The exhilaration of the short-term gain does little to quell the belief that this regime is incapable of avoiding long-term pain. Ireland gained a form of revenge for Yerevan, without providing any ...

Cristiano Ronaldo set a new record for World Cup qualifying goals but Group F leaders Portugal were denied early World Cup qualification by a late Hungary equaliser to snatch a 2-2 draw.

The State has argued that a three-year jail term was too lenient for a violent offender who beat his partner so badly he checked to see if she was still breathing afterwards and later threatened to ...

The aim was threefold: to guarantee counties a minimum of two championship outings, to generate added interest in the All-Ireland series by almost doubling the number of games and to increase the ...

Actor Tony Caunter, who played Roy Evans in EastEnders, has died at the age of 88, his family have announced. Caunter played the character from 1994 to 2003, with the car dealer a love interest for ...

The International Monetary Find (IMF) has upgraded near term growth forecasts for both the US and global economies despite disruptions caused by Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The drug and steroid Olympics. Wouldn’t it be fantastic? Two weeks of people sprinting all over the place. Some people don’t like drugs in sport. I say, ‘shut up!’ If someone wants to run the 100 ...

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering two men whose bodies were found on a lake island over a decade ago has been sent away until Thursday morning, having been told that a significant ...

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the 1.4 billion-dollar judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary ...

Electricity companies in Ireland are failing to pass on falls in the cost of wholesale energy to consumers and businesses, a new report has found.

Damien Duff is returning to work next month as a technical advisor for Fifa at the U17 World Cup in Qatar. The Irish Independent has learned that Duff is set to travel to the Middle East to be a ...

Interview with Eanna Hardwicke, who plays the character of Roy Keane, at the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) screening of Saipan in central London.