Writing here on the eve of Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Austria, I was full of confidence that we were going to win, perhaps even with a bit to spare, writes Liam Brady.

When dealing with the conflict in Syria and other areas, US policy has largely been ineffectual. It needs to do more than just express moral outrage, says Christopher R Hill.

It’s not as prestigious as the track-and-field, but since its inception in 1924 there has been plenty of drama on the slopes, says Jonathan de Burca Butler

Ryanair has announced a 10% jump in profit for the first half of the year to €596m.

Austrian police have seized 9.5 tons of stolen garlic.

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary today criticised an expected European Commission decision to stop his low-cost airline taking over Ireland’s national carrier Aer Lingus.

An Austrian court sentenced former Olympic figure skating gold medalist Wolfgang Schwarz to eight years in prison today for plotting to kidnap the teenage daughter of a prominent Romanian businessman and hold her for up to €3m in ransom.

Police have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of angry protesters who hurled stones and fire bombs at the Danish Embassy in Tehran, in the second attack on a Western embassy in the Iranian capital today over the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.

Right wing extremist Joerg Haider was easily re-elected governor of the Austrian province of Carinthia today, a formality after his Freedom Party defeated rival Socialists in provincial elections.

A LANDMARK case in Europe supporting tenancy rights for gay couples will have implications here when Ireland ratifies the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) in December.