Blackrock recovered from a slow start to brush aside Kilkenny in the Leinster Schools Junior Cup first round at wet and windy Energia Park on Tuesday afternoon.

Flooding is feared across two major river valleys over the next 24 hours as rainfall on already swollen waterways and saturated land threatens to overwhelm flood defences.

Two years into the role, Richard Shakespeare, the chief executive of Dublin City Council (DCC), has found his rhythm in straddling the tricky line between punter and politician.

Families of Fair Deal residents are to be given an extra six months to pay outstanding bills due to the State to cover the cost of nursing-home care after their loved one dies.

A requirement that he do a medical to update his driving licence led to a prostate cancer diagnosis for Joe Coyle. Since then, he’s walked hundreds of miles to remind men of the importance of getting ...

The trial of the son of Norway’s crown princess on charges that include rape has started, opening weeks of proceedings in a case that has cast a major shadow on the country’s royal family.

A car valet took a customer’s car out on the road without her permission before getting into a garda chase, driving it dangerously and crashing it.

PSV Eindhoven are the latest club to make a move to sign Ireland striker Troy Parrott, but his club and his advisers are content to wait until next summer before considering a move.

The Six Nations gets underway this week with another sizeable clash between title hopefuls France and Ireland in the first-ever Thursday night fixture in tournament history.

Andy Farrell looks set to keep faith with Sam Prendergast as his starting out-half at the outset of this Six Nations and the coach needs the Kildare man to take the next step in his career by ...

A private members’ motion calling on the Government to provide state support to reduce the cost of the vaccination against shingles is to be introduced in the Seanad this Thursday. ?

Our rugby jury answer the key questions ahead of Andy Farrell naming his team to face France Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has had to contend with a host of injury withdrawals and other issues.