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Irish President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, and Tanaiste Joan Burton were among those who took part in the first major event marking the centenary of the 1916 Rising. A minute’s silence was held before three flags flown on O’Connell Street during the rebellion were raised over Dublin Castle, kick-starting a year of reflection… Continue reading President and Taoiseach attend 1916 Rising centenary launch event

Author Colm Toibin has revealed how stories from his childhood find their way into his work. The three-time Man Booker nominee, whose novel Brooklyn is tipped for Oscar success, also described how his father Michael’s death when he was 12 continues to influence his writing.

President Michael D Higgins has warned about using the flood crisis as a political football. On a tour of parts of south Galway before heading to see clean-up works in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, the President hit out at criticism of him signing the European Habitats Directive in 1997.

Almost 11 million euro worth of laundered, burned, torn or stained bank notes were replaced by banking chiefs this year. But eagle-eyed note checkers in the Central Bank refused to cash out on 366 notes, the vast majority of which because less than half of the original note was handed in.

The number of Irish motorists breaking down has risen by 5% during the last year, the AA said. More cars are on the road and drivers are continuing to battle worn out batteries, which caused a quarter of call outs.

Parts of Dublin Airport had to be evacuated following an alert. It happened shortly before 9am.

An Irish man killed in a motorway crash in Wales has been named by police. Andre Murphy, known to friends as Nick, was killed on the M4 near Newport in a two-vehicle collision at 4.15am on Monday.

Prominent Irish republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy has been found guilty of tax evasion. The 66-year-old, from Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, Co Louth, a farm that straddles the border with Northern Ireland, denied nine charges of failing to comply with tax laws in the Irish Republic.

Council chiefs have blamed Waterways Ireland for not answering phones on Saturday night, leaving them to find a digger to prise open canal locks and ease flooding in Limerick city. The local authority said it was disappointed with the agency’s response to the crisis which left 14 homes flooded and girls’ secondary school Ard Scoil… Continue reading Limerick council blame Waterways Ireland over locked canal gates

Armed detectives, bomb disposal teams and dog handlers are searching land near the border for a second day after a dissident republican arms dump was uncovered. AK47s, a sniper rifle and components for mortar bombs were reportedly discovered buried on farmland near Jenkinstown, close to the southern shores of the Cooley peninsula in Co Louth.