It’s a fairly quiet weekend for Irish racing followers, with just one meeting today and one tomorrow, but there are a couple of standout entries and, with a bit of luck, punters might still get ...

One test of fame is when you are known simply by your first name: Bono, Gay, Miriam – no further introduction required.

Katie-George Dunlevy celebrates with her silver medal after finishing second with pilot Linda Kelly in the Women's B road race on day nine of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at Cl ...

A Wexford-based personal trainer and son of legendary Olympic boxing coach Billy Walsh says that the divisive and controversial Enhanced Games will be the “wild west” of sport, despite claims that it ...

Half of people consuming non-alcoholic drinks do so while driving, while almost a fifth of vapers have never smoked cigarettes Harmful alcohol use in general is down. Photo: Getty There has been a ...

Ryan Tubridy’s radio show on Q102 has an Irish listenership of just 27,000, significantly down on last year’s numbers.

For David Clifford, the end of 2024 was one such watershed. By Kerry standards – admittedly Sam or nothing – it had been a poor year. And not a great one either for their talisman, who, for only the ...

Q: I’ve been dating this guy for a couple of months now, and it’s mostly going great. However, whenever we have a disagreement or an argument, it goes pear-shaped. It seems like he just says the ...

A young man who stole a bus and drove over 230km from Letterkenny to Dublin has been handed a suspended sentence.

The leading lights of Gaelic football and hurling descended on the RDS in Dublin this evening to attend the 2025 PwC All-Stars banquet.

In an Irish Independent interview last week, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales raged against new EU rules on hate speech. But while I interrogated him sternly on those views, many might agree with his ...

Brunch-time in Dublin 4, a group of Millennials and Gen Z-ers determined to prove they’re not past their peak and a crowd shaking off the excesses of the night before and looking at the prices ...