Latest: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake stunned central Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 79 people as buildings collapsed in plumes of dust.

Even against the backdrop of US president Donald Trump’s sinister and shockingly inept implosion over events in Charlottesville, the news that people in 22 countries trust Russia’s president Vladimir Putin more than they trust Mr Trump seems to cross a Rubicon most democrats in the West never imagined even existed. 

Ugly scenes marred Mexico's Confederations Cup victory over New Zealand as Oribe Peralta got his side out of jail at Sochi's Fisht Olympic Stadium.

There were only a couple of selection decisions Martin O’Neill needed to be convinced of last night and Kevin Long did well enough against Uruguay to show he’s capable of stepping up to the challenge of a World Cup qualifier on Sunday.

The Republic of Ireland have beaten Uruguay 3-1 in their international friendly in Dublin.

In the depths of New Jersey commuter country, Tuesday morning was all about shaking off cobwebs.

The fight to control narcotics in Central America has cost more than 40,000 lives. Des Breen reads two books which expose the vicious reality behind the war on drugs.

America first, Switzerland second?

A spectacular artistic Wild Atlantic Way inauguration day tribute to US President-elect Donald Trump is being planned for Ballybunion.

There is no doubt Toyota does some things very well; it would not, after all, be one of the biggest automotive manufacturers in the world if it did not get one or two things absolutely bang on.

Junior Jobs Minister John Halligan has launched an all-out attack on US president-elect Donald Trump, calling him a brute, a misogynist and a headbanger and is urging Irish people to oppose him.

Your letters, your views.

America voted for Trump, they must now live with him, writes Eleanor Tiernan

Millions of Trump supporters have not a problem in the world disregarding the facts, says Terry Prone

We all know of Donald Trump's wish to build a wall to keep Mexicans out of the US.

We all know of Donald Trump’s wish to build a wall to keep Mexicans out of the US.

THERE is a growing consensus among a motley crew of Irish politicians and trade unions to bar the US presidential candidate Donald Trump from entering Ireland on a planned trip by him later this month.

Bernie Sanders says he will continue to fight for the Democratic nomination.

We all know men love their motors but the action at yesterday’s Red Bull Soapbox Race proves a car doesn’t even need a motor for a man to fall in love.

The Government has no plans to formally meet US presidential candidate Donald Trump when he travels to Ireland later this month amid opposition calls for widespread protests.

Cork comedian Ross Browne pulled a prank on our Taoiseach lately when he met him at Cork’s 96fm radio station.

There is no question but that Donald Trump will return to Doonbeg many times as United States president.

US authorities have discovered a cross-border tunnel that ran half a mile from Mexico, seizing more than a ton of cocaine and seven tons of marijuana.

Donald Trump would force Mexico to pay for a border wall by cutting off billions of dollars in remittances sent by immigrants living in the US.

THERE have been few if any international security operations that have failed as spectacularly as the endless war on drugs. The major drug cartels operate with something approaching impunity and wreak havoc in the societies they target despite years of concerted international effort.

Pope Francis has told Mexicans to "shun the devil" in a speech aimed against those who traffic drugs.

Michael Clifford offers up an alphabetical look at 2015. 

Donald Trump has been slammed for his “outrageous” behaviour after he appeared to mock a disabled reporter by imitating him.

Fiona Looney’s new play was inspired by the Garth Brooks concert saga, writes Colette Sheridan

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Egyptian security forces killed 12 Mexicans and Egyptians and injured 10 “by accident”, mistaking a tourist convoy for militants they were chasing in the country’s western desert, the ministry of interior said.

Scuffles have broken out at a rally in Arizona after billionaire Donald Trump launched another attack on Mexican immigrants.

Graeme McDowell is not surprised world No. 1 Rory McIlroy has withdrawn from next week’s Open Championship at St Andrews.

Democrat and Republican US presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are constantly sniping at one another and benefitting as a result, says Bette Browne  

I am mildly aggrieved that nobody told me it was International Say Something Stupid Week. And yet what a week of utterances it has been. All kinds of stupid, which for the purposes of this column I will condense into three: Political Stupid, Academic Stupid, and WTF Stupid.

BBC director-general Tony Hall says he is still “a fan” of suspended Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson, but said allegations of a fracas with one of the show’s producers were “serious”.

This was the year that the Oscars got political.