SIMON Harris’s proposal that working asylum seekers contribute to the cost of their accommodation has been described as “quite unfair” by migrant advocacy groups. Speaking to the Independent, Harris ...

DONEGAL stormed into the All-Ireland final after a total dismantling of Meath at Croke Park, setting up a high-stakes final with Kerry on July 27 th. In what was billed as a test of Donegal’s ...

A TOWN in Co. Tipperary has been engulfed in a ‘terrible sadness’ following the death of a young girl in a swimming tragedy. Freya Tobin, 12, was with friends when she got into difficulty at a local ...

GARDAÍ have appealed for information after a man in his 60s died following a collision involving a motorcycle and a tractor-trailer in Co. Dublin. The incident occurred on the Old Airport Road in ...

TAOISEACH Micheál Martin has responded to US president Donald Trump’s proposed 30 per cent tariffs on imports from the EU, calling instead for a negotiated deal in which ‘everyone wins’. Mr Trump ...

ALLERGAN, the pharmaceutical company best known for producing Botox at its long-standing plant in Westport, has officially re-domiciled to the United States under new ownership by American pharma ...

CHAMPION jockey Oisin Murphy is set to continue his racing career under “incredibly strict” conditions following his recent conviction for drink-driving. Murphy was fined £70,000 and banned from ...

IRELAND’S Ben Healy lit up Stage 6 of the Tour de France with a spectacular solo attack, taking his first career stage win in cycling’s biggest race and delivering Ireland’s first Tour victory since ...

THE Irish Government is considering banning the use of sunbeds after a report recommended they be outlawed to reduce cancer rates across the country. The Institute of Public Health (IPH) has ...

THE Irish government has set out its plans to increase the number of world heritage sites recognised within the country over the next ten years. In a new World Heritage Strategy, released today, the ...

SINN Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has not ruled out a run for the Irish presidency. This is a notable change from her position earlier this year when she said definitively, “It won’t be me.” Speaking ...

CHRISTY MOORE has released a spoken word tribute to President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins. The folk singer has recorded Music to Our Ears, a poem written by written by Johnny Broderick and produced ...