Sam the Trinity fox and brief pandemic celebrity has died, having spent his final few weeks in an animal sanctuary. The fox became famous in campus lore and newspaper images during the Covid-19 ...

Leaving Cert reform plans, which will mean students awarded more marks for project work and less for written exams, will proceed in September, Minister for Education Helen McEntee has told ...

Tens of thousands of eligible third-level students in households with incomes of up to €100,000 are missing out on grants aimed at easing the cost of college education. An estimated 40,000 ...

Dr Christoph Schwitzer has made a piece of zoological history by becoming the first director of Dublin Zoo to be elected chairman of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA). Dr ...

The State Examinations Commission is commissioning research on how artificial intelligence (AI) may be used to help support the marking of Leaving Cert papers or generate exam questions. While ...

College progression rates for second level schools, which featured in The Irish Times Feeder Schools 2024 last December, have been updated after it emerged that University College Dublin and ...

Lisa McGee knows what it is like to juggle the demands of a busy working life with the stress of undergoing fertility treatment. The 33-year-old accountant from Meath experienced fertility problems.

Gardaí are using the 20th anniversary of the death of Co Clare woman Emer O’Loughlin (23) to appeal for information which may help find a man who owned the mobile home in which she died.

The funeral of a six-year-old girl who died while cycling in Galway city over the weekend will take place on Wednesday. Ula Grigaitytė, from Headford Road in the city, was “deeply loved” by ...

The child was struck by a truck while cycling her bicycle on the outskirts of the city. Gardaí said the girl’s bicycle collided with a heavy goods vehicle at the junction of Headford Road and ...

A week of sunny and warm weather lies ahead, with temperatures forecasted to reach close to 20 degrees on several occasions. Met Éireann said the weather will remain settled for the entire week ...

As a coastal city and a port, Dublin is intrinsically linked to water. Its first biodiversity artist-in-residence, Rosie O’Reilly, is on a mission to ensure that the capital’s hydro-story ...