Public believes individual decisions about diet and exercise have caused the epidemic, while experts point to environmental ...

A man has been arrested after drugs to the value of more than €100,000 were seized in Co Cork on Monday. Gardaí said on ...

A group of theatre staff at five of the country’s larger hospitals are to take strike action on Tuesday in a dispute over pay ...

The jailing of Kinahan cartel “senior lieutenant” Sean McGovern for 24 years by the Special Criminal Court represents a major ...

Israel has continued an offensive in Lebanon over the past two months, where Israeli officials say they now control about one ...

Mary Higgins filed for bankruptcy over an “unsustainable” €1.76 million debt owed to Mount Sackville secondary school in ...

Manchester United remain intent on signing Elliot Anderson, with the club’s executives optimistic they can beat Manchester ...

There is a “real risk” that Jonathan Gill, who is wanted in Northern Ireland to face a charge of murdering gangland figure ...

A man has been jailed for 12½ years for raping a woman and sexually abusing her sister when they were children and lived in ...

A software engineer was caught providing an unlicensed taxi service advertised online following a sting operation in Dublin, ...

Rules governing the use of three interconnectors that link the two countries’ electricity networks stipulate that power ...

Glen Clarke had previously botched three shootings, killing the wrong man each time. He had been lined up to carry out the ...