Kyran Fitzgerald says that rather than drain the swamp as he promised in his election campaign, Donald Trump will actually bring more alligators with him next month.

RECENTLY I read about a new type of cement used in the reconstruction of the Lansdowne Road rugby grounds and the Point Depot in Dublin.

At least seven miners were killed when an explosion ripped through a coal mine in Kazakhstan today, a regional governor said.

Thousands of UK steel workers were seeking assurances over their jobs tonight after the Corus group agreed to a £4.3bn (€6.42bn) takeover by Indian rival Tata Steel.