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(...)

James Doyle riding Al Kazeem (right) wins the Prince of Wales Stakes ahead of  Paul Hanagan riding Mukhadram  during day two of Royal Ascot. Photograph:   Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images

As a triple-classic winner Camelot has already accomplished more than most but defeat behind Al Kazeem in yesterday’s Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Roya(...)

 Camelot: can return to winning ways in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho

It seems to be Camelot’s damned lot to be praised faintly. Rarely if ever can the accomplishments of a triple-Classic winner have been trailed so dogg(...)

 Rob Kearney of the Lions is tackled during the  match against the ACT Brumbies and the British & Irish Lions at Canberra Stadium. Photograph:   David Rogers/Getty Images

Brumbies 14 Lions 12: Warren Gatland gambled on sacrificing the Lions’ unbeaten record by picking his non-test team and a makeshift backline four day(...)

Shane Williams, seen here scoring for the Lions against South
Africa in 2009, has been called up to the squad for the game against the Brumbies. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

The British and Irish Lions have drafted former Wales wing Shane Williams into their team for Tuesday’s clash against the Brumbies in Canberra. (...)

Lions captain Sam Warburton pleased with convincing win over  NSW Waratahs in Sydney, Australia. Photograph:  Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Sam Warburton believes today’s 47-17 victory over a tough Waratahs team provided the perfect preparation for the British and Irish Lions’ first Test m(...)

Paul O’Connell of the Lions charges upfield against the NSW Waratahs  at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images

Waratahs 17 Lions 47: The Lions impressively maintained their unbeaten record on this tour with a record winning margin in 21 meetings with the War(...)

Battle Of Marengo wins the Derrinstown Stakes at Leopardstown and is being aimed at the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot next week.

With Ruler Of The World appearing to be the Ballydoyle mainstay for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby later in the month, there could be even extra dept(...)

Judge Michael O’Shea jailed sex offender for two and a half years in relation to 16-year-old and for the offence involving 13-year-old, he imposed a two-year term.

A sex offender who posed as a casting agent for TV programmes on the social networking site Bebo and set up an “audition” for a 16-year-old boy whom h(...)

 “Irish people have an upward bias in their responses [and] so always profess higher satisfaction and well-being than other nations. Whether this reflects the reality is another issue,” says  Prof Richard Layte of the ESRI.  Photograph: Davd Sleator

It has been one of the paradoxes of the economic collapse that Irish people continue to report high levels of life satisfaction at odds with the narra(...)

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