Cian O’Neill unsure about Kildare’s ‘scars’
Cian O’Neill, the new Kildare football manager, has conceded that he won’t know for sure if his adopted players are...
View ArticleBrothers’ tribute to sister, 14, drowned at sea
The brothers of Aoife Winterlich, the 14-year-old who died after being swept into the sea at Hook Head in Co...
View ArticleConor Murray set to commit future to Munster
Conor Murray aims to deliver a serious boost for Munster by signing a new IRFU contract and committing his future...
View ArticleLeinster seeking urgent breakdown cover
Rob Kearney and John Fogarty spent yesterday afternoon discussing the breakdown, an appropriate topic given how Leinster have been enduring...
View ArticleRetiring Alan Brogan ‘had plenty more to give’
Considering that his last act was to kick what proved to be the insurance point in the All-Ireland football final...
View ArticleCouncillor in bribe row asked to resign
Councillors in Monaghan have passed a motion calling for the resignation of Hugh McElvaney, a fellow councillor who allegedly sought...
View ArticleThousands of homes empty despite shortage
Almost 5,500 houses and flats that are ready or near completion are lying empty in Ireland’s “ghost estates” at the...
View ArticleHSE proposals are smarter than they look
Brendan Howlin, we are told, declared himself baffled at cabinet this week. The public expenditure minister surveyed the Health Service...
View ArticleRetailers may face action over hoverboards
The state’s consumer watchdog has warned that it will take enforcement action against retailers who continue to sell fire-hazard hoverboards,...
View ArticleHSE vows no cuts despite €100m shortfall
Both the head of the HSE and the health minister have pledged that there will be no cuts to services...
View ArticleMayor offers civic reception for UFC champ
Conor McGregor, who won the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s featherweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday, will be honoured with a...
View ArticleSport ‘needs new agency to bid for big events’
A new agency charged with attracting big international sporting events to Ireland is urgently needed, the Federation of Irish Sport has...
View ArticleGovernment’s big energy policy ‘lacks specifics’
The government’s plans to eliminate fossil fuels over the next 85 years have been described as “unambitious” and “lacking in...
View ArticleHot Air
It is fitting that the government’s white paper on energy has been released against a backdrop of flooding in large...
View Article‘Child porn facilitator’ will be extradited to US
A Dublin man accused of being the “largest facilitator of child porn in the world” by the FBI has been told...
View Article‘Saving for a deposit is painfully slow’
Aoife and her husband James, a working couple in their 30s who are keen to get a mortgage, should be...
View ArticleAIB to give state €1.6bn Xmas present
Allied Irish Banks expects strong demand from investors if ministers go ahead with the planned sale of a 25 per...
View ArticleFloodwaters will take weeks to drain away
Floodwaters in certain parts of the country may not fully recede until after Christmas. Experts have predicted that many swollen...
View ArticleDownton’s Dockery pays tribute to fiancé
Michelle Dockery, the Downton Abbey actress, paid tribute to John Dineen, her “hero” fiancé, at his funeral in Cork yesterday,...
View ArticleO’Riordan admits assault over air incident
Dolores O’Riordan, the Cranberries singer, has pleaded guilty to headbutting and spitting on a police officer after an alleged air...
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