in Ireland's history after meeting...

Leo Varadkar has ‘no regrets’ as he officially resigns as Irish taoiseach

Leo Varadkar has said he has “no regrets” about standing down, as he officially resigned as Ireland’s taoiseach.The Dublin politician, who has been the...

How Spain and Ireland became the EU’s sharpest critics of Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that the Israeli military’s killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza on Monday night was “a tragic incident”...

Irish storytelling night expands across the world

A storytelling night founded in Dublin is expanding across the world. Two Seanchoíche events are running in Sydney, Australia, this week, after coming to Berlin...

Ireland backs bid to include blocking of aid in definition of genocide

Ireland is to seek to widen the definition of genocide to include blocking humanitarian aid in a landmark international court of justice (ICJ) case...

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