A hairdresser accused of knocking down and killing a 70-year-old cyclist has been cleared of careless driving following a crowd-funded private prosecution.

Wales 7 Ireland 12: Ireland Women’s head coach Tom Tierney is wary of the challenge his team face in Friday’s Six Nations Grand Slam decider with England.

The Ireland Women mastered the squally conditions at Donnybrook to deservedly grind out a 13-10 win over France in front of an enraptured 3,886-strong crowd.

Ireland women’s coach Tom Tierney has named five uncapped players in his Six Nations squad but it is the absence of former World Player of the Year nominee Sophie Spence that stood out.

It’s already been a campaign featuring fresh faces and Ireland women’s coach Tom Tierney has continued with that policy for the side’s latest Six Nations outing, against Italy, at Donnybrook on Sunday at 1pm.

John Terry will end his 21-year association with Chelsea at the end of the season after being told his contract will not be renewed.

A bit of background music can be thoroughly enjoyable while eating — but can it also enhance the taste of the food?

The world’s largest accounting firms were yesterday cleared of blame for their audits of banks here as the country hurtled toward financial disaster in 2008.

A major report has cleared the external audit firms of any substantial failings in the audits carried out of the banks here on the eve of the financial crash in 2008.

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The late Nevin Spence’s family said that they were humbly honoured to have a state-of-the-art educational centre named after him at the revamped Kingspan Stadium in Belfast.

Galway native Niamh Fahey made a little bit of history on Saturday as the defender became the first Irish woman to win the FA Cup at Wembley after Chelsea Ladies beat Notts County 1-0.

Scotland 3 Ireland 73

Ireland 5 France 10

The phenomenon of comfort eating is well established but many of us don’t realise how much our brain influences our attitude to food, says Jonathan de Burca Butler

USA: The first 3D printer in space has popped out its first creation — a sample replacement part for itself.

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The Ireland Women ended their World Cup journey with a best ever finish of fourth place after falling to France in a bruising 3rd/4th place play-off tie in Paris.

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Niamh Briggs accumulated 18 points as Ireland outfought and outfoxed a physical USA team to begin the Women's Rugby World Cup in winning style.

Meet the women representing Ireland at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in France, with the first match at 4pm this evening.

Neuroscientists are finding out that the context in which we eat or drink, influences our taste buds, reports Dan Buckley

Rory McIlroy had three choices regarding his participation at the 2016 Olympics and beyond, but opting out of the chance to take part in the Rio Games in two years was never really an option.

Ireland 50 Scotland 0

Ireland 59 Scotland 0

Heather Mills is facing a fine of up to €1,000 and referral to the International Paralympic Committee’s Legal and Ethics Commission after a furious row which ended her hopes of representing Great Britain at next year’s Winter Paralympics in Sochi.

A fire bomb attack on a Belfast city centre store represents a serious upsurge by dissident republicans, Northern Ireland’s Police Federation warned.

Frontline police officers caught up in this summer’s violence on the streets of Belfast are undergoing psychiatric treatment, it has been revealed.

First Minister Peter Robinson tonight accused Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly of reckless behaviour after he was seen clinging to the bonnet of a moving Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Landrover.

Ulster’s Tommy Bowe says Nevin Spence will be on his team-mates’ minds when they take to the RDS tomorrow evening to face Leinster.

The magical world of the gastronomical lab can render taste buds stunned, says Joe McNamee, but is it really where the future of food lies?

Ireland 25 England 0

The inquest into the death of Nevin Spence and two members of his family gets underway later.

Manchester United 1 West Ham United 0

Just how much Health Minister James Reilly knew of the deal behind a potential €25m pension pot for a union chief will form part of a review into the controversy.

Politicians and church leaders are holding talks in the North this afternoon in an attempt to stem loyalist street violence over the flying of the Union flag.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson rested leading scorer Robin van Persie to the bench, but still named a strong XI for this afternoon’s FA Cup third round tie at West Ham.

West Ham 2 Norwich 1