Conor McGregor’s mouth makes promises his body can’t keep
In an interview last year, Conor McGregor was talking about the last time he lost, a lightweight fight in Cork...
View ArticleRace for Europe has turned the PRO12 into a serious competition
The English and French success in reshaping European rugby looks to be hitting the Celts and Italians hard in the...
View ArticleFlatpack, flatcap, or People’s Republic?
In the wake of the general election, have we really explored all the options available to us for forming the...
View ArticleHard Road Ahead
This year’s general election was catastrophic for Labour. The party won 37 seats in 2011 with 19.4 per cent of...
View ArticleMove into smaller homes, pensioners urged
Ireland’s housing shortage could be alleviated by encouraging older people living on their own to downsize, the country’s leading socioeconomic...
View ArticleBe inspired by Rising, Higgins tells students
President Michael D Higgins described the 1916 Rising as a “stunningly ambitious act of imagination” as he challenged Ireland’s schoolchildren...
View ArticleDoubts raised over judge’s unfinished cases
Uncertainty surrounds some of the cases before the Supreme Court involving Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman after his sudden death yesterday....
View ArticleIreland ‘fears losing big friend post-Brexit’
The Republic of Ireland would become isolated if Britain left the European Union, the DUP has claimed. Irish concerns were...
View ArticleSupreme Court tribute to legal ‘colossus’
Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman was described yesterday as a colossus of the legal world as tributes poured in from across...
View ArticleChild killer ‘haunted by missing girl’s face’
Robert Howard, a convicted child killer, told a police officer that he was haunted by the face of a girl...
View ArticleExtreme weather set to become new normal
Extreme weather will become normal and Ireland can expect to get hit by near-record wet winters every eight years, a...
View ArticleDail deadlock could sink spring statement
Michael Noonan has warned European finance ministers that Ireland’s spring economic statement may miss its end-of-April deadline as the deadlock...
View ArticleWe tried to kill prison officer, says New IRA
A dissident group known as the New IRA has claimed responsibility for the bombing of a prison officer in Belfast on...
View ArticleDefeated Labour TD criticises deputy leader
Alex White has criticised Alan Kelly’s role in Labour’s election collapse and described remarks reportedly made by the environment minister...
View ArticleDelay to capital markets union will hurt EU
The decision by the EU Commission to delay legislation on securitisation is a big blow to the region’s attempts to...
View ArticleTerror find may have saved lives, say police
The chance discovery of a terrorist weapons store buried in a forest park in Northern Ireland may have saved lives,...
View ArticlePower struggle halts Petroceltic trading
Shares in Petroceltic were suspended yesterday amid a bitter fight for control of the Irish oil and gas explorer. The...
View ArticleAddict who walked off with child is jailed
A drug addict who was said to be “out of it” when he took a six-year-old boy from outside a shop...
View ArticleAndrew Trimble puts trust in returning Paddy Jackson
Andrew Trimble rates Paddy Jackson. So much so that he can see a day when Johnny Sexton is gone and...
View ArticleWomen call for family friendly Oireachtas
The Oireachtas must introduce maternity leave, more regular business hours and remote voting if it is to build on the...
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