Ireland

State company tells Eamon Ryan that property marked for infrastructure 'unavailable';...

Ballistic reports and legal documentation will help to explain the circumstances of a suspected murder and double-suicide in which three members of a farming family died....

Iranian-backed forces were suspected last night of seizing an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, just days after Tehran was blamed for a drone attack on another ship that killed a British crew member....

A former manager of a Sligo hotel has claimed he was unfairly sacked from his 101,500 per annum job for seeking to pay temporary staff hired at short notice with petty cash in what he claimed were exceptional circumstances....

A Belarusian exile who helped people flee the regime was found dead in Kyiv yesterday, sparking fears of an assassination by Belarus on foreign soil....

Social clubs and active retirement groups for older people should be permitted to meet indoors next month, a Government minister has insisted....

Vaccinated people displaying Covid-19 symptoms are being urged to stay at home after a number of outbreaks were linked to symptomatic people attending workplaces and restaurants....

As if to showcase the sheer size of their props, South Africa positioned Frans Malherbe and Trevor Nyakane side-by-side for yesterday's press conference ahead of Saturday's third Test decider....

Giraffes are as socially complex as elephants and their collective organisation is far more advanced than was previously understood, a new study has revealed....

US direct-to-customer fashion group Wolverine World Wide has bought British fitness and lifestyle brand Sweaty Betty for $410m (345m) to expand its business into the fast-growing activewear sector....

The phone rings as Louise Gillick is talking but she lets it go. Seconds later it rings again and she answers. It's a mum who has been calling her almost every week, desperate to secure a place for her toddler at the Daughters of Charity, St Louise...

Olympic boxing is a relentless business. Fifty hours after becoming only the second Irish female boxer to secure an Olympic medal, Kellie Harrington will be back in the ring bidding to upgrade her bronze to silver and secure a place in Sunday's lightw...

An investigation has found Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed nearly a dozen women in and out of state government and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers, New York's attorney general announced yesterday, hastening calls for the Democr...

Boeing yesterday postponed the planned launch of its CST-100 Starliner capsule from Florida's Cape Canaveral bound for the International Space Station in what was to have been a crucial do-over test flight following a near-catastrophic failure during ...

While we hear of miscarriages of justice, we rarely hear from the victims of a criminal justice system that fails to ensure the safety and security of the public it is here to protect....

I think it's fair to say we've all had a tough year. We were glum and moody; tempers were shorter than usual, and it often felt as if the entire nation was suffering from a collective form of cabin fever. But ultimately, the main problem we faced ...

Every family holiday should start with a near-death incident. Nothing helps you relax, to enjoy time with family, to unwind, like cheating death, in this case by narrowly avoiding slamming your car into the back of another....

Inter Milan want around 100m (117m) for Chelsea target Romelu Lukaku and may be forced to cash in on him before the end of the transfer window....

Bacon and other pork products could disappear from restaurants and supermarkets in California next year, when the state begins enforcing tougher animal welfare standards....

Just because there is a scarcity of used cars, doesn't mean you should panic and rush into buying potential trouble....

There is no stopping Aidan O'Brien on his travels this season with Mother Earth bagging the Ballydoyle maestro's fifth Group One in France this term with a dramatic victory in the Prix Rothschild at Deauville yesterday....

American Airlines Group and Spirit Airlines canceled hundreds more flights yesterday, stranding thousands of passengers in the US and stoking concerns that crew shortages are adding to problems that initially were caused by weather and technology issues....

The EU is not planning for "a worst case scenario" on the outcome of the Irish border Brexit crux, Commissioner Mairead McGuinness has said....

Garda will closely monitor freed killer Brian Rattigan to determine which, if any, crime organisation the gangland criminal may align himself with....

A company that was controlled by the brother of billionaire financier Dermot Desmond has been told by the High Court that it will have to provide almost 163,000 in security for costs if it wants to continue a legal action related to the 2007 sale of a mul...

Katherine Zappone hosted around 50 friends and former colleagues at a private outdoor function in the Merrion Hotel which was attended by Tnaiste Leo Varadkar....

Al-Qaeda militants are joining the Taliban front lines in increasing numbers as the insurgents make gains across the country, the Afghan general leading the defence of Helmand's capital has claimed....

Shares in US and European-listed gaming companies fell yesterday after a steep selloff in China's social media and video games group Tencent driven by fears the sector could be next in regulators' crosshairs....

Every parent who's heard their child utter the words 'I just wanted to see what would happen...' knows first-hand that kids love to experiment! "Children are naturally curious and getting hands on with science can teach them to find answer...

Men and women are happiest with their bodies after reaching the age of 60, a study has found....

Taiwan's badminton victory over China at the Olympics, winning gold and silver medals, is a historic reminder of the island's talent. But the reaction from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and some commentators is a reminder of the injust...

For the past week or so a number of people have been on asking if it is too late to buy a new car seeing as it is August and still get 2021 value out of it....

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates have officially divorced, three months after they first announced their split following 27 years of marriage....

E-commerce giant Amazon interfered with a union election by installing a mailbox to collect ballots and by distributing paraphernalia encouraging employees to vote against organising, according to a report by a US National Labour Relations Board hearing o...

A German pensioner who kept a Second World War Nazi tank in his basement for more than 30 years was yesterday given a 14-month suspended jail sentence and fined 50,000....

The Covid vaccination programme continues to prove an extraordinary success story. To its lasting credit, the HSE has delivered a roll-out that has transformed the virus picture here....

It would have been easy for Bundee Aki to switch off when he missed out on selection for the first and second Tests. At the end of a long season, the finish line was in sight....

Kellie Harrington's ability to make everyone chuckle in the mixed zone will be one of the enduring memories of the Tokyo Olympics. It scarcely matters what colour of medal she brings back to Portland Row. She's already a national treasure....

Killarney came to a standstill yesterday to pay tribute to a young garda and father of two who lost his battle against cancer....

The sole survivor of the Kingsmill Massacre has criticised garda for failing to answer key questions about the getaway vehicle used by the IRA killers and intelligence on suspects....

Early last month, the new rule governing cynical fouls inside the goal-scoring zone that has been in play for hurling in 2021 caused controversy in a Munster semi-final when Clare's Aidan McCarthy took down Tipperary's Jake Morris out near the sid...

The Government have agreed to open the vaccine programme to children between the ages of 12- and 15-years. This now means that there is a large group of parents who must decide about whether they will let their child or children, in that age category, hav...

I'm exhausted watching the Olympics. I'm not glued to it, by any means, but this year there doesn't seem to be the usual sports I could vaguely tell you something about....

As a teenager, I acted as a companion to a worldly-wise, elderly Frenchwoman who sought to instruct me in the ways of sophisticated society. "The chains of marriage are so onerous that sometimes it takes three to carry the responsibility," she wou...

A respected Cork priest and an experienced Bus ireann driver died after a coach spun out of control and collided with a pedestrian and three parked cars....

The risk of buying a car with repayments still due remains unacceptably high one-in-three in some cases despite a fall in the number of such vehicles being offered for sale....

The European Union took a key step yesterday toward a plan to charge a fee for security and health risk screening for many foreign travellers, including those from the UK and the US....

A couple are determined to complete their challenge of taking part in every Olympic sport over the 17 days of the Tokyo Games to raise money for charity....

The Duchess of Sussex is celebrating her 40th birthday following a turbulent 12 months....

Intimidation in spotlight as Catholic mother and baby forced out by loyalist paramilitaries...