England’s Rugby Football League says it is looking into the circumstances which left Irish international Will Hope waiting in agony for three hours for an ambulance that never arrived.

Ireland secured automatic qualification for the Rugby League World Cup with an emphatic 13-try victory over Russia.

They were good girls deeply involved in student government and in decorating the gym for high school dances. They did their homework on time and got good grades, and they all remember Hillary Rodham standing out as the most organised kid in homeroom, writes Nina Burleigh

The prevalence of prescription drug-dealing and the severe lack of drug-free recovery centres in Dublin’s north inner city are some of the challenges facing the area, according to its community leaders.

HOPE JAHREN is an award-winning paleobiologist. The love in the subtitle could apply to a number of things in this memoir. 

A Department of Health briefing document said there is “saturation exposure” of alcohol products during sporting events and cited the French model, which completely bans alcohol sponsorship, as “best practice”.

Historian and ‘Irish Examiner’ contributor T Ryle Dwyer fondly remembers his mother Margaret, who had a long and eventful life

Michael Douglas is in talks to return for the 'Ant-Man' sequel.

The first trailer has been released for Jake Gyllenhaal’s Southpaw, showing that the actor lived in the gym after shooting Nightcrawler.

Record sales are resurgent, but will the format ever again be more than a niche market, asks Eoghan O’Sullivan

by Thomas Pynchon

In scenes that would be better suited to the rose gardens of Alice In Wonderland’s Queen of Hearts, someone is manually picking the leaves off the trees at Westminster Palace.

It’s a world away from the glitz and glamour of the Dome in Tralee last August.

A red card was the only possible punishment after this callous spear tackle in a schoolboy rugby game.

Major pro-life and pro-choice rallies are due to take place in Dublin today.

For all the big crowds and big names that will descend upon his home place in the coming days, you may not have heard about Pat Duffy’s premature passing last weekend.

The parents of rare Australian conjoined twins Faith and Hope have thanked their supporters after the death of their girls.

An Australian couple have welcomed conjoined twins who have separate brains and identical faces but share a body, describing their girls as "little Aussie fighters", a report said.

Joanne Harris

Your daily, spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box.

This video illustrates the fantastic work that pet rescue centres do.

Baby Ellianna Hope Marie Thompson lives up to her name in a very special way.

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Gardaí were called to a house in Cork by a man who claimed that his wife doused his noodles in washing-up liquid.

Hardworking musician, singer and songwriter, David Hope’s new album, Scarecrow, features 11 tastefully penned songs by the big man from Shannon, in Co Clare.

The devastated family of a schoolboy murdered in a bungled Mafia-style hit yesterday said they did not want revenge for his death.

Pat Herlihy is on edge any time his daughter steps out the door.

With more than 130m Americans heading out to vote and some queuing for hours, reports of polling problems in key battleground states as well as the flood effected areas of post-Sandy New York and New Jersey caused some concern for both parties.

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Prince Harry resorted to a little finger wagging tonight to persuade one cheeky little boy not to bring up the subject of his naked romp in a Las Vegas hotel.

Limerick FC maintained their three-point lead at the top of the First Division following this stalemate with second-placed Longford Town at Jackman Park last night.

Longford Town got their promotion bid back on track with a first win in four as they brushed aside SD Galway in front of just 119 fans at Eamon Deacy Park last night.

First Division leaders Longford Town staged a remarkable comeback to snatch victory from the penalty spot against nine-man Mervue in the third minute of injury-time at Fahy’s Field last night, having equalised in the final minute.

First Division leaders Longford Town bagged the points at Finn Park last night.

The withdrawal of Smoke Pixie from the quarter-finals of the Sporting Press Irish Oaks is a major blow to her connections following her stunning 28.31 run in dreadful conditions at Shelbourne Park last Saturday.

Cashen Mafuma justified favouritism in Saturday night’s final of the Macroom Motor Services Stake at Curraheen Park.

Cherry Orchard caused the shock of the round as goals from Philip Sheppard and Alan Caul dumped First Division leaders — and two-time winners — Longford Town out of the cup at Frank Cooke Park.

Two second half goals from substitutes Austin Skelly and Michael Lee ensured Longford Town claimed their second win over Waterford United this season and remain top of the Airtricity First Division.

Unbeaten Longford Town stretched their lead at the top of the First Division with a hard-fought win over high-flying Limerick at Jackman Park.

SD Galway ended the league’s only 100% record thanks to Enda Curran’s second-half penalty at Terryland Park.