Three houses in Co Cork have been made available to industrial school survivors who were homeless in Britain.

IRELAND marked the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks with a simple yet moving ceremony hosted by the US embassy in Dublin.

The 10th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks has been marked at a poignant memorial in Dublin.

FORMER US president Bill Clinton yesterday led the tributes to best-selling author, Frank McCourt, when he was posthumously honoured in New York by leading Irish and American philanthropists.

At the end of today's six stages of the Dick Bailey Wexford Rally, Dubliner, Michael Barrable, in his Ford Focus WRC leads the Subaru of last year's winner, P.J. McGrath by one minute.

Three drivers are involved in a titanic struggle for supremacy in the Ordnance Survey Ireland Rally of the Lakes in Killarney, the third round of the Global Group Irish Tarmac Championship.

Ireland came away with victory from a tight match against Switzerland at the ESB Basketball Arena last night, and now travel to Bratislava for their forthcoming match against Slovakia on Saturday.

IRELAND’S basketball teams begin the countdown to European Championship action tonight with the first in a series of friendlies.

Team Ireland has won twelve medals in the kayaking events at the Special Olympics.