US First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters, Malia and Sasha, with tour guide George McClafferty, at Glendalough on Tuesday. Security surrounding their visit cost millions of euro. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

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(...)

South Africa’s Lonwabo Tsotsobe (R) is caught from the bowling of England’s Stuart Broad during the ICC Champions Trophy semi final match at The Oval. Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters

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(...)

A route that reads like a tour guide for Italian villages and cities: Michael Taylor and Greg Kable in their 1954 Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva

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(...)

Joe Kennedy with his family when he was US ambassador in London.

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

Joe Kennedy III greets Taoiseach Enda Kenny

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(...)

A reading comprehension on the subject of the zoo in Madrid contained some quite difficult vocabulary and featured unusual animals, but the questions were straightforward, teachers said.

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

Dawn Approach, ridden by Kevin Manning (left), lands a thrilling St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

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 (...)

Venus Williams: 33-year-old  struggled with back  problem during the clay-court season.

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: the 24-year-old striker is reportedly ready to sign a long-term contract at West Ham, which will take him to the 2016-17 season at least, when the club will make their move into the Olympic Stadium. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images.

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(...)

The Football Association has confirmed they will not be renewing Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce’s contract when it expires at the end of this month. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

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(...)

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