The by-election is to replace Fine Gael TD Frances Fitzgerald who was elected as an MEP in May.

Fine Gael’s best chance of winning one of the four by-elections is in Dublin Mid-West.

The Green Party expects to secure a sizeable chunk of the vote in the upcoming poll, says Elaine Loughlin.

Like many Pacific Islanders in his native Auckland, Edgar’s parents moved there in search of a better life for themselves and their families. This is the case for many players of Pacific heritage who now ply their trade in Europe. While I had played alongside Casey Laulala and Francis Saili at Munster, I was largely ignorant of “Islander” culture and what it entailed.

The first strike by Bank of England workers in over 50 years will go ahead from Tuesday after last-ditch talks broke down.

Riverside City swooped late to foil top-weight Man From Van in the featured Toals Bookmakers Ulster Grad National in Downpatrick yesterday, providing the highlight of a double for Gordon Elliott and Davy Condon.

WHILE lots of emphasis — and fear — is put on the financial implications of retirement, many people are left unprepared for the other losses that can be experienced when they close the door on years of employment.     

Despite a litany of recession-era cutbacks on elderly people, Ireland has still been ranked as one of the safest and most supportive places in the world to grow old gracefully.

Active Retirement Ireland say they have received a number of calls from worried pensioners regarding the prospect of cuts to their weekly payment.

Like many of the best ideas, Active Retirement Ireland’s (ARI) ethos is deceptively simple.

A 21-year-old left with a brain injury after he was struck on the head with a mobile phone six years ago was yesterday awarded €150,000 damages in the High Court.

ALMOST €19 million in claims for injury and damage to property are pending against the gardaí, new figures reveal.

A CRACK Garda marksman has lost a €38,000 damages claim against the state for injuries he suffered while honing his gun skills at a remote mountainous shooting range.

Little White Lie overcame the ground concerns of his owners to continue his fine record for his new trainer in Newmarket’s feature handicap on Friday, the £100,000 (€125,029) Ladbrokes Bunbury Cup.

Distressed passengers — including Bruce Springsteen and Munster fans — were bearing the brunt of continuing industrial action by Iarnród Éireann train drivers today.

Twelve Irish women will make sporting history this week when they become the country’s first ladies’ rowing crew to race across the Irish sea.

Twelve Co Wicklow women are to make sporting history this year when they become the first ladies' rowing crew from Ireland to race across the Irish sea.

Declan Colley meets a young jockey with the talent and ambition to become a household name in the racing game.

MONAGHAN residents are angry that excavation work is now posing a major threat to the local heritage and rural landscape.

An Irish man and his girfriend will undertake the challenge of a lifetime this weekend when they compete in a 3,000-mile rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean.

Gareth MacHale (Toyota Corolla WRC) extended his unbeaten run in the McCauley Trailers Irish National Forestry Championship with a fine victory in the Circuit of Wicklow Rally.

TRAINER Noel Meade yesterday stated his intention to run Harchibald in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle next week “unless we find something really wrong with him”.

Hardy Eustace is the new 3-1 favourite with totesport for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle.

AN on-the-run sex offender is believed to be in Ireland with a missing British woman and her daughter.

DISGRACED former Fianna Fáil minister Ray Burke wants the taxpayer to pay his €10.5 million legal bill from the Flood Tribunal - despite the fact he obstructed the work of the inquiry.