With Paul Ryan retiring as House speaker, the race is on to assuage Trump and secure his support. One key powerbroker is targeting the Mueller probe, writes Bette Browne.

"Toughness is the thing that they most fear."

Jancee Dunn’s new book, How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids, could be the practical relationship and parenting bible we’ve been missing, writes Suzanne Harrington

A police officer has been praised for shooting dead a man who drove his car into a crowd at Ohio State University and began to stab people with a butcher's knife.

EARLY TO BED: Parents now have another reason to send children to bed early. 

Part of me thinks it’s none of his business, but if I do decide to tell him, I don’t want him to be shocked.

A near-complete human brain comparable with that of a five-week-old foetus has been grown in a laboratory dish.

USA: Three sets of twins were born on the same day at a Montana hospital — adding up to more than half of the hospital’s births that day.

Pet owners should be more aware of the risk of disease spread by their animal companions, experts have warned.

There’s no knowing what 2015 will serve up but it will start with a bang tomorrow in the US.

It's official - marching bands are now cool.

From Batman to the Simpsons, this halftime show is spectacular.

Eating a fatty meal after a stressful day can slow a woman’s metabolism and help her gain weight, research has shown.

THE reader has a life. The reader wants the writer to get to the point, rather than spend time revving on the spot. The reader can be distracted by the letters down below or the leading article alongside.

Husbands and wives are more likely to quarrel while “hangry” — hungry and angry, say scientists.

Allergy sufferers are more likely to experience flare-ups if they are stressed, research suggests.

Happy, sad, and angry do not even begin to cover the range of emotions we express in our faces, a study has found.

Too much stress can lead to infertility in women, a study has shown for the first time.

A 15-minute “selfie” test conducted at home can indicate signs of mental decline that might be the first glimmer of Alzheimer’s.

Still smoking, 460,000 cigarettes later

An experiment that proved people who think they are drunk also think they are attractive, and another that showed lost dung beetles can use the Milky Way to find their way home, were among the winners at this year’s Ig Nobel awards ceremony.

An experiment that proved people who think they are drunk also think they are attractive and another that showed lost dung beetles can use the Milky Way to find their way home were among the winners at this year’s Ig Nobel awards ceremony.

A supplement taken by millions for its health benefits may help to trigger aggressive and lethal prostate cancer, research has shown.

A creature bridging the gap between apes and humans with a “mosaic” of missing-link features has been described by scientists.

With the spectre of the 2000 presidential election as a backdrop, both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney’s campaigns had legions of lawyers ready to swamp polling stations to make sure every vote counted.

Barack Obama worked to hang on to his slim lead in the crucial battleground state of Ohio and bounce back from a disappointing debate performance that re-energised the campaign of Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is recovering from heart surgery, days after his 82nd birthday.

THE challenge to feed an extra two billion people on planet earth by 2050 inspired a provocative title for a lecture and debate at the Euroscience Open Forum held in Dublin last week — “Will we starve or will we burn”.

President Barack Obama plunged into his campaign for a new term and tore into rival Mitt Romney as a willing and eager “rubber stamp” for conservative Republicans in Congress who want to cut taxes for the rich.

Barack Obama will headline his first re-election rallies next week.

A Tipperary farmer looking for diversification ideas has cornered 2% of the Irish market and built up an estimated €1.5m in sales just two years after embarking on a hand-made crisp enterprise using his own potatoes, writes Trish Dromey

SEPP BLATTER will be elected unopposed for another term as FIFA President in Zurich later today and there’s absolutely nothing you or I can do about it because we’re not part of The Family.

A massive effort by US and Nato forces including offensives in the insurgent heartland and targeted assassinations of rebel leaders has failed to dent Taliban numbers over the past year, according to the military and diplomats.

Astronomers say they have for the first time spotted a planet in what is sometimes called "the Goldilocks zone" - an area where conditions to support life are just right.

PSYCHOLOGICAL or physical stress, including rigorous exercise, can sabotage cancer therapy, a study suggests.

MARRIED couples who are still in love heal faster than those whose relationship has gone off the boil.

Astronomers say they are on the verge of finding planets like Earth orbiting other stars, a key step in determining if we are alone in the universe.

WHEN your correspondent isn’t busy reporting on groin strains, I like nothing better than to relax with a book written by someone who holds a PhD in quantum physics.

The world’s oldest known living person has celebrated her 115th birthday.

Rocker Bruce Springsteen began a three-day free tour to support US presidential candidate Barack Obama at the weekend.