The portaloos, hydration station and parched grass made it look like a festival, but that wasn’t the atmosphere.

THAILAND HAS REACHED an agreement with Iran to allow Thai oil vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the Southeast Asian nation’s prime minister said. Iranian forces have effectively ...

AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA failed to provide auditors with approval records for overtime payments despite repeated requests for the documents. A review of a €201 million annual overtime bill found supporting ...

Due to a change in wind direction, the wildfire at Slievenamon has now spread to the adjacent Coillte forest.

THE COMPANY CO-FOUNDED by Nirmal Purja has confirmed that the former British Army and Royal Marines soldier has died in Pakistan after an avalanche. The Nepalese mountaineer was leading an expedition ...

SINN FÉIN AND Fine Gael are neck-and-neck, according to a new Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll. Both parties sit on 20%, with Sinn Féin up 1%, while support for Fianna Fáil has dropped 1% to a ...

Northern Irishman Jonathan Anderson, who recently designed Taylor Swift’s wedding dress, will launch his collection in ...

Christopher Nolan’s epic took almost €1 million in Ireland during its opening weekend as IMAX and 70mm screenings continue to ...

Italy’s civil protection minister, Nello Musumeci, warned that the volcanic activity was not yet over and urged caution. Some 300 people were forced to evacuate because of the tremors. Italy’s civil ...

Meanwhile, Dublin Zoo has announced the arrival of two new species.

Noone said it didn’t surprise him “in the least” to see people agreeing with what McGregor said in Washington.