Some texts exchanged following the break-up of a Dublin man and an ex-girlfriend he is accused of murdering have been read out at his trial.

A man assumed a false identity in order to meet his ex-girlfriend in a hotel room, where he strangled her, a murder trial jury has heard.

Although no solar farms have yet been built in the Republic, a handful of projects have been granted planning permission.

St. Aidan’s, Cork 45

NFL: Coach Pete Carroll said it was "belief in one another" that saw Seattle Seahawks complete a miracle comeback to reach the Super Bowl.

The Battle of Kinsale in 1601 was the highlight of a three-month siege of Spanish forces in the town and ended their hopes of conquest. Tom Hickey takes a look at a new book on this landmark moment in Irish history.

Irish actor Steve Blount, one of the co-creators and stars of Swing, currently on at the Edinburgh Arts Festival, was at a house party about a decade ago when he first met his co-star Janet Moran.

A man appeared in court yesterday morning charged with the murder of Sonia Blount in a Tallaght hotel on Sunday.

A man is due in court in Dublin shortly charged in connection with the murder of Sonia Blount in Tallaght.

Family and friends of Thomas ‘Toddy’ Dooley, found dead at his Co Offaly home at the weekend, have described him as an “inoffensive” man who “wouldn’t hurt anybody”.

The U20 women’s final will be an all-Cork decider with Glanmire and Singletons Supervalu Brunell competing in what promises to be a cracking encounter.

Dublin Fringe’s Show in a Bag plays are designed to tour cheaply

Louise Lowe is behind a new play that will see its audience rowed across a lake in county Mayo this weekend, says Pádraic Killeen

A third witness described frantic efforts by the doctor charged over Michael Jackson’s death to gather medication from the floor of the bedroom where the singer died after receiving intravenous doses of a powerful anaesthetic.

The retired general who commanded the US Army’s 3rd Infantry Division when its tanks led the charge to Baghdad in 2003 says the initial war planning was flawed and probably contributed to the drawn-out conflict with insurgents in Iraq.

A Republican official who worked with George Bush in an Alabama campaign in 1972 said she recalled him talking about his National Guard duty and seeing him in uniform before the election that year.

The US army has extended the deployment of thousands of soldiers in Iraq because of the increased attacks on coalition forces, dashing hopes the troops would be home by September.

Iraqi civilians have torn up and spat at portraits of Saddam Hussein in multiple acts against the Saddam regime in Baghdad today.

The US 3rd Infantry Division’s artillery opened fire today on Iraqi troops with Paladin self-propelled howitzers and multiple launch rocket systems in the first stage of the ground war.