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The pace of construction sector expansion quickened last month, new figures indicate. Faster rates of activity, new orders and employment were all recorded in June, according to the Ulster Bank’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).

UN envoy Mary Robinson has called for schoolchildren to be taught more about how their lives directly impact climate change. At the end of a trip to Ethiopia, which has suffered its most severe drought in half a century, the former president of Ireland said youngsters born today will live through a potentially existential crisis.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny was among the first EU leaders consulted by the new British Prime Minister Theresa May on her first day in office. Mrs May took over from David Cameron, who resigned following the Brexit referendum vote for Britain to leave the European Union.

The thousands of Irish soldiers who died at the Battle of the Somme have been commemorated at a state memorial event in Dublin. Irish President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers and Stormont Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness were among those who marked the centenary of the battle at the… Continue reading Irish soldiers of the Somme commemorated at Dublin memorial event

A 53-year-old woman has drowned after falling into the sea off Co Clare. The woman, understood to be from Eastern Europe, was swept out from the coast near the small village of Fanore around 8.40am on Sunday.

Official figures on Ireland’s economy have been branded a farce. The country’s Finance Minister Michael Noonan said the phenomenal growth numbers – 26.3% last year – combined with rising employment and strong consumer spending showed the signs of “real growth”.

The European Union will be sensitive to Ireland’s desire to preserve the “invisible border” and maintain close relations with post-Brexit UK, the Republic’s foreign minister has claimed. Charlie Flanagan insisted other EU partners understood the nature and importance of the close link between Ireland and the UK.

A motorcyclist in her 40s has died after her bike hit the central divide on the M9 motorway in Co Kildare. The collision happened between Junction 1 and 2 at around 8.30pm on Saturday.

Gardai investigating a shooting in Co Dublin have appealed for information about a northern registered car. A 36-year-old man was critically injured after he was hit several times in the gun attack at a housing estate in Lusk on Tuesday.

Rick Parfitt has bowed out of Status Quo’s summer touring commitments as he continues to recover from a heart attack last month. The 67-year-old guitarist was taken to hospital in an “extremely serious life threatening” condition after a gig at Expo 2016 in Antalya, Turkey and returned to the UK to have a defibrillator fitted.