Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen, fresh from a reasonably successful Galway, turned their attention to Cork yesterday and duly combined to land the featured Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Give Thanks Stakes with Sapphire.

The people who are sheltering violent groups should end their support for the futile loss of life, Gerry Adams has said.

The Democratic Unionist Party was tonight in last-minute talks with the British Government before giving its verdict on a deal to save North's power-sharing Assembly.

The North’s First Minister Peter Robinson accused Sinn Féin today of moving backwards in crunch talks to resolve the policing and justice dispute.

THE consortium seeking to build the Thornton Hall prison in Co Dublin wanted “hundreds of millions of euro” more than the original price submitted, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has said.