The world seems to spin that bit more quickly the closer you get to 40. It wasn’t all that long ago myself and Ger Brennan were togging out together and Jim Gavin was our manager. Somewhere in my ...

There were times this year when Diarmuid O’Connor must have felt a bit like Charlie Brown, from the comic strip Peanuts, frustrated at every turn, the football being whipped away from him just as he ...

Jim Gavin’s win, Sinn Féin’s clash and Maria Steen is half way there: the week that was in the presidential election.

The minister gathered her papers and stormed out of the room with her entourage of officials in tow. Scrambling after them down the corridor, apologetic about what had happened in the meeting, were ...

First-time buyers in Co Wexford are “going to get nailed” if the county council goes ahead with proposals to increase its development contribution scheme (DCS). The scheme sees a fee charged to those ...

Nato announced plans to beef up the defence of Europe’s eastern flank yesterday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first known action of its kind by a member ...

A controversial solar farm in Tipperary has been granted planning permission on appeal, despite strong opposition from local residents – a decision that has been described as “deeply disappointing”.

In what is a massive blow to households, more than one million of them will be affected after two more energy companies said this week they would be raising electricity prices. Co ...

UK prime minister Keir Starmer would not have appointed Peter Mandelson if he had known the depth of his relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a cabinet minister has said.

US fintech Mercury, which is valued at $3.5bn (€3bn) following a fundraising this year, is establishing a lab in Dublin, it is understood.

Katie Fitzhenry, the former Irish international rugby player, is a graduate of Gaelscoil Charman, Loreto secondary school and a proud Wexford woman. On Sunday, Ireland will take on France in the ...

A derelict hotel in Co Galway will be demolished and replaced by mixed-use buildings, despite concerns raised over the potential impact of the project on the locality’s Irish-speaking community.