Oscar Pistorius will not compete again this year as he awaits trial for murder, despite receiving a number of meeting invitations. His a(...)

Connacht have completed the signing of Samoa international James So’oialo. The utility back, the younger brother of former All Black Rod(...)

Growing up on a dairy farm in the west of Ireland, destination spas and five star hotels were the last thing on Gerald Lawless’s mind. But that(...)

Connacht have announced the signing of 20-year-old Jake Heenan from New Zealand on a three year deal. An abrasive openside flanker, Heen(...)

Lonmin, the world’s third-largest platinum producer, said operations at its Marikana mine in South Africa have been halted after workers refuse(...)

Several thousand visitors are expected in Dún Laoghaire this week for an international festival of flags. The Bratacha Festival, opening (...)

Diageo’s chief executive, Paul Walsh, is stepping down after 13 years at the helm of the company behind Smirnoff and Guinness. He will ma(...)

Ulster fullback Jared Payne has signed a new three-year deal with Ulster, on the day he was named alongside Munster prop BJ Botha in the Barbar(...)

Australia’s Brett Rumford admitted it was “quite surreal” to have won his second tournament in eight days on the European Tour with a commandin(...)

Nine Irish will join Wales flanker and Lions captain Sam Warburton for this summer’s tour of Hong Kong and Australia. Ten English have been sel(...)