State Department approved $28k spend for Secret Service activity coinciding with visit by Trump’s son

A mystery RTÉ presenter has joined stars Ryan Tubridy, Joe Duffy, and Ray D’Arcy in earning more than €300,000 a year from the station in the first salary figures revealed by the State broadcaster in three years.

The HSE has set up a dedicated culture unit as part of its transition from a “silo”-based “command and control” organisation to a “values-based one” — according to a note from former HSE chief Tony O’Brien the day before he resigned.

At the curragh last weekend Aidan O’Brien added some real live candidates to his already considerable Royal Ascot portfolio later this month, none more so than the Australian horse, Merchant Navy.

Marian Keyes, Eimear McBride, and Edna O’Brien join JK Rowling and Harper Lee on a list of the 100 essential books by female writers from the past 100 years, according to a new poll.

HSE Director General Tony O'Brien will leave his role in July, four weeks earlier than expected.

An application by Denis O’Brien aimed at having Galway-based businessman Declan Ganley joined as a co-defendant in Mr O’Brien’s case against Red Flag Consulting has been adjourned at the High Court.

The boss of easyJet will take a salary cut to demonstrate his "personal commitment" to equal pay.

The party’s Stormont leader is understood to be the only person in the race to be the party’s next deputy leader.

A Daithi Casey point in the sixth minute of injury-time handed victory to Kerry at the end of which the hosts had 14 players on the field and Donegal one less.

The release of black cab rapist John Worboys from a prison in England has been put on hold after victims won the first step in a legal challenge.

A senior barrister who challenged garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe at the Commission of Investigation into allegations of garda malpractice has said his conscience is clear.

Workers must be protected from retaliatory acts of penalisation from companies when they make a complaint to the authorities.

President Donald Trump has dismissed as "fake news" a New York Times report that he ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller last June, but backed down after White House lawyer Don McGahn threatened to resign.

Not a great first day in the job.

The Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman is appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl was knocked down and killed following a night out.

Police hunting for a man suspected of murdering a neighbour in a crossbow attack have found a body.

And Tom Hanks stole a line from our Late Late Show

Ireland reached their target with four balls to spare.

Gerry Adams has not had a complaint against the Irish Independent upheld by the Press Ombudsman.

Police in Los Angeles have arrested a man they suspect made a hoax emergency call that resulted in a SWAT police officer fatally shooting a man at the door of his own home in Kansas.

Charlie Haughey was warned by loyalist paramilitaries that MI5 ordered his assassination, declassified State papers have revealed.

Olympic medalist Cian O’Connor’s horse breeding company last year cleared profits of €1.65m and is on course for another bumper year.

Damian Green has been sacked from the British Government by Theresa May and admitted he made "misleading" statements about allegations pornography was found on his Commons computer in 2008.

A couple at odds with doctors over whether their sick 19-month-old son should continue to get life-support treatment are preparing to mediate in the hope of avoiding further court action.

As nativity scenes take place in school halls around the country this week, we’ve been reminiscing about our tea towel wearing days.

A special gig filled with international stars will celebrate the 60th birthday of Shane MacGowan.

Dancing with the Stars is returning to our screens in the New Year and the show has today announced its third celebrity.

It says a lot about the maturity of Slaughtneil’s winter marvels when even one of their more recent additions talks like he’s got an old head on young shoulders.

A woman who is believed to be the world’s longest surviving heart transplant patient is celebrating 35 years since her life-saving operation.

The investigation into the blacking out of street signs named after Britain’s Queen Victoria resulted in a councillor and two other men being charged at Cork District Court yesterday.

Sterling could relapse by almost 10% against the dollar if a “no deal” Brexit becomes likely, keeping investors wary of buying UK assets, Northern Trust Asset Management said.

Rob Kearney feels the criticism of Bundee Aki’s impending debut for Ireland helped forge a stronger bond among Joe Schmidt’s crew and one which fed into the first of their November internationals, against South Africa, last weekend.

An Irish woman who had been reported missing in southeast France has been found dead in a public park.

The Government has been urged to commission a report on the ability of Irish ports to handle new routes and extra cargo bypassing the British mainland and going direct to mainland Europe in the event of the UK leaving the customs union.

A Cork man drove aggressively through a red light killing a French man in Cork city, then drove off and fled the country, and today he was jailed for eight years and banned from driving for 40 years.

Kilkenny driver Enda O’Brien powered his 2.5-litre engine Ford Escort to victory in the Germaine’s of Baltinglass Rally in Wicklow. 

The scale of Ophelia’s devastation was particularly felt in Waterford, Tipperary, and Dundalk, where three people lost their lives as a result of the storm.

“Witness the power of this fully operational battle station!” the Emperor cackled, as Luke Skywalker’s face fell in anguish. The Death Star was in perfect working order after all, ready to blow up Luke’s friends.

Latest:The Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history stockpiled weapons and ammunition over decades.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc has won a lacklustre victory in Germany’s national election while the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany party managed a triumphant entry into parliament, projections have shown.

In this extract from the Atlas of the Irish Revolution, Michael Foy writes that Michael Collins’s intelligence operations had a reputation for omniscience and, though this was not the case, the myth became a political weapon.

A video game adaption of George Orwell’s classic novel Animal Farm has been announced.