Rowan Atkinson has never been above reusing ideas. A breakfast gag in an early Mr Bean episode was reworked from a one-off 1979 ITV sketch show called Canned Laughter, where Atkinson played a ...

Authoritarian” moves by Donald Trump’s administration to ask travellers, including from Ireland, to hand over five years of social media history have been branded “a massive overreach” that would ...

If this is to prove the last game Pep Guardiola manages at the Bernabeu, what a way to go. And if it ends up as Xabi Alonso’s final match in charge of Real Madrid, what a quick, undignified end.

Forecasters have issued a fresh wind warning for three counties as the Storm Bram recovery and clean-up continues.

A Fine Gael county councillor asked a Garda Superintendent to “sort” a speeding ticket for him at the same time he was issuing a motion calling on the Government to review the locations of speed vans ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has described the prison where he spent 20 days as a noisy, harsh “all-grey” world of violence in a new book.

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has hailed the impact of his assistant Paddy McCarthy in their recent success and revealed he allowed the Ireland assistant coach an extra day off after last month’s ...

For all the absurd political theatre around the World Cup 2026 draw, there was still a sense of “magic” - as Scotland manager Steve Clark put it - as countries began to visualise the tournament. They ...

A man who collapsed with a brain bleed three days after attending a hospital A&E complaining of headaches has settled a High Court action for €1million.

Two men accused of a violent double attack on two brothers in a midlands town on Monday evening have been barred from entering its vicinity, a court has heard.

Harry Byrne is set to start for Leinster against Leicester Tigers at Welford Road on Friday night in a major selection call from coach Leo Cullen and Jacques Nienaber.

A "very clear decision" on protecting female sport will come from the International Olympic Committee in the first quarter of next year, its president Kirsty Coventry has said.