Author: Angela Nurse

The bodies of a man and a young boy have been discovered in a stream close to the Royal Canal in Dublin, gardai said. A passer-by came across the remains in shallow water near a railway line at an an area known as Ashington Green in Ashtown.

President Michael D Higgins has said the dream of some of the 1916 rebels has not been achieved. At a state ceremony to honour James Connolly and the Irish Citizen Army, the President said the aspirations of socialists in the Rising can inspire the rebuilding of Ireland’s society and economy.

At least 14 vehicles have been involved in a major pile-up on one of the country’s busiest road junctions. The series of collisions occurred near the Dunkettle interchange just outside Cork shortly before 3pm.

People in Dublin have shown their support for the Muslim community by altering offensive graffiti. The words “All Muslims are scum” were daubed on a wall close to Croke Park in the wake of the Brussels attacks which left more than 30 people dead and hundreds more injured.

A great grandson of 1916 leader James Connolly has unveiled a statue in the republican icon’s “spiritual home” of Belfast. James Connolly Heron said it was an honour and a privilege to attend the event on the Falls Road in the west of the city.

Gardai are appealing for help to identify a woman whose body was found washed up on rocks in Co Dublin. She was discovered at Scotsmans Bay, Sandycove, on Thursday.

Cocaine with an estimated street value of 112,000 euro has been seized by Gardai. Mixing agents, scales and a quantity of cash were also recovered when officers searched a property in south Dublin.

Irish President Michael D Higgins has suggested Britain’s “imperial triumphalism” be re-examined in the same way as Irish republicanism has been over recent years. In a keynote speech at an event marking Ireland’s Easter Rising against British rule a century ago, Mr Higgins said there has been much discussion of violence by Irish nationalists at… Continue reading Michael D Higgins issues 'imperial triumphalism' call in Easter Rising speech

Transport across Dublin on Easter weekend is set for chaos after Luas workers rejected a pay deal. The tram drivers and ticket inspectors will strike on Saturday and Sunday, with an estimated 250,000 people expected on the city’s streets for the 1916 centenary commemorations.

A mother who lost five members of her family when their car plunged off a pier in Ireland has told funeral mourners she will be “forever grateful” to the man who saved her baby. Louise James choked back tears as she addressed those who had packed Holy Family Church in Londonderry.