Ireland

A strong, shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake has jolted Athens, knocking out phone connections and causing power outages and minor damage, as worried residents rushed into the streets....

Inland fisheries Ireland secured a conviction against Mr. Bryan O'Neill, a landowner on the Munster Blackwater, for removing spawning gravels during last summer's drought....

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has suggested that controversial co-living spaces are like a 'very trendy boutique hotel'....

Man named only as Bill addresses deceased parents in small ad...

The building industry has said it is on track to record its safest year ever, the Construction Industry Federation has released figures showing there were two fatalities so far this year compared to 11 during 2013....

Lack of dedicated police unit for buses and trains criticised...

The French Minister for Europe has pledged her country's continuing solidarity with Ireland on the issue of Brexit during a visit to the border area this morning....

The fad of the week is FaceApp, which makes even the most cherubic youngster look like Gandalf....

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that if Brexit negotiations found a solution for the Irish border issue in the declaration on future ties between Britain and the European Union...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows Manchester United need to hit the ground running if next season is to be a success....

A man has been jailed for 10 years over the drugging and death of a 15-year-old British girl whose body was found on a beach in the Indian city of Goa in 2008....

University Hospital Kerry has warned patients to limit their visits to 'genuine' emergencies only due to the significant overcrowding currently experienced at the premises....

Former champion Tom Lehman fought back the tears as he walked down the 18th fairway at Royal Portrush for what is likely to be his last Open Championship....

Nuno Espirito Santo believes Wolves' pre-season trip to China has given the club's profile a huge boost....

An endangered chimpanzee has been born in front of surprised visitors at Chester Zoo....

All of us are in awe when the hurling championship comes around every summer, but none more so than comedian Josh Pray whose hilarious take on the sport has us in stitches....

A leading women's charity has raised concerns about Love Island star Amber Gill as it warned the programme has shown her "appearing to have her emotions manipulated"....

A WEATHER warning has been extended nationwide and...

GRAPHIC and disturbing footage of a fight between two men on a Luas tram that has gone viral on social media dates back to the start of the month, Independent.ie has confirmed....

Iarnrd ireann closing both centre stations to allow for repairs on Pearse Street roof...

The first footage of the star-studded film has arrived, unveiling its combination of live-action and CGI....

Officials at the competition watchdog have warned that the merger of two of the UK's biggest food and drink packaging companies could lead to a rise in prices for customers....

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that if a solution is found for Irish border in the Political Declaration, the backstop "will be overwritten"....

Brazilian striker Damiao headed Chelsea to a 1-0 defeat in Japan as J League side Kawasaki Frontale claimed a famous pre-season scalp....

A CARE worker jailed for life for the...

THE family of Iris Goldsmith have released pictures of their...

A pensioner was overcome and died of carbon monoxide poisoning after he went to check on a house where petrol generators were turned on to power the heating of a newly constructed build...

With another severe heatwave forecast, road transport of live cattle through continental Europe has been prohibited from this weekend, until further notice....

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands has upheld an earlier ruling that found the Dutch state partly liable for the deaths in 1995 of 350 Bosnian Muslim men who were expelled from a UN base and executed at Srebrenica by Bosnian Serb forces....

Beyonce fans have reacted on social media as the singer released her new album, The Lion King: The Gift, on Friday....

There wasn't a peak cap in sight as the stars of Peaky Blinders looked their glamorous best for the world premiere of the show's fifth season....

IRISHMAN Keith Byrne has said he has been...

Former South African president Jacob Zuma has abandoned his testimony to a state commission investigating corruption allegations after claiming he is being treated unfairly....

AN investigation is underway after a garda attached to specialist firearms unit accidentally shot himself in the foot....

The experiences of Irish women during the rural electrification programme in the mid 20th Century are the focus of a new exhibition at the National Museum of Country Life in Co Mayo....

A MAN has been arrested following the seizure of 2.5 million worth of cocaine....

Spouses of Irish citizens based in the North will not be able to leave jurisdiction for a year...

Dundalk woman and daughter in displacement camp in Syria...

A valuable document written and signed by Patrick Pearse has been discovered in Co Kerry, the document is a 1915 school report written for a pupil at Scoil anna, Rathfarnham, Dublin, where the Easter Rising leader was headmaster....

Steve Bruce has confirmed even good friend Alan Shearer could not persuade him not to take the head coach's job at Newcastle....

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has revealed the message manager Jurgen Klopp gave his players in the moments before their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona at Anfield la...

YOUNG Irish women have reported rapes on average every 48 hours while on foreign holidays....

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised US President Donald Trump's comments about four female Democratic lawmakers, saying they run counter to what she considers "the strength o...

Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley has praised the character of his Hoops side - and says they are good enough to carry on their European run when they face tough Cypriot side Apollon...

Jason Quigley's dream of challenging for a World title has suffered a crushing setback....

The 19-year marriage of Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood and his wife Alexandra is being brought to an official end....

Dundalk woman and daughter in displacement camp in Syria...

Vytas Lemnickis (45) died by suicide within four hours of being admitted...

Gardai and wildlife rangers are now using sophisticated DNA analysis in the war against poachers shooting and selling wild deer....