Leading from the start Welsh driver Steve Wood (Subaru WRC) and his Limerick co-driver Keith Moriarty took a relatively comfortable victory in the Volkswagen Wexford Rally where they finished 40 seconds ahead of the Fiesta WRC of Maynooth’s Ian Barrett/Eoin O’Flaherty. 

It’s a photograph that may have been seen by millions over the last 100 years – but how many people other than Pádraig Pearse did they all recognise?

The Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Rally Championship breaks new ground this weekend as the Quality Hotel West Cork Rally makes its full debut in the series.

Your daily, spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box.

An Irish artist and author has created an image of Jesus that is two acres in size and, in doing so, believes he has uncovered how our ancestors created large images on the landscape such as the White Horse in Uffington in England, which dates from the Bronze Age.

What began as a difficulty surrounding whistleblowers has mutated into something far more serious — a full-blown crisis over the recording of phone calls to Garda stations.

The Dalai Lama has arrived in Derry to begin a two day visit to the UK City of Culture.

Christy Moore is to perform for the Dalai Lama at an event in Derry next month.

The Dalai Lama is to visit Derry as part of its City of Culture celebrations.

“He was so far in front he could have sent a postcard to the other guys.” 

WHILE many countries have war museums, few celebrate the struggle for peace in the same way.

SEAN GALLAGHER’S campaign team will lodge an official complaint “this week” with both the RTÉ Authority and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland over the “fake tweet” which infamously prompted a collapse in his support base in the last week of the presidential election.

BEHIND an energetic and controlled election campaign bid sits an eclectic mix of advisers, PR gurus, party grandees as well as media strategists.

PHEW.

I LOST my eyesight aged 10 when I was shot by a soldier’s rubber bullet.

WITH the memory of the appalling killing of PSNI Constable Ronan Kerr still fresh in the minds of right-thinking people everywhere, the message of the Dalai Lama will not go unheeded.

Heartbroken Gaelic football manager Mickey Harte was profoundly moved today during an emotional gathering with the Dalai Lama, he revealed.

INITIATIVE, hard work, determination, self-confidence — these are ingredients for Ireland’s recovery.

The Dalai Lama has branded the killing of young policeman Ronan Kerr in the North a senseless act.

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has urged Irish people not to be discouraged or lose hope as they struggle to cope with the financial crisis.

Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has advised Irish people to work hard with self-confidence to help pull themselves out of financial crisis.

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama begins his first visit to Ireland in 20 years today.

TIBET’S spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has arrived in Ireland for his first visit in 20 years.

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has arrived in Ireland for his first visit in 20 years.

CHILDREN from Limerick’s regeneration areas will join with the Irish Chamber Orchestra to perform for the Dalai Lama when he visits UL on April 14.

THE 14th Dalai Lama will visit Ireland next year to take part in a series of events being planned by three Ireland-based NGOs.

MUCH-LOVED Christie Hennessy never drank alcohol and was yesterday held out as an example to all facing the challenges of a drugs culture.

AFTER spending two nights by candlelight, tens of thousands of South Koreans heaved shovels yesterday to clear mud and debris from homes devastated by the worst typhoon to hit the country in 40 years.

AN AGEING dog is receiving acupuncture treatment in a bid to keep him united with his long-term pal.

A new form of plastic bullet is being deployed in the North from today.