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The family of murdered Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe has received a special medal in his honour

THE parents of crusading teenager Donal Walsh have opened their hearts about their son's final hours and given access to the notes he made in the weeks before his death.

GARDAI have arrested a man in connection with the shooting of Sean Enright outside his gym last Wednesday morning.

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Ireland and Munster fly-half Ronan O'Gara has announced his playing retirement in order to take up a coaching role with Racing Metro.

Leinster out-half Jonny Sexton admitted last night’s Amlin Challenge Cup victory felt strange for him.

Joe Schmidt’s side won their third European trophy in successive years and gave Connacht reason to celebrate also as the Westerners gained entry to next season’s Heineken Cup courtesy of ...

Frankie Dettori may have to delay his return to the saddle after the British Horseracing Authority said it has yet to issue his licence.

Silvio Berlusconi’s private disco featured women dressed not just as sexy nuns and nurses, but also as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor that the former Italian prem...

Founded in 1886, Staker Wallace GAA is one of those clubs that typifies all that makes the GAA what it is — the heartbeat of small communities nationwide.

Convention votes not to discuss abolition of the upper house before referendum on its future

Denmark still odds-on favourite to win but Irish entry finds fans among Eurovision faithful

Victim critically injured after shooting outside Cabra gym

Adrian Donohoe’s wife Caroline and children presented with remembrance medal

TUI and INTO have already agreed to re-enter negotiations on Croke Park II

Graeme McDowell finally got the better of Nicolas Colsaerts in the Volvo World Match Play Championship, despite a remarkable escape from an unsavoury hazard by the defending champion.

Jonathan Sexton has been taken by surprise to hear that long-time rival Ronan O'Gara will be his coach at Racing Metro.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has challenged his team to concentrate on winning a football match and nothing more when they head to Newcastle for Sunday's Barclays Premier League finale.

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IN the normal course of events, there are myriad reasons why Mayo 'should' win tomorrow's tasty provincial opener in Salthill and far less logical scope to back up the Galway ambush theory.

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By Niall McDonald FORMER Ireland manager Eoin Hand believes that Robbie Keane’s move to LA Galaxy could severely hinder his chances of playing international football.

By Bernard Jackman THE French public doesn’t hold out a huge amount of hope for their team’s chances in this year’s World Cup.

TIPPERARY 1-19 DUBLIN 0-18 THE LAST time we saw this Tipperary team in the Munster final, it was their attack that won all the plaudits with a seven-goal blitzing of Waterford.

DUBLIN 6-19 WATERFORD 5-13 A VERITABLE goal-fest of an All-Ireland minor semi-final but a game won with consummate ease by Dublin who now face Galway in next month’s final - their first i...

FULHAM IRISH 0-8 ST. KIERNANS 0-4 ST. KIERNANS — slayers of county champions Neasden Gaels just two weeks ago — were themselves toppled at Ruislip on Sunday by Fulham Irish.

Senior British government officials permitted a campaign of state-backed killings by unionist paramilitaries and the RUC (now PSNI) police to be conducted at the height of the conflict, ...

A loyalist mob carried out a savage sectarian attack on a Catholic teenager, her Protestant friend and her friend’s sister in a south Belfast ‘Rangers supporters club’,...

A row over the cancellation of thousands of motoring offences continues unabated in the 26 Counties, despite the report of an internal Garda police investigation which cleared the force ...

The PSNI have been accused of using excessive violence against whole families, including young children, amid increased concerns over heavy-handed policing in republican areas.

The Republican Network for Unity has condemned the decision of a court in Dublin not to allow an appeal by Michael McKevitt to proceed, describing the case as a miscarriage of justice.

Carlow survived a London fightback to make a winning start to their Leinster SHC campaign at Dr Cullen Park.

Marty Whelan reveals what lies ahead at tonight's Eurovsion Grand FInal, plus check out the pics of Ryan Dolan's dress rehearsal.

Ireland's newest RNLI station has been formally opened in Castletownbere, Co Cork.

Pop princess Britney Spears has confirmed her new single, OohLaLa, will be released on June 16.

Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has accepted that incumbent hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau will not play a part in the British and Irish Lion series but is hoping flanker George Smith will still b...

Giovanni Trapattoni has no intention of following Alex Ferguson into retirement anytime soon.

Manuel Pellegrini has denied he has agreed to replace Roberto Mancini as manager at Manchester City.

Tributes are being paid to Donal Walsh a young cancer patient from Kerry who died at home last night just weeks after he fronted a campaign to prevent suicide.

Bus Eireann passengers are facing more disruption today because of a strike by drivers at the company.

Gardaí have made arrests as part of their investigation into a murder in Dublin 11 years ago.

Ryanair has become involved in a fresh row with disgruntled pilots over employment conditions.

A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting on Dublin's Northside last Wednesday.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will receive an honorary doctorate at Boston College next Monday.

David Cameron has given his backing to Tory co-chairman Lord Feldman after he denied being responsible for alleged comments describing grassroots party activists as “swivel-eyed loons”.

A US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble.

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Farhh put in a scintillation performance to claim the Group One JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury by an impressive four lengths under jockey Silvestre De Sousa and for trainer Saeed Bin Suroor.

Christian Horner has not stated whether Red Bull would want to retain Mark Webber beyond the end of this season.

Sir Bradley Wiggins has vowed to recover in time for the Tour De France after having to with draw from the Giro d’Italia through illness

The Mercedes team are bullish about their chances in Monaco as the World famous Grand Prix approaches rapidly.

Kilkenny star Michael Fennelly has emerged as a serious doubt for the Cats Leinster SHC tie against Offaly in three weeks.

By Pat Leahy and Niamh Connolly Fine Gael and Labour are expected to agree formally a coalition deal today at separate meetings in Dublin. By Pat Leahy and Niamh Connolly Fine Gael and La...

By Emma Kennedy Irish banks could use an April hike in European interest rates as a way to improve their balance sheets, and push more homeowners into arrears, banking experts fear. By Em...

By Gavin Daly The Central Bank has insisted that companies owned by businessman Sean Quinn must cover losses in troubled investment funds that bought properties in Ukraine during the boom...

By Niamh Connolly Political Correspondent A civil war-style feud over claims to the fifth floor of Leinster House has erupted between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael just days before the 31st D...

By Niamh Connolly Political Correspondent Independent TDs hoping to form a 'technical' group to boost their participation in the Dáil are to meet on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the selec...

Following a review by the Receiver, in consultation with the management of the company, of the financial and risk areas of the Sunday Tribune it has been decided that publication of the n...

How would it be if instead of our natural life span being around 80 years or so, it was 30 at most? That's what happens to the characters in Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, a film adaptat...

It took the old heads of Ryan Giggs and Michael Owen to overcome a spritely Southampton as Manchester United eventually progressed to the FA Cup fifth-round with a largely fortuitous 2-1 ...

Right now, courtesy of Martin Scorsese and a writer/producer who worked on The Sopranos, Kelly Macdonald – "weird, hunchy Scottish girl" (© K Macdonald, 2002) – might be ...

The banking guarantee, which has cost the taxpayer €46bn so far, was originally intended to allow the Central Bank to provide emergency funding to the collapsing financial sector wi...

Cameron’s decision to press ahead with gay marriage and inability to deliver immediate EU referendum has created air of mistrust and acrimony in party

The listings gatekeeper will tighten entry rules as executives of two scandal-tainted emerging market mining companies are set to face grilling

Constitutional council says law not contrary to any constitutional principle, but reserves its position on state-supported fertility treatment for lesbians

The bloc’s banking regulator has significantly widened the definition of staff affected by the clampdown to include anyone earning more than €500,000

Approval for Freeport LNG project in Texas, the first for two years, will allow it to export to countries that do not have a trade agreement with US

A geological burp may have led to the dinosaurs’ domination THE dinosaurs, famously, went out with a bang. Some 65.5m years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period, the Earth coll...

Demography may not quite be destiny, but it makes a big difference to countries’ economic prospects. Many emerging economies are in the sweet spot of a demographic transition, wher...

By Malathi Nayak and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight ...

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference....

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is on the brink of a deal to settle a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of do...

BARDONECCHIA, Italy (Reuters) - Italy's Mauro Santambrogio won the 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia, a mountain top finish after a 163-kms ride on Saturday. Santambrogio beat compatriot Vi...

PARIS (Reuters) - France has received approval from the U.S. Pentagon to buy two Reaper drones for intelligence gathering, and now only needs backing from Congress, Le Monde newspaper sai...

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's Defence Ministry said, prompting Western powers to urge Pyongyang to exercise...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called for ...

(Reuters) - Federal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticut that injured dozens of people commuting home from New York City, three of th...

ROME (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to he...

A girl who was swept away in the Indian Ocean tsunami seven years ago said Friday she broke down in tears this week after tracking down her parents, who had long lost hope of finding her...

If North Korea's new leader is looking for advice on how to carry on his family's dynasty, he could turn to Rahul Gandhi, who is on a quest to become the fourth generation of h...

Protesters gathered Saturday outside a town hall in southern China to appeal for the release of people detained during demonstrations over a planned power plant expansion, a witness said.

A new survey shows people in poorer countries send text messages more often than those in wealthier countries. Men in Spain and Germany access the Internet on their phones twice as much ...

The National Center on Family Homelessness said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States in 2010 or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. Th...

The family of murdered Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe has received a special medal in his honour.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's most capped player Ronan O'Gara has retired to take up a role coaching his former international rival Jonathan Sexton at Racing Metro, his province...

An oil laundering plant with the capacity to process more than 2.5 million litres of fuel a year has been discovered in Dublin.

Former US Open champion Rory McIlroy is set to split with his Irish-based management company and organise his own business affairs, his close friend Graeme McDowell has confirmed.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish primary school teachers overwhelmingly backed a call to strike if the government unilaterally cuts their pay, but their trade union leaders will first rejoin fres...

An oil laundering plant with the capacity to process more than 2.5 million litres of fuel a year has been discovered in Dublin.

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