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Politicians in the main parties believe 2014 was the high water mark for harder left parties...

Unprecedented backing puts Greens in line to secure seats in all European constituencies...

Ireland striker: 'You ask me how I deal with it. I locked it away. That's how I deal with it'...

Two detective garda who lost a sub-machine gun on a busy Dublin street should not face any sanctions, GSOC has found....

RT TG4 Exit Poll indicates Fianna Fil and Fine Gael share the lead in Local Elections with strong support for Greens...

A father of four who is facing homelessness in New York says that returning to Ireland is a 'dream'....

An RT TG4 Exit Poll suggests strong support for Green party in Euro elections - topping Dublin poll and in contention in South and Midlands North West....

The referendum to ease restrictions on divorce looks set to be passed according to a prediction by an exit poll by Red C commissioned by RT and TG4....

Pilot sustained bruising following incident that took place near Devlin last June...

THE double-double collapsed under the weight of a Saracens surge now Leinster look to salvage the end of a fine season by retaining their Guinness PRO14 title....

Bottlenecks of climbers pose extra challenge to those taking on Mount Everest...

Romeo Parkes scored twice, the second a late winner, as Bohemians finished with 10 men in an injury-interrupted clash....

The habit of their defenders contributing goals has, once again, helped Shamrock Rovers do what they need to do to sustain their title challenge....

Zack Elbouzedi's first-half winner gave Waterford a precious victory and condemned basement battlers UCD to their ninth league defeat on the spin....

Derry City comfortably saw off Finn Harps thanks to a Ciaron Harkin treble at the Brandywell tonight....

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband appears to have poked fun at the Conservative Party following Theresa May's resignation, by changing his Twitter name to "Chaos With Ed Miliband"....

The Green Party is set to be the big winners in the European elections - in contention to win three seats....

THE devastation of the St Patrick's Athletic players sprawled in the penalty area like fallen soldiers told its own story....

Officers arrest teenager hiding in drain while three members of gang are still at large...

As Manchester City's supporters head into the summer still celebrating this season's historic treble, few may care much for Sunday's League One play-off final....

It's going to be a long weekend of counting but here's nine candidates whose fortunes will reflect the outcome of the 2019 local and European elections....

Today saw the first mountain top finish of this year's Giro d'Italia....

Colm Murphy has decided to return to the training ranks....

A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and killing her parents....

A shipping container in Liverpool had to be evacuated after it tipped dramatically to one side, leaving it at risk of capsize....

An anti-terrorism investigation has been launched after seven people were injured by a "low force" blast on a busy street in Lyon....

Fans travelled from across the world for a slice of pop memorabilia as the Spice Girls painted Dublin pink and reminded all girls, young and old, that girl power is alive and kicking....

The Spice Girls have kicked off their first arena tour in a decade with their hit single Spice Up Your Life and a fireworks display....

Celtic Football Club has expressed its...

Party faces a challenge to consolidate its 2014 success in local elections, says FF leader...

The most brutal image of a beaten team I've come across is that of Mayo in 2006, heading home after the All-Ireland final, curtains pulled across the windows of their bus....

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Hundreds of dogs and horses rescued in 59,000 operation which took nine days...

Austria's Matthias Schwab defied miserable conditions to claim the halfway lead as he chases a first European Tour title in the Made in Denmark event....

Not one player at Manchester United would get into the team at Manchester City or Liverpool right now, and that says so much about how low United have fallen as a club and as a team....

More than 200 drivers were caught speeding in just nine hours across the country....

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has confirmed the club will look to sign Manchester City's Leroy Sane this summer....

The Irish Show Jumping team of Mark McAuley, Peter Moloney, Darragh Kenny and Cian O'Connor, narrowly missed out on ending a 93-year wait to win the Italian Nations Cup for the very fir...

The State Examinations Commission has today made an urgent appeal for examiners to mark the 2019 Leaving and Junior Certificate examinations....

The search for Irishman Seamus Lawless who had been missing since falling on Mount Everest last week has been called off, his family have confirmed....

At least eight people have been injured after a suspected package bomb blast on a pedestrian street in the heart of Lyon, southeast France, the local prosecutors' office said....

You blink and the championship has commenced all over again. Maybe it's the helter-skelter of modern life or maybe it's a sign of moving on in age, but it seems like just a short while...

Poland's right-wing premier has ruled out teaming up with France's far-right National Rally but said his party was "ready to talk" with Italian and Spanish anti-immigrant and ultra-nationalist parties vying to enter the European Parliament...

At least eight people were injured in a suspected bomb attack in central Lyon on Friday, French officials said....

French police were hunting a suspected suitcase bomber on Friday after an explosion in the central city of Lyon that injured 13 people, officials said....

Morrissey has called for an end to "Soviet Britain" following accusations of support for the far-right....

System for voters with disabilities open to abuse, says activist for visually impaired...

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has claimed his side's injury crisis was the reason for his team's downturn in form at the end of the season....

Formula One will hold a minute's silence in memory of triple world champion Niki Lauda before Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, with a noisier salute to the Austrian after the race....

Everton have made their first move of the summer by signing Huddersfield goalkeeper Jonas Lossl on a three-year deal....