The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting its leadership and plunging the Middle East into a new conflict that President Donald Trump said would ...

A 39-year-old man took a swing at a Garda who was helping him off the floor at a pub, Sligo District Court heard.

Tadhg Beirne loves a turnover. That much has been clear ever since his distinctive blue scrum cap started wreaking havoc at the breakdown during his time with the Scarlets.

Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government,” the economist Milton Friedman said. It could be argued that no single issue illustrates the ...

Q: I would really like to settle down and, in an ideal world, have a few children in the next couple of years. I know I’m not ready for that just now, but I’d like to meet someone and start building ...

After a season like no other, there could only be one winner of the Irish Independent Sportstar of the Year. Take a bow, or even a green jacket while you’re at it … Rory McIlroy.

Ireland has suffered over 9,800 Covid-related deaths in the six years since the start of the pandemic, with the highest rate seen in Mayo.

A game that brings a city to a standstill, or more a case of two bald men fighting over a comb?

Roscommon triumphs over Dublin used to be a recurring event. Admittedly, it was all contained within a brief window in time: between 2000 and 2002, they recorded a unique trilogy of league wins over ...

It obviously doesn’t have anything like the same importance as their All-Ireland final meeting nine years ago but there is still a lot on the line when Waterford face Galway in Salthill tomorrow.

Leinster came unstuck in the wind and the rain in the Welsh capital as they slipped to their fourth defeat of the season in the United Rugby Championship.