Under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act a pregnant woman or girl  may have an abortion if  there is a real and substantial risk to her life by suicide. Photograph: Istock

Accessing an abortion under the terms of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act (PLDPA) can be a “lottery”, a leading perinatal psychiatrist has (...)

Dr Donald Caird  was the leading spokesman for the Southern minority during the “liberal agenda” debates in the 1980s and early 1990s
Obituary: Bishop Donald Caird

Born: December 11th, 1925 Died: June 1st, 2017 Born in Dublin in the early years of the Free State, Donald Caird took pride in his ancestry in the c(...)

Dr Ciara Kelly: ‘I don’t think academic time should be given over to religion teaching.’

What’s your most vivid Leaving Cert memory? My parents went on holiday three days before my Leaving Cert. That may not be good advice today, but nobo(...)

The study found that men aged 20-29 have a particularly high risk of collisions with other vehicles. Photograph: Getty

Cycling in Dublin can be both “scary and hazardous” particularly for men in their 20s who are most likely to come to harm commuting to work on their b(...)

The diarists:   Ciara Kilbane, Tom Crumlish, Lauren Conway, Muireann O’Reilly, Osas Aghabue-Ayo   and Evan Murphy. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy

There’s a line forming outside the principal’s office. They’re waiting patiently, but they’re not here to talk to Deirbhle Quinn, the school principa(...)

The importance of work and career influences women’s personal lives and choices in a way it does not influence men’s, the study finds. Photograph: Istock

Better-educated single women find it more difficult to meet partners than less educated single women, and are less happy as a result, a landmark study(...)

Fine Gael TD for Dublin West Leo Varadkar’s meteoric rise is partly the result of avoiding contentious decisions in favour of popular rhetoric. Photograph: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/AFP/Getty Images

In Dublin West 10 years ago, Leo Varadkar, then trying to win a seat in a tightly fought constituency, distributed hundreds of Lion bars, emblazoned w(...)

There is hardly a more salient emblem of Ireland’s recent fortunes than the 6.8 acre former Berkeley Court and Jury’s hotels site in Dublin’s Ballsbri(...)

Dr Michael Dowling outisde the  inquest into the death of Marian Tracy. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

A medical intern who sent photos of a seriously-ill patient to a doctor-on-call was following instructions, an inquest heard. The intern-on-call at (...)

‘There’s this assumption that if we do something about carbon consumption, or taxing carbon consumption, the climate will stop changing. It’s complete and utter rubbish’ Photograph: Eric Luke / The Irish Times

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has voiced his support for Leo Varadkar in the race for the Fine Gael leadership. Speaking in an interview with The Sund(...)