Women’s Circle to meet in Kilcoole each month in celebration of ancient Celtic traditions
Life coach and celebrant Liz Sherry is starting a monthly women’s circle in Kilcoole, which will celebrate the Celtic Wheel and the turning of the seasons.
Fr Tommy Scott was a wonderful storyteller noted for his great wit
Fr Tommy Scott of the St Patrick’s Missionary Society class of 1975 has died, with his funeral service taking place at St Patrick’s Chapel.
Deirdre O’Kane, Neil Delamare and Fr Ted night – complete line-up for Gorey’s Yellow Belly Comedy Festival
Gorey Yellow Belly Comedy Festival has announced its complete line-up which has been expanded to include four nights of comedy this year.
Dundalk man taking on epic race across the Alps wishes he chose a different ‘mid-life crisis’
A Dundalk native is running across the Alps in a mind-blowing physical challenge that will see him traverse 272 miles and almost 17,000 meters of altitude in a gruelling seven days.
Enniscorthy’s GreenTech HQ to host leadership seminar with sports psychologist Enda McNulty
Greentech HQ, a sustainable innovation hub, in Enniscorthy is hosting an exciting seminar with former Armagh Gaelic footballer and successful sports psychologist, Enda McNulty.
Over 50 diverse events to take place all around Kerry as part of Culture Night
The 2024 edition of Culture Night 2024 here in Kerry will take place next Friday September 20 in locations all across the county.
Wicklow’s Cathaoirleach attends poignant memorial service held in honour of victims of 9/11
The Cathaoirleach of Wicklow County Council, Cllr Paul O’Brien, attended a moving remembrance ceremony held at Deerfield Residence, the official residence of the United States Ambassador to Ireland, t
Sharon Mannion: ‘My worst ever job? Walking about Dundrum Shopping Centre dressed as a smurf’ | Irish Independent
Sharon Mannion is a comedian, actor, writer and resident MC at the Comedy Cellar at Dublin’s International Bar – Ireland’s longest-running comedy club. She counts among her TV credits Moone Boy, Bridg
Are you too stingy or a pushover? How to navigate your way around the new tipping culture | Irish Independent
When Noel Cunningham was a young man, his late mother Kathleen was baffled every time he left a tip at a restaurant.
‘I lost a Boots card that I had for 18 years. How do I reclaim my points?’ | Irish Independent
Q I had a Boots Advantage card that I got around 2006 and had built up a good number of points on it that I was hoping to use soon. However, I moved house and lost the card.
Adrian Weckler: Yes, we’ve got a bit of a reputation... we’ve also got a thriving FDI sector | Irish Independent
There’s one term that keeps being recycled in the wake of the €13bn Apple tax decision – “reputational damage”.
Tech firm boss frustrated by national children’s hospital set-backs
A healthcare technology supplier to the National Children’s Hospital has expressed frustration at delays in the project as he reveals set backs to its completion have impacted on his firm’s revenue.
Immigration boosts Bank of Ireland’s potential customer base, says CEO Myles O’Grady
The high number of people moving to Ireland could boost Bank of Ireland’s potential customer base, the bank's CEO has said.
Richard Curran: The reasons for Larry Goodman’s half-billion hospital expansion look compelling right now
Larry Goodman is definitely backing the future of private healthcare in Ireland with the €500m investment in his Blackrock Health group.
DLA Piper hopes to add 135 ‘high-value’ jobs
International law firm DLA Piper hopes to create 135 high-value jobs in Ireland over the coming years as it reveals revenue in the country has hit over €30m.
FAI receive 38 complaints in wake of 1990s abuse scandal as David Courell defends Hallgrimsson methods
The FAI’s independent complaint handling firm has received 38 contacts since it launched in July when a dozen female footballers came forward in joint Sunday Independent/RTÉ Investigates reports
Auto advice: What should drivers know about how to tow safely?
Our motoring editor answers your questions on different towing licences and what you need to know before towing.
There’s been a huge 270pc rise in number of employers caught flouting the new laws on tipping
The number of contraventions detected of a new law aimed at ensuring businesses pass on customer tips to their staff has almost tripled this year.
Israeli ambassador Dana Erlich: Ireland’s lack of empathy for plight of Israelis is bewildering
The first anniversary of my appointment as Israel’s Ambassador to Ireland brings with it mixed emotions. It’s strange how time seems to pass so quickly, and yet so slowly. It feels like only yes
Conor Skehan: How property became a status symbol for the Irish
Those commemorative plaques on city buildings, telling where famous people once lived, carry another important lesson. Throughout history, most people, wealthy and poor, rented their homes.
Luke O'Neill: Noise and air pollution putting us in peril as fertility rates plummet
Over the past 50 years or so something important has been happening to men. The number of sperm they are producing is dropping, with studies showing a decrease in sperm count of around 50pc. The decrease has been speeding up over the past 20 years.
Eilis O’Hanlon: Sinn Féin’s attitude to horrors of the past is utterly hypocritical
The widow of Pat Finucane, the solicitor murdered by loyalists in front of his family in north Belfast in 1989, was first promised a public inquiry into her husband’s death more than two decades
Brighid McLaughlin: Praise the Lord for a gathering like no other in Lambay Island paradise
At long last, the aul autobiography is finished. The fecking relief is something else. To celebrate, I decided to go for a day trip to the Northside for a change. Skerries, no less. Well, I grew up in
Declan Lynch: Kamala Harris played Donald Trump like a cheap, fake Stradivarius
The strongest response to the Trump-Harris debate was probably that of the journalist John Sweeney in one of his great War Diary videos which he has been tweeting since Russia invaded Ukraine. He was