The removal of South Korean President Park Geun-hye by the country's Constitutional Court ends a power struggle that has consumed the nation for months.

February 24, 2007. One of Irish sport’s greatest days. One of the GAA’s proudest too, as rugby and England were made welcome in Croke Park. 

There is never a good reason not to watch a football match, writes Liam Mackey

TV3 have snatched Six Nations rights from 2018-21. Can Rugby Country sustain a coup of this magnitude? Here are some of the things we’ll miss.

How did thinness come to be the most important goal in so many people’s lives? Margaret Steele’s new philosophy course at UCC explores the dangerous ‘Operation Transformation worldview’ predominating today: if you are fat, you must have given in.

You’ll have a tough job finding much worth watching on the regular networks this evening — perhaps this double bill of repeats from Game of Thronesseason two will keep you entertained.

The purpose of the Marriage Equality Referendum is to address serious flaws in attitudes adversely affecting countless numbers of people because of their sexual orientation.

Hubris. Now there’s a word I really like, with its hint of a serpent’s hiss at the end offset by the near certainty that the slithery one is in for a nasty surprise.

Julian Baggini’s mission is to make us think about what we eat and to learn more about it by exposing some of our absurd beliefs about food production, sourcing and cooking. Tony Clayton-Lea enjoyed the repast.

Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan’s proposal to incorporate philosophy into the curriculum of schools can only be of benefit.

When the late American showman PT Barnum was asked to what did he owe his great success, he replied; “sure there’s a sucker born every second”.

A judge sent former Portuguese prime minister Jose Socrates to prison while the ex-leader fights accusations of corruption, money-laundering and tax fraud.

The best 40 minutes rugby we have seen in years upon years

Fiann Ó Nualláin gives a Halloween countdown of the world’s top poisonous plants which may be growing in a flower bed near you.

For fans over a certain age following a World Cup, you’re never really watching just that World Cup.

Shortly after Brazil’s dour scoreless draw with Mexico last week, a gang of kids lit a firework on a wide stretch of the pavement on Rua Das Laranjeiras in Rio.

For almost 50 years BBC’s Grandstand show defined Saturday afternoons in the UK and it came to do something similar here in Ireland for many of us once the signal for the British channels began to be picked up beyond the east coast.

TOP British comedian Russell Kane is ripped and proud to show off his six-pack.

A little over a week after the 2005 All-Ireland football final, this writer received an email from a fairly irate Kerry supporter.

The first thing I do in the morning is to open the curtains to see what sort of day it is.

IT IS Monday morning, and I wake up, heart hammering, in bed.

On a visit to Brazil this week Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness jointly opened a George Best exhibition in Sao Paolo.

I’ve always been a bit of a show-off.

The inquest has begun, the tribunals of investigation have been convened and, already, there’s a whiff of cordite in the air.

ADOLESCENCE is about becoming adult, about leaving behind childhood dependence, about learning to stand on your own and take responsibility for your self and for your feelings, thoughts, dreams and actions. It is about letting go of blaming parents, teachers and society for how you feel, and it is about seeking the support and means to become your own person.

Harry Shearer voices Principal Skinner and other beloved characters on The Simpsons. Now he’s playing Richard Nixon, says Pádraic Killeen

Four workmen turn to thievery in Prime Cut’s production of Owen McCafferty’s Shoot the Crow, Colette Sheridan reports

She spent her twenties in fear of not having a man.

IT’S time to bury the memory of the 2011 villains. The Sepp Blatters and the Joe Paternos who use and abuse sport to massage their own medieval egos.

Greece has always looked at its classical age as a usable past but there is no solace in the classics to inspire the country out of its financial and economic woes. What Greece needs is a cultural revolution, writes Fouad Ajami

Even Socrates regretted not getting to close the deal with the most beautiful woman in the world. But as he said, it can happen, and he could always say he at least got to dance with her

Former Brazil great Socrates, who captained Brazil at the 1982 World Cup, died today. He was 57.

Brazil legend Socrates has been admitted to hospital in a critical condition and placed on life-support, according to reports.

WAYNE ROONEY has lauded Paul Scholes as the best player he has ever played with as many of the game’s global greats lined up last night to salute the retiring legend.

Hard-up Portugal has negotiated an international bailout worth €78bn.

The Portuguese government says it does not know yet when it will send its formal request for a bailout to European authorities.

PORTUGAL’S caretaker government said it had decided to seek financing from the European Union in an abrupt turnaround after resisting a bailout for months despite sharply deteriorating financial conditions.

Portugal’s prime minister says his country will ask for a bailout due to its high debts and difficulty raising money on international markets.

Portugal’s political parties have opted to hold an early election rather than form a new government, even though that could hasten the debt-stressed nation’s financial woes and force it to take a bail-out.

PORTUGAL has vowed to “do all it can” to avert a bailout after Prime Minister Jose Socrates stepped down following a showdown with parliament over his minority government’s latest austerity plan.

Portugal's prime minister has quit after opposition parties overwhelmingly rejected his last-ditch round of austerity measures aimed at preventing the eurozone's weakest economy from plunging into chaos.

I should be wary about writing this column for two reasons, at least.

Paul Gascoigne’s appointment as manager of Garforth Town is not yet a done deal.