A trip to Galway is planned for Construct following his all-the-way hurdle debut success in the Tony Patterson Sports ground Maiden Hurdle in Downpatrick yesterday.

The Seamus Mulvaney Bookmakers Fillies’ Maiden is the opening race of the five-day festival in Killarney and punters can get off to a flyer by siding with For Your Eyes.

The country's only dedicated service for supporting children through the grief of losing a parent through death or parental separation has called on the government to fully fund its services as it has seen demand triple.

In response to Daniel McConnell’s article on April 6, I would like to make the following points.

Donegal's Yvonne Bonner has rounded out her first season down under by winning her club's goal of the year award.

Pregnancy and the birth of her daughter Amelia provided Cathriona McConnell with a fresh perspective on life and football.

Three Irish Examiner journalists have refused to tell the Disclosures Tribunal whether Supt David Taylor was a source of allegations against whistle-blower Maurice McCabe.

Tyrone fanatic Ciarán McAleer walked tall as he savoured his proudest moment by leading the Tyrone team out for their Allianz Football League clash with Kerry at the weekend.

He felt stung by the politics that helped define his life - but in death, the Rev Billy Graham received a rare tribute from America's top political leaders under the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC.

Alan Hawe, who killed his wife and three children at their family home in Co Cavan in 2016, was troubled, depressed, and severely mentally ill in the months before the murder-suicide, an inquest was told.

This is a problem far bigger than Barry Walsh, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

Experts say the city of Houston has sunk by two centimetres due to the amount of rain that fell during Hurricane Harvey.

Handing the immigration hot potato to a chaotic, factionalised majority party on Capitol Hill

The US president, Donald Trump, will begin a major push, next week, to convince the American public of the need for tax reform, shifting his focus to fiscal policy in an effort to win a big legislative victory by the end of the year, it has been reported.

Reality TV star Jeremy McConnell is due to appear in court today charged with assaulting on-off girlfriend Stephanie Davis.

The Independent Alliance was highly “relieved” when an “arrogant, tribal”, and “tetchy” Enda Kenny departed as taoiseach in June, super junior minister Finian McGrath has said, writesDaniel McConnell.

Senators in the US have rejected a measure to repeal parts of former president Barack Obama's healthcare law after a night of suspense, dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump's agenda.

Applause and cheers greeted Senator John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, as he returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to vote for moving ahead on legislation to dismantle Obamacare.

Donald Trump has told his fellow Republicans they must not go off on their summer holidays without sending him an Obamacare repeal bill to sign.

Former US presidential candidate Senator John McCain has promised to beat the brain cancer he has been diagnosed with after having a blood clot removed.

The latest Republican effort to repeal "Obamacare" was fatally wounded in the Senate when two more party senators announced their opposition to legislation strongly backed by President Donald Trump.

From a Munster Schools Senior Cup winning back row to a Waikato Premier A front row, Jack Dineen admits his life in rugby has taken the road less travelled.

Senate Republicans have released their long-awaited bill to dismantle much of Barack Obama's healthcare law but ran into trouble as four GOP senators said they opposed it.

Senate Republicans have released their long-awaited bill to dismantle much of Barack Obama's healthcare law.

US senators like to participate in governing, as opposed to showing up and having their vote tallied in support of their party and Trump would do well to remember that says Jonathan Bernstein.

She also confirmed that she and Jeremy are a couple.

Four Irish Examiner journalists are among Ireland’s top 100 influential journalists on Twitter.

Facing into another tribunal, change is still evading the gardaí years after the Morris Tribunal was supposed to herald a new dawn for the force, writes Michael Clifford.

“My memory is not the best,” laughs Pearse O’Neill. He’s just been asked to jog it back to the spring of 2010 when the mark last featured in inter-county Gaelic football.

The top Senate Republican says that Congress will investigate a CIA assessment that Russia interfered in the November election on behalf of Donald Trump, an intelligence conclusion that the incoming commander in chief has called "ridiculous".

Donaghmoyne (Monaghan) 1-8 Mourneabbey (Cork) 1-6: Champions Donaghmoyne held off brave Mourneabbey in a thrilling All-Ireland Ladies Club SFC semi-final at Fontenoy Park yesterday.

Cover-ups rectify poorly etched or unwanted ‘tats’ and are now a big part of artists’ business. But not all are fixable, says Jonathan deBurca Butler

The significance of Britain’s exit has yet to be seen but the implications for our country will be immense, writes Daniel McConnell

No state can always protect its people from acts of evil mania. But the US chooses to put the means of perpetration within easy reach, writes Gerard Howlin

An election at the beginning of the summer looks the most likely scenario as the two main parties circle each other with suspicion, writes Daniel McConnell

Enda Kenny looks tired.