The vast majority of young Irish people studying overseas are based in Britain, and they face an uncertain future

In the middle of his pre-Munster final press briefing, Derek McGrath was accused of being a hurling nerd.

It’s hardly surprising Stephen Stack isn’t tempting fate this week by loading up on Austin Stacks at his local bookmakers.

Cillian O’Connor has noticed a positive change in the way Mayo are perceived.

Officially, the beef prices at factories are unchanged this week, with quotes to farmers selling finished cattle similar to recent weeks.

HUNDRED of never-seen-before photographs of Adolf Hitler are expected to fetch a six-figure sum when they go under the hammer, an auctioneer said yesterday.

THE letter from Anne-Marie Desmond (September 25) about the ordination of women made my blood boil.

The FTSE 100 Index enjoyed its second straight day of gains today as City dealing rooms got into the Christmas spirit.

A lawyer who lived three houses from former US president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary in a New York City suburb has been convicted of murdering his wife.

The British queen makes a first visit to Co Armagh today to distribute Maundy money at the traditional pre-Easter religious service dating back centuries.

The All England Club have risked the wrath of defending Wimbledon champion and world number one Roger Federer by announcing the use of Hawk-Eye at this year’s championships.

Blue and white Israeli flags fluttered in the afternoon breeze as thousands marched in silence today between two former Nazi death camps in Poland, paying homage to the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust.

Intensive efforts to achieve a breakthrough in the North’s peace process were due to continue today as Sinn Féin and the Ulster Unionists try to bridge the remaining gaps between them.

Politicians in Northern Ireland were today anxiously waiting to learn if there will be moves over the next five days involving unionists and republicans to secure a pre-Christmas Assembly election.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble today called on republicans to signal they are planning to end all involvement in paramilitary activity.

Leaders from America’s scandal-scarred Roman Catholic Church will hear out Pope John Paul II and present their own proposals today during an unprecedented discussion on public anger over priestly sexual abuse.