An €83,68 million project to improve research and business engagement in university technology has been launched by the Minister for Higher and Further Education

In the first three months of the year, the housing agency Threshold received almost 12.000 calls related to housing issues, with tenancy security continuing to be the main concern

The country will begin repatriating asylum seekers who have arrived via Britain 'within a few weeks', according to plans agreed by the government, although uncertainty remains about the effectiveness of the initiative in practice

A severe potato shortage is increasingly likely as heavy rains flooded soils and are making planting impossible; Irish Times 2021 data showed an average Irish is the world's largest consumer with 85 kg potatoes/year, more than double the global average

Simon Harris, 37, appointed Prime Minister of Ireland to replace Leo Varadkar, is the youngest Irish prime minister ever