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National: Brushing up on the Bronze Age as 4,000-year-old tooth found

National News

National: Brushing up on the Bronze Age - 4,000-year-old tooth found

Teeth, dating back as far as the Bronze Age, have been found and recovered from one Irish cave. A molar thought to date back 4,000 years has been discovered in a limestone cave in Co Limerick. Considered somewhat of a breakthrough in the scientific ...

27 Mar 2024 at 11:28

Arts & Entertainment

REVEALED: The reason for extinction of early humans in Europe

An extreme cooling event in Europe caused an extinction of early humans on the continent around 1.1 million years ago, a study suggests. The abrupt climate changes saw ocean surface temperatures off Lisbon dropping below 6C – conditions that would ...

13 Aug 2023 at 10:00

National News

Imelda May to host walking tour remembering women of 1916 Rising

Singer and actress Imelda May is to host a walking tour of key sites associated with women who participated in the 1916 Easter Rising. The Dublin tour, which will be delivered by historians Liz Gillis and Honor O Brolchain, also aims to raise ...

01 Oct 2023 at 12:45

Pictures & Videos

PICTURES: Take a look behind the scenes of Ireland’s biggest, best and quirkiest museums

USE ARROWS OR NEXT BUTTON TO SEE MORE PICTURES Jump behind the scenes at Ireland’s biggest and best museums, as RTE’s Ireland's Hidden Treasures takes viewers on a journey through time and across the country. Running for three weeks from ...

19 Apr 2024 at 15:46

National News

Much-loved 'Dead Zoo' to close for a number of years for refurbishment

The Natural History Museum in Dublin is to close from September for a number of years to facilitate major refurbishment works, it has been confirmed. However, the timeline for the work for The Dead Zoo, to address long-standing issues ...

14 Jun 2024 at 08:44

National News

Thousands celebrate return of summer at Bealtaine Fire Festival

Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Ireland to give the coming of summer a traditional welcome. The Bealtaine Fire Festival brought an estimated 5,000 people to the Hill of Uisneach in Rathnew, an ancient ceremonial site in ...

12 May 2024 at 10:30

Irish president and premier mark 1916 Rising anniversary

National News

President and Taoiseach mark 1916 Rising anniversary

Irish President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar have led a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. The ceremony took place outside the GPO in O’Connell Street at noon, and was attended by ...

09 Apr 2023 at 15:31

National News

Noonan announces new grant to capture Ireland's natural history

Irish naturists are encouraged to apply for a grant to capture and record Ireland's natural history. The Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan T.D. today (February 27) welcomed applications for the ...

27 Feb 2023 at 17:54

National News

Calls to restore historic ferry left languishing in Dublin dock

An old ship that ferried people to and from the Aran Islands decades ago has capsized in a Dublin dock. The MV Naomh Eanna was built in Dublin in the 1950s and was the main mode of transport connecting Co Galway to the Aran ...

25 Jan 2023 at 11:48

Arts & Entertainment

Former RTÉ star Ryan Tubridy confirmed as guest speaker for 'West of Ireland' themed festival

Ashford Castle in Cong, County Mayo has announced the details of its 2025 History Festival which will feature well-known Irish historians, broadcasters and historic writers. The festival which has become an annual ...

11 Nov 2024 at 15:22

Northern Ireland

Mandelson can be ‘champion’ for NI in US, Little-Pengelly says

The appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK Ambassador to the US is a “huge opportunity for Northern Ireland”, the deputy First Minister has said. DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly met Lord ...

11 Mar 2025 at 19:07

National News

Ancient nobles’ ringfort revealed by archaeologists

A ringfort overlooking Galway Bay has been confirmed as a settlement for rulers and nobles in Ireland’s Early Medieval period, according to archaeologists. Rathgurreen Ringfort, in the Maree area of Co ...

20 Jul 2025 at 10:00

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