The cost of the security operation in the Republic relating to the G8 summit and the visit of US first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters to Dubl(...)

England crushed South Africa by seven wickets at The Oval to move within one win of their first global one-day international trophy.Jonathan Trott (82(...)

There was a time when Italy had a 1,000-mile road race from Brescia, in the north, down to Rome and back. Fifty-six people were killed in the Mille Mi(...)

In 1848, Patrick Kennedy surveyed the moonscape that was Dunganstown, County Wexford. He regarded both the dead potatoes and his dead neighbours and c(...)

It was 53 years ago, but Cliff Scott remembers it like it was yesterday. He was just a boy, and the young, dashing US senator whom everybody called Ja(...)

There was plenty of reading in store for 7,747 students who sat yesterday’s Junior Certificate Spanish exam, although most reported satisfaction with (...)

There was irony in a JP McManus-owned horse putting a halt to the greatest streak of success ever enjoyed by Irish horses at Royal Ascot yesterday as (...)

Five-time singles champion Venus Williams has pulled out of Wimbledon because of a back injury.The 33-year-old struggled with the problem during the c(...)

Andy Carroll is on the brink of joining West Ham permanently after passing a medical with the Premier League club.   The 24-year-old s(...)

England Under-21s are looking for a new manager after Stuart Pearce was informed he will not be kept on. In his six years at the helm, the former inte(...)