4+ week, 34+ min ago   (447+ words) One of the pleasures of working in the media for the past decade has been the growing ease with which our readers can capture images or experiences and share them with us. Reader submissions – facilitated by Contribly software – are now…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (322+ words) The notice for Alex McCarthy (16), from Carlow, was published on death notices website Rip.ie on Wednesday. Issued by Lacey’s Funeral Directors, the notice said McCarthy’s parents were “heartbroken” by his death. It said he was “deeply loved” by his…...

3+ week, 51+ min ago   (521+ words) the core features that decide who sees what. The news industry has changed beyond recognition over the...Our basic unit of currency remains the exclusive news story. It’s what reporters and their editors value...important way that we measure the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (324+ words) A funeral notice for one of the teenagers killed in the M9 crash on Sunday morning has been removed from RIP.ie The notice for Joe Carthy (15), from Athy, Co Kildare, went up on the website on Monday morning and was…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (763+ words) An Garda Síochána would be given “whatever resources” were required to deal with dangerous driving, including pursuit training, the Minister for Justice said. Jim O’Callaghan was speaking on Monday after five teenagers were killed when the stolen BMW car they…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (193+ words) Sir, – Ratko Mladic’s death closes the book on one of the worst mass murders Europe had seen since the Holocaust during the second World War. He died at 84 in UN detention at The Hague after being convicted of genocide for…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago   (904+ words) two reasons: firstly, it’s August and all other news has gone to its beach house to relax for the rest...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (453+ words) bed capacity of just 4,767. He has branded it “a national disgrace” and echoed the concerns of the Council...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (556+ words) In the last 11 days, more than 20,000 people attended over 150 events featuring 2,500 participants at Derry’s Féile, but three bonfires got the headlines. The pyres, lit on the Lecky Road in the Bogside, Bligh’s Lane in Creggan, and Corrody Road in the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1318+ words) Oberstown, the State’s only detention centre for children, near Lusk, north Co Dublin, has been under intense pressure for almost two years. The past fortnight’s events – the crash on the M9 motorway at Moone in Co Kildare that left four people…...