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Next generation will not forgive failure to reset British-Irish relations, Taoiseach says

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said the next generation will “never forgive us” if the opportunity to reset British-Irish relations is not seized follo...

PAC to quiz officials over issuing of licence for owner of equine abattoir while he was before the courts over horse neglect

Department of Agriculture staff are due to attend the Public Accounts Committee later this week John Joe FitzpatrickThe Department of Agriculture w...

Taoiseach ‘threw Defence Forces under bus’ with comments after Crotty case

Taoiseach Simon Harris 'threw the Defence Forces under the bus' with his comments after a serving soldier was sentenced for the assault of a woman ...

Paul Kimmage: Cycling’s washing machine is still cleaning their dope-stained laundry

Cycling hero Mark Cavendish fears no one will believe pro cycling is clean again — after Lance Armstrong’s doping confession on US TV. The sprint a...

Stirring second half comeback sees Clare break Kilkenny hearts and move into All-Ireland SHC final

In a sporting context this redemption was on par with the Labour party’s victory in the British General Election. Beaten in three Munster finals on...

Cannabis with street value of more than €6.8m seized

Cannabis with a street value of more than €6.8 million has been seized in the Dublin area. The discovery was made following a joint operation betwe...

South Africa v Ireland: Andy Farrell’s men take on world champions in Pretoria

TEAM NEWS:With their last outing together being a Six Nations title deciding 17-13 win over Scotland in March, Andy Farrell has opted for an experi...

DUP calls for unionist cohesion after North Antrim and Lagan Valley defeats

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has appealed for “greater cohesion” among unionists following General Election results which saw his party suffer damagin...

Hamas clears way for possible ceasefire after dropping key demand, officials say

Talks are continuing to end the devastating nine-month war (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)Samy Magdy and Wafaa ShurafaToday at 14:40Hamas has given initial app...

Bodies of two men found in Dublin’s Grand Canal

Two bodies have been found in the Grand Canal in Dublin. Emergency services responded to reports of a body in the water shortly after 8am on Saturd...

Gardaí investigating after two bodies found in Dublin’s Grand Canal

breaking | The scene at Grand Parade, as an investigation is under way following the discovery of two bodies in the Grand Parade area of Dublin. Ph...

Leaks from Trinity College board meetings have caused ‘personal distress’ to members

The chair of the board of Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has told colleagues that breaches of confidentiality have caused 'considerable personal dist...

‘I like the challenge. I’m not the Brennans. I’m an unknown entity’ – meet the new owner of the Park Hotel Kenmare

How do you follow an act like the Brennan brothers? Bryan Meehan talks art, family, and his dream to create a new type of Irish five-star 'I like t...

Hilary Benn appointed Northern Ireland Secretary

Hilary Benn has been appointed Northern Ireland Secretary as part of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Government. Mr Benn had been serving as t...

Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential election

Masoud Pezeshkian is greeted by his supporters as he arrives to vote at a polling station in Shahr-e-Qods near Tehran (Vahid Salemi/AP)Reformist ca...