It came from Down Under and was certainly below the belt when an Australian political adviser launched an anti-Irish tirade during a TV debate about marriage equality, spurred by the referendum here.

Worldwide reaction to Ireland's recent Yes vote in the Marriage Equality Referendum has been broadly positive.

The British Government should recognise Palestine as a state alongside Israel, MPs in the UK will argue today.

A MAN who shot his partner and two other women before killing himself had his guns taken from him by police three years ago amid concerns for the state of his mind, it has emerged.