Leo Varadkar strikes six-figure deal for his candid autobiography after bidding war
Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar has sold rights to his memoirs, after a bidding war involving nine publishers. The deal, for a substantial six-figure sum, ha...
Girls soccer in Dublin left in crisis after bitter row over governance sparks legal clash
Dozens of girls’ soccer teams in Dublin and surrounding counties are missing out on matches or playing heavily one-sided games due to a bitter dispute betw...
Ryanair co-founder Declan Ryan on giving away his fortune, battling depression, and his friend Michael O’Leary
Ryanair co-founder Declan Ryan has said he has given away most of his wealth through his philanthropic agency, One Foundation.
Beware those noble causes that lead you to ignore common-sense solutions
As a general election nears, we can expect polling to become a bigger part of the news cycle. However the reporting of such polls has begun to exhibit a pa...
Brendan O’Connor: As a parent how can we die in peace, knowing what we know?
We’re all only human. Early on in the unfurling of the latest horror show, I did what lots of you did, what most men my age probably did. I searched…
Project Housewife: The inside story of how Ireland AM brought breakfast TV to Ireland
It’s 8.40 am on a Monday morning on the set of Virgin Media One’s Ireland AM, and already we’ve covered sport, the Hezbollah Israel conflict, mortgage rat...
Irish timber sales and exports set to double, as Sitka plantations from Eighties and Nineties mature
Irish timber sales to the UK could double to €2bn a year over the next 15 years, with a huge amount of Irish commercial forestry set to mature, according t...
Letters: Make the church pay for abuse meted out to innocent victims
Sir — I have been a lifelong practising member of the Catholic church and now, in my twilight years, I find that I’m just about “hanging in there”.
Taaffe and Brennan star as Wolfe Tones get the better of Drogheda rival St Nicholas in Louth JFC
Having lost their opening Junior Championship tie with Oilibhéar Pluincéad, a week earlier, it was all or nothing for Wolfe Tones on Sunday at a sun-drench...
Heimir Hallgrimsson gives honest assessment of Ireland: ‘We have to admit that we were second best in this game by far’
Heimir Hallgrimsson feels that England exposed weaknesses and a lack of confidence in his Ireland side during yesterday’s Aviva Stadium anti-climax.
Keeper Caoimhín Kelleher the leading light – how Ireland players rated against England
Here is how the Boys in Green fared in their Nations League clash against Lee Carsely’s England as the Heimir Hallgrimsson era began in defeat in front of ...
Irish man missing while hiking in Italy
An Irish man has gone missing while hiking on the Italian island of Sardinia.