Who owns the land? The decades-old dispute unfolding on Achill Island
There was an issue at the boom-bridge on Achill Island that blew open a dispute reaching back decades. …
After nearly 20 years of Asbos, did Ireland’s antisocial behaviour experiment work?
On January 1, 2007, Ireland’s criminal justice system was updated, following Britain’s example and introducing antisocial behaviour orders…
Megan Lyons: Dublin freediver aims to become Ireland’s deepest diver after 80m record
As a freediver, Megan Lyons has reached unimaginable depths, shattering records that once might have seemed impossible. The…
In 2025, Earth’s oceans absorbed more heat than in any year since modern measurements began—an estimated 23 zettajoules, equivalent to roughly 37 years of humanity’s current energy use, largely stored beneath the surface where most of us will never see it.
Earth’s oceans ended 2025 with more heat stored in their upper 2,000 meters than in any other year…
‘I think that it’s in my blood at this stage’: Cork stunt performer shares tales from her Hollywood career
She is a fixture on Hollywood film sets, dodging explosions and engaging in hardcore fighting, but Avril Murphy’s…
A single bout of moderate exercise can raise BDNF in older adults — a molecule so central to neuroplasticity that neuroscientist John Ratey called it ‘Miracle-Gro for the brain’
There are mornings when I go for a walk because I know exercise is good for me. And…
Inside Ireland’s only animal blood donation clinic
Michael Byrne runs a blood donor clinic like many others across the country, with just one notable difference…
Why one man is dispatching 50,000 ladybirds to households across Ireland every week
A box of live ladybirds might not be the first purchase that springs to mind while in the…
‘The distance is a problem’: Parents of adults with intellectual disabilities forced to drive for hours to visit
Avril* is a mother in her late 50s living in the east of the country. She and her…
Mother’s plea for RSV vaccine after baby’s fight for life
In 2023, Lynn Power’s baby Rian was on a ventilator for 10 days because of RSV as doctors…
Meet the team in Cork helping to make dementia become a more manageable chronic disease
Dementia could become “a more manageable chronic disease” in 15 to 20 years with medicines, treatments, and better…
Life as one of Ireland’s last courtroom artists
He was the prime suspect for two of the biggest armed robberies in Irish history. However, one of…