The campaign to make the once temporary 9pc Vat rate permanent will likely go down in the annals of Irish lobbying history as among the most successful ever fought.

When Athlone Town’s Chloe Singleton walked into Tolka Park on that August afternoon last year ahead of a big top-of-the-table clash, the Mater hospital was the last place she expected to find herself.

For the nine months he has been in office, ­Donald Trump has courted Vladimir Putin assiduously, to no avail. In a major boost to the Russian president, the pair met in Alaska in August but “Vladimir” ...

The important moments in our history tend to happen far from Áras an Uachtaráin. You would be better ­looking ­towards Dáil Éireann, at meetings behind closed doors, or even at crowds gathered in ...

Sam Prendergast of Leinster is tackled by Tom Farrell of Munster during the United Rugby Championship match between Leinster and Munster at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile Fintan ...

Shamrock Rovers suffer a derby defeat to St Pat’s Five talking points from last night’s League of Ireland action. Saints still searching for their FAI Cup cure ‘They’re all involved in it. They’re all ...

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot admits they are well aware of the scrutiny on his side after three successive defeats, but does not believe the players “wake up at night” worrying about it.

Marc Guehi has told Crystal Palace he will not sign a new deal at the club. England centre-back Guehi almost joined Liverpool on transfer deadline-day last month, but Palace pulled the plug at the ...

For Stephen Bradley, the frustration of an anticlimactic final stretch of what will be a title winning season for Shamrock Rovers is of minor significance compared to two bigger journeys that are ...

A Wexford student, studying veterinary medicine in Warsaw, Poland has launched an initiative to take real steps to change the future for dogs who will be part of a number of about 10 million who will ...

The “black sheep” of a “high-flying” family carried out a spate of thefts in “pure desperation” when he found himself homeless and down on his luck in Dublin.

Plans to develop the Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) at Ireland West Airport Knock, have been strongly backed by Mayo county councillors, but they warned that the ambitious project will require ...