Clothing retailer New Look has appointed the former boss of House of Fraser as its new chief executive, after the role remained open for two years.

Watford have appointed Nigel Pearson as their new head coach, initially until the end of the season.

Referee Jaco Peyper was not considered for a World Cup semi-final appointment after an “inappropriate” picture of him with Welsh fans appeared on social media.

Cian Healy has praised Bundee Aki’s resilience in the face of a tournament-ending suspension after the centre gave his all in Ireland’s first training session for Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand.

Joe Schmidt backed a cool and calm Jack Carty to run the Ireland show in Johnny Sexton’s absence as part of the head coach’s plan to ruin Japan’s World Cup party at Stadium Ecopa tomorrow (8.15am Irish time).

Ruth O’Connor asks four Irish creatives to write love letters to their Dads in time for Father’s Day

"(Donald Trump) told me: 'You don’t have to be the smartest man in the room, you just need to be smart enough to hire someone smarter than you."

From the cold shoulder in Ireland to the warm embrace of Nottingham, Martin O’Neill is surfing a wave of enthusiasm, expectation and, of course, nostalgia on his return to the City Ground.

Remember the name: Mayo-based goldsmith Nigel O’Reilly is set to compete with top luxury houses around the world. Annmarie O’Connor gets up close and personal with his dazzling creations.

Pressure continues to mount on Offaly football manager Stephen Wallace following their Leinster SFC defeat to Wicklow on Sunday.

Thomond Park and its 26,000-plus fanatics made quite the din last Saturday. 

A policeman who discovered the body of a murdered 83-year-old dog walker said it looked like he had been attacked by his own pet, a court heard.

No wonder Dan Leavy stood over the prone bodies of Munster forwards doing his best impression of The Hulk as Nigel Owens raised his arm for the Leinster penalty.

The Late Late Toy Show is more than just an entertainment programme. It’s part of our culture and, not only that, it marks the official start of a real Irish Christmas, suggests Jen Hogan.

Ukip's new leader Henry Bolton has said the party has avoided becoming the "UK Nazi Party" with his election at the expense of a candidate who described Islam as "evil".

The former head of the UK's Vote Leave campaign has branded David Davis "thick as mince", as he warned that a provision in the Brexit Secretary's so-called Great Repeal Bill would allow British ministers to cave in to EU demands at the last minute.

Ahead of Ireland’s opening game in the World Rugby U20 Championship against Italy tomorrow at the AIA Arena in Kutaisi, Jack Kelly revealed that being released from his original role of team captain has taken some pressure off his shoulders.

Leicester City’s performance psychologist during the fairytale Premier League-winning season believes the Foxes would have won the title anyway had former manager Nigel Pearson been retained.

He was Leicester’s performance psychologist when the Foxes won the miracle Premier League title. But looking in from outside the camp this season, Ken Way reaches past distance covered or pass completion or expected goals for an unusual metric to get to grips with a collapse.

“I hope and pray this will be the first step in getting Megan’s life back to normal again after years of pain and agony.”

Cork City manager John Caulfield has challenged towering defender Ryan Delaney to become the club’s set-piece goal king this season as he looks to add an aerial threat to his title challengers.

Donald Trump hailed Nigel Farage as a "great guy" during his interview with Michael Gove for The Times in England.

A skateboarder who has been in custody for the last couple of months has been doing well with arts and crafts courses and gym training but he is missing his skateboarding hobby.

THE cultural impact of the legendary mock rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap has been exemplified by the phrase “these go to 11” which emerged in a scene where the unfailingly dim guitar player, Nigel Tufnel (played by Christopher Guest), gives a tour of his stage equipment to the director of the movie, Marti DiBergi (the wonderful Rob Reiner).

Limerick-based life sciences technology company Teckro has raised $6m (€5.42m) in Series A funding led by Founders Fund — an early backer of firms such as Facebook and Airbnb.

I suppose I had better just come out and admit it, I’m not a big fan of sauvignon blanc.

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Nigel Farage has admitted he has "absolutely no idea" what will happen if Britain votes to Leave the European Union next week.

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.

Athboy will be the place to be this June bank holiday weekend, as Queens from all over the country, and indeed overseas, battle it out for this year’s Blue Jean Country Queen title.

A farmer, in a foul-mouthed and rambling rant, told another farmer he would throw him under a tractor after a “run-in” on a country road.

Tipperary’s John Lacey will referee next month’s European Challenge Cup final between Harlequins and Montpellier.

From restoration of artifacts to upcycling furniture, Caroline Delaney brushes up on the latest trend

Claudio Ranieri has named Tottenham as title favourites as the Leicester boss moves to ease the pressure off his side.