‘I cried when I heard my career was over’
He made his name as a hard running, speedy attacker but Richie Power, the Kilkenny hurler who was forced to...
View ArticleDrugs sold openly ‘due to lack of gardai’
Community leaders in Dublin have warned that normal policing is being neglected as gardai resources are diverted to large public...
View ArticleAviva Ireland profits reach a five-year high
Aviva’s Irish operation recorded its best performance in five years yesterday, as its operating profits rose by 32 per cent...
View ArticleRebel shareholder buys out Petroceltic debt
The power struggle for control of Petroceltic took a fresh twist last night as a rebel shareholder bought out the...
View ArticleIreland first
It may seem incredible that Fine Gael could sustain such heavy losses in the general election given that the economy...
View ArticleThe EU has brought this backlash upon itself
This week I attended an event organised by AIB to consider the possible implications of Brexit for Ireland and the...
View ArticleDan Carter still beating Ronan O’Gara after all these years
It was just one minute and 18 seconds into Jim White’s 1995 Scottish TV interview with Brian Laudrup, the former...
View ArticleVictory over Italy is Schmidt’s bottom line
Although there are no tangible prizes left on offer for Ireland in the Six Nations, Joe Schmidt admitted that his...
View ArticlePolice stop ‘four in five’ republican attacks
Officers are thwarting up to four dissident republican attacks for every one the extremists manage to pull off, a police...
View ArticleNama on attack over Project Eagle report
Nama has said that a report by the Stormont finance committee into the sale of Project Eagle lacked “balance and...
View ArticleWidow awarded €60,000 over HSE failings
A widow who brought a High Court medical negligence action against a consultant doctor and the HSE over a failure to...
View ArticleBritish EU exit ‘should trigger border poll’
A border poll on the reunification of Ireland should be held if Britain votes to leave the European Union, according to...
View ArticleLuas strikers attack bus replacement plan
Luas drivers have described a plan to use buses to carry passengers during their strike on St Patrick’s Day as...
View ArticleMan held over possession of assault rifles
A Donegal man has been charged with possession of assault rifles and ammunition at an out-of-hours sitting of the Special Criminal...
View ArticleMinisters cut back on St Patrick’s Day visits
The annual exodus of government ministers to promote Ireland abroad on St Patrick’s Day will be curtailed this year. Only...
View ArticleDail reform isn’t a stunt, says Fine Gael
Fine Gael has denied that it is trying to attract independent TDs with the publication of new measures for Dail...
View ArticleRise in begging alarms Dublin city council
Fears that begging is getting out of control have prompted Dublin city council to commission research into the scale of...
View ArticleMore Irish women surviving breast cancer
More than four in every five women who develop breast cancer in Ireland are surviving, research has shown. A study...
View ArticleMystery of the prostitute and the prince
He was an Irish male prostitute who slept with the aristocracy in London in the 1890s and was possibly one...
View ArticleConfidence in economy at post-crisis high
Irish people feel more confident about the economy than at any time since 2008, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey....
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