English teenager Stan Moody announced himself on the World Snooker Championship stage with some superb play for a 6-3 first-session lead over number three seed Kyren Wilson. The 19-year-old Crucible ...

Japan issued a special advisory today warning of an increased risk of earthquakes at magnitude 8.0 or stronger, after a powerful jolt rattled the country's north and prompted a tsunami warning. The ...

LemonSoap productions are bringing emerging playwright Choy-Ping Ní Chléirigh-Ng's new play The Madonna Of Asia to Dublin's New Theatre this April - inspired by the golden age of Hong Kong cinema, it ...

Former first lady of Ireland Sabina Coyne Higgins was formally presented with the Mayo Person of the Year award at a ceremony in Dublin at the weekend. She was honoured for her work in the arts, ...

Shamrock Rovers midfielder Gary O'Neill is targeting an "ambitious" return date of early June as he continues his recovery after receiving the all-clear after his cancer diagnosis. On RTÉ Radio 1's ...

Connacht Rugby have appointed Trevor Woodman as their new scrum coach from next season. Woodman will bring a wealth of playing and coaching experience, including 15 years of working in the English ...

The population of Co Kildare has grown massively over the past century, with the 1926 Census showing an increase of 327% in ...

A farmers' protest and sit-in at the headquarters of Bord Bia earlier thsi year cost the taxpayer an estimated €220,000 A farmers' protest and sit-in at the headquarters of Bord Bia cost the taxpayer ...

The Israeli army has said that an image circulating on social media that shows a soldier in south Lebanon hitting a statue of ...

Amy Winehouse's father has lost a High Court claim in London against two of his daughter's friends over the auctioning of items that had been owned by the late singer.

Vogue Williams has revealed that she experienced pregnancy loss twice before becoming pregnant with her fourth child.

Oil prices jumped more than 5% today, on fears that the ceasefire between the US and Iran could collapse after the US seized ...