Mr Heydon says lack of enforcement of farm scheme rules would see Ireland hit with budget ‘disallowances’ from EU Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon (above) faced sustained questioning from Fine Gael ...

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St Patrick’s Athletic manager Stephen Kenny had warned his players that their home form needed to drastically improve this season if the failures of last term were to be avoided.

Irish cyclist Lara Gillespie claimed one of the biggest victories of her career by winning the Beobank Samyn Ladies in Belgium today.

A humbling defeat for Louth it perhaps was, but it was a test against a Donegal side who regularly play their hurling at a higher level.

An edge in power drove Blackrock into the Leinster Schools Senior Cup final in a cauldron at Energia Park on Monday afternoon.

Enoch Burke has been moved from Mountjoy Prison to Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon, his family has confirmed.

Former Ireland scrum-half Luke McGrath will depart Leinster at the end of this season to join Perpignan. The 33-year-old has spent his whole career with his home province, but will enjoy a swansong in ...

The judge said the offence was a “grave and egregious” breach of trust, noting Sinnott placed a pillow over the girl’s head and referred to her in humiliating terms The Central Criminal Court A ...

The University of Galway has proposed a restructuring of its general arts course, according to official documents acquired by the Irish Independent.

A mother has been jailed for historical child cruelty offences by wilfully neglecting to protect her daughter from depraved sexual abuse at the hands of the child’s father.

The Six Nations trophy is to be retired from use after it was damaged in a fire while being transported from Limerick to Dublin two weeks ago.