The Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Cup campaign gets under way today with five fixtures running up until Thursday.

Donald Trump says that anyone who burns an American flag should face unspecified "consequences", such as jail or a loss of citizenship.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump defended his decision to label US president Barack Obama the “founder” of Islamic State (IS).

The stars are aligning as Atletico Madrid seek to invoke the spirit of Luis Aragones to help exorcise the demons of traumas past tonight in Milan, writes Sean Duffy.

SET in Northern Ireland in 1987, Rain Dogs is the fifth in Adrian McKinty’s series of novels featuring RUC detective Sean Duffy. 

A manuscript of enormous research value has been returned to Dublin 700 years after its creation there and four centuries after first leaving the country.

New research shows Ireland is set to post the highest economic growth in the EU this year, with GDP on course to grow by 4.8%.

AIBA World No. 2 ranked bantamweight Michael Conlan is an injury doubt for Northern Ireland for today’s Commonwealth Games 56kg final in Glasgow.

As the 1000th anniversary of Brian Boru’s death approaches, Robert Hume attempts to separate fact from fiction in the Munster king’s momentous battle against the Vikings of Leinster.

Declan Geraghty advanced from his all-Crumlin BC lightweight clash with Francis Campbell in the opening bout of the National Elite Championships last night-

In the Morning I’ll Be Gone

I Hear the Sirens in the Streets

A full programme in the National Stadium last night, 17 semi-final bouts in the penultimate weekend of the 2013 National Elite Championships.

Northern Irish writer Adrian McKinty has set his detective fiction in the milieu of the Troubles, says Declan Burke

They say that with lakes and protestants dominating the county, there isn’t much of a footballing pick left in Fermanagh.

A man who posted abusive images to online memorials dedicated to dead children in the UK was today jailed for 18 weeks.

Keith Duffy's father has denied newspaper reports that his son has fallen ill due to complications after having a tattoo.

A Lisburn man was believed to be searching for drugs hidden at the side of a railway line when he was struck by a train and killed, a coroner said at an inquest today.

Ireland beat Wales 7-5 at the Clan Naofa Boxing club in Dundalk last Friday night in a keenly contested Boy 4 international.

A GROUP of academics has called on Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny to publicly state his views on the Hill of Tara/M3 controversy.

Fresh calls were made today for the Hill of Tara to be protected during the building of the controversial M3 motorway.

Reigning World and European lightweight champion Katie Taylor racked up her second win in the space of 24 hours following an emphatic victory over Kurluk Valeviya in the quarter finals of the Ahmet Comet Cup in Turkey last night.

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Gardaí in Co Donegal have launched a murder investigation following the death of a 36-year-old man at his home near Dungloe over the weekend.

GARDAÍ were last night awaiting the results of separate tests before deciding upon the course of two investigations which were launched after the discovery of two bodies over the weekend.

A PROMINENT academic suspended from Trinity College Dublin is to appeal the decision.

COMPROMISE is still possible to save both Carrickmines Castle and the South Eastern Motorway, conservationists who challenged the route of the road project have insisted.

Environmentalists have reacted furiously to news that 40% of the site of a medieval castle in Dublin is to be lost, under proposals to build a new section of motorway.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are planning a legal challenge to the completion of the C-ring motorway around Dublin as its route will destroy large parts of an important medieval site at Carrickmines.