February 25, 2006 was a busy day in Dublin, where concert goers, rugby fans and film festival attendees mingled on the city streets. It was a bright spring day in that optimistic era that followed the Good Friday Agreement, a time when "reconciliation" was the word on everyone's lips. So few could have imagined that reconciliation would become rioting before the afternoon was out.
Pageant makers Lumen Street Theatre and Show CoMotion, a new Dublin-based parade company, will this year join a host of regular contributors, including Galway theatre company Macnas, Wexford prop-making company Bui Bolg, Donegal-based Inishowen Carnival Group, which creates sculptural installations and performances and Wicklow prop company ArtFX. Numerous international marching bands are also set to travel from Scotland and the United States, including eight American bands from Ohio, Arizona, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Mississippi, Indiana and Texas for the parade.
It's a Thursday night in the bleak height of January. Mother Nature has taken a dislike to Dublin, and this is the fifth day of rain in a row. I'm dressed up in a black midi skirt with a lace insert at the hem, just enough to reveal a hint of leg. Was I trying to look respectful, with a touch of sex appeal? Who knows, and if I think too much about how I'll be perceived, I'll get nauseous.
Solo travel can be intimidating, but it also gives you total freedom. You can eat where you want, linger where you want and change plans on a whim. TripAdvisor just released its 2026 Travelers Choice Awards, including Best of the Best Destinations, and, for the first time, the list includes awards for the best destinations for solo travel. The Best of the Best Awards are based on millions of reviews and ratings from October 2024 to September 2025.
Court heard sellers would be shown a "fake" bank‑transfer image to convince them that payment had been made before the vehicles were taken Two Dublin men have been accused of targeting online sellers in an organised series of thefts of motorbikes and cars "nationwide" using fake payments and simulated bank transfers. Edward Collins (21), of Collinstown Crescent and Sean Hutchinson (24), of Cooleven Green, both in Clondalkin, appeared at Dublin District Court today facing 13 and 24 charges respectively.
I've never had a sense of direction. In a family where everyone knows where they're going, I'm the one who gets lost. When my son Charlie was small, he would listen as I outlined the day's itinerary-grocery store, library, post office-then interrupt. "Mama," he'd say, "I have a better way." And he did. He was five, and already knew where he was going.
The co-owner of Kin Dee and Four Bowls Catering chats about moving to Ireland from South Africa - and why his new restaurant will be keeping it simple
The spacious property in the 3100 block of Vittoria Loop in Dublin was sold on Nov. 14, 2025. The purchase price was $1,300,000. The unit was built in 2014. The layout of this three-story home includes three bedrooms and three baths. The unit sits on a 2,286-square-foot lot. This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
"Life is a bit like sitting on a sofa," says Rory Guinness, chair of the Iveagh Trust. He's joking - riffing off the Friends-style photo we've arranged, that has him and his daughter, Aoife, seated alongside Iveagh Trust tenant Leonie Crowley, and employees including John Barrett and Martin O'Keeffe.
Tadgh O'Donovan, science teacher in Carrigaline Community School and content creator @teachwithtadgh, took a chance during the pandemic, and he hasn't looked back since
Philip Murphy is already serving a 10-year sentence for two random sex attacks on women in Dublin city centre His brother, Michael Murphy (48), was also jailed today for rape His half brother, Thomas Ryan, has waived his anonymity so Philip Murphy can be named A "most dangerous sexual predator" has been jailed for 15 years for the repeated rape and sexual abuse of his younger brother and two young girls 30 years ago.
Mr Deely, originally from Naas in Co Kildare and living on Serpentine Avenue in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, was 22-years-old when he went missing in the early hours of December 8, 2000. He was attending a work Christmas party at the Hilton Hotel in Dublin 2 on December 7, before going to Buck Whaley's nightclub on Leeson Street, where he left between 2.30am and 3.25am on December 8.
It's a pointless delay, and we know the reason why. It's because it's a new government and they have new priorities," he said, adding that money for new roads was now being "nicked" from public transport projects. "Public transport moves real numbers, it's what serious cities do ... if we keep taking money away from these projects and delaying them, we're just going to condemn more people to slowly losing the will to live in gridlock and missing out on time with their families.
A passenger was taken to hospital following a collision between a Luas tram and a motor vehicle on Old Belgard Road, Dublin 24, on Tuesday afternoon. Dublin Fire Brigade and other emergency services attended the scene at approximately 3:50pm. A spokesperson said the passenger was conveyed to Tallaght University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
I was sitting on my sofa on a Saturday evening when I heard of Catriona's passing, having been in an unexpectedly foul mood earlier that day.
After Guinness, and people, Ireland's greatest export is surely the Irish pub, which can be found in just about every corner of the world from Alaska to New Zealand. But nothing beats settling in for a pint in one of the best pubs in Dublin - the OG city for pub culture and the home of the most famous stout on the planet.
Capper ran from the car while throwing small bags of white powder away from him. A drug addict was "covered in cocaine" when gardai caught him fleeing from his car after a high-speed chase across the city, a court has heard. On January 3, Scott Capper (37) drove at speed across the north Dublin suburbs of Sutton, Howth and Baldoyle.
Costume is a small boutique in Dublin's city centre, usually fronted with elegant window displays of beautifully dressed mannequins. Last October, however, Marguerite O'Molloy was passing on her way for a manicure and found something startlingly different. The shop is on Castle Market, a pedestrian shopping area, O'Molloy says. It's a really lively, cool area and a regular haunt of mine; I actually met my husband in the famous Grogan's Castle Lounge pub on the opposite corner.
