A Fianna Fáil councillor, and close ally of parliamentary party chairman Brendan Smith, has called on Micheál Martin to consider his position as party leader.

A 30-year-old County Clare man was dead within little over two hours of taking a cocktail of ‘liquid heroin’ and methadone, an inquest has heard.

The top 10% of Irish society hold more than half of the country’s wealth, while the bottom 50% have just 4.95% of it.

Women carry out 70% of the family care work in Ireland, thus limiting their earning power and reducing the size of their pension on retirement.

A Michigan mother who thought her daughter was simply playing while standing on a toilet seat has revealed she was unaware the three-year-old was practicing a drill for what to do in the event of an active shooter entering a school.

An Post Chain Reaction took their first win of the Rás so far this week with a trademark sprint from Aaron Gate as Clemens Fankheuser retained the yellow jersey by the skin of his teeth once again.

Ireland’s Nicolas Roche and Philip Deignan have been named in Team Sky’s nine-man roster for the Giro d’Italia, which gets under way this Friday in the Netherlands.

Christopher McGlinchey took the biggest road win of his career yesterday on the opening stage of the Kerry Group Rás Mumhan.

Nicolas Roche was best of the three-man Irish team after six and a half hours in the saddle in the elite road race at the World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain, yesterday.

Connacht’s first All Black signing, Mils Muliaina, has been part of Pat Lam’s future plans for two years.

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Goalkeeper Shane Finnegan was the Drogheda hero on his debut with two saves in the penalty shoot-out as Mick Cooke’s side won through to the EA Sports Cup third round.

A VERDICT of “unascertained death” has been recorded after a bar manager was found dead following after a golf outing.

The trial of former Dublin Assistant County Manager, George Redmond, charged with receiving a bribe in return for purchasing development land, has heard he was originally reluctant to buy it.

An anonymous caller led gardaí to the area where a young woman was found dead in Co Kildare, it was revealed tonight.

GARDAÍ are seeking a man who they believe has crucial information about the murder of a young woman whose body was dumped in a derelict outhouse in Co Kildare.

Two men accused of murdering a woman in a neighbouring apartment in Cork were heard whispering in their flat before she was killed and were seen leaving the block afterwards, a court heard today.

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A.J. FEELEY threw two touchdown passes and linebacker Carlos Emmons returned a fumble for a touchdown as the Eagles clinched the NFC East title with a 34-21 victory over the Washington Redskins.