Eoin Edwards hit the road to Ulster, and the Lakeland County of Cavan, for a taste of Downton Abbey-style hospitality.

Dr Dorothy Maxwell has long been frustrated by the fashion industry’s waste. She explains why it must take action, writes Ruth O’Connor.

Jessica Simpson has given birth to her third child with husband Eric Johnson.

’Gaelic Sunday’ is described on the GAA’s website as “one of the most remarkable and significant days in the history of the GAA”, writes Paul Rouse.

Mayo boss Peter Leahy said he was not surprised to see his team sparkle against Cavan in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC despite a fractious week off the pitch.

The man accused of murdering his girlfriend at her home in Passage West, Co Cork, more than five years ago told gardaí that he snapped, stabbed her in the neck, and set fire to the house.

Preston remain right in the thick of a battle for a play-off place in the Championship.

Alex Neil did not hold back from criticising his players as Preston lost ground on the Championship play-off places following a draw with Birmingham.

A terrorist bomb-maker who infiltrated the British military should receive a tougher sentence, a former armed forces minister has said.

A "committed" terrorist who infiltrated the British military has been jailed for 18 years for supplying bombs to dissident Irish republicans.

A Royal Marine who lived a "dangerous double life" as a terrorist bomb-maker claims he faked sympathies for the Irish republican cause because he was "paralysed" with fear, a court has heard.

A Royal Marine who built explosives for an Irish republican paramilitary group had parts delivered to his late grandmother's home, a court heard.

Gardaí objected to a new burrito outlet in Cork city getting a licence to serve wine on the basis that it was in the middle of “a public disorder hotspot”.

A Royal Marine has admitted hoarding explosives and making bombs for a Northern Ireland-related terror attack.

Tens of thousands of women have amassed in Washington DC and other cities around the globe for marches aimed at showing US president Donald Trump they will not be silent over the next four years.

Olivier Giroud scrambled a late winner as Arsenal came from behind to survive an FA Cup scare with a 2-1 win at Championship Preston.

They’re calling it the Christmas-Tree Formation, but it’s no longer typical of any moves gracing football stadiums.

A 12-year-old Irish boy, now living in Chicago, has written and directed a film that has captured the hearts of over half a million people online.

A British Royal Marine has appeared in court charged with Northern Ireland-linked terror offences.

Police are searching a country park in the North as part of a terrorism investigation which prompted the arrest of a British Royal Marine.

Police in the North are conducting fresh searches as part of a terrorism investigation which prompted the arrest of a British Royal Marine.

One of the owners of historic Vernon Mount House in Cork, which was completely destroyed in a suspected arson attack, said he is “gutted” at the loss of the property but believes it can be saved.

A reknowned Irish player of an online game which requires physical visits to landmark sites died during a late-night mission, an inquest has heard. 

Claudio Ranieri and his Leicester players should cherish the moment of lifting the Premier League trophy. Because the histories of other modest clubs that surpassed themselves suggest that the fortunes of the odds-beating Foxes could plunge sharply from here.

The country’s leading exporter of pedigree cattle, who alleges he was defamed in an article in the Irish Farmers Journal three years ago, has been ordered by a judge to disclose audited accounts for three years.

General John Maxwell ignored calls from the viceroy to spare the lives of those on the periphery of the Rising and instead pursued martial justice, allowing defendants little more than 10 minutes in their ‘trials’ to tell their side of the story, writes Sean Enright

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Helen O’Callaghan talks to Jennifer Phillips, a woman who found adopting a child from abroad to be a challenging, rewarding and enriching experience. 

Ireland suffered a 23-run defeat to world champions Australia in a rain-affected one-day international at Belfast.

Joan Laporta would be keen to sign Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba if he wins FC Barcelona’s presidential election on July 18.

THE gallery space in Lismore Castle is certainly one of the country’s most striking, based as it is in the 19th-century west wing of the castle. But to mark the gallery’s 10th anniversary this year, the summer exhibition will go beyond the thick castle walls and into the grounds, the town, and its other landmark, St Carthage’s Cathedral.

Ireland’s great festival of scents, colours, and flavours was officially opened by President Michael D Higgins yesterday.

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have arrived in Mullaghmore, Co Sligo, where his great-uncle was killed in a bombing.

The Prince of Wales has expressed regret over lives lost in the Troubles in the North, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said.

Gerry Adams has said he raised the cases of the families affected by the Bloody Sunday killings and the Dublin and Monaghan bombings with Prince Charles in a private meeting today.