Garret Hevey and David Peile have been jailed for a fraud in which they induced dozens to invest over €5m in a forestry investment scam.

Katie Taylor looks to take another step towards dominating women’s professional boxing tonight as she defends her IBF and WBA World Lightweight titles against WBC World super-featherweight champion, Eva Wahlstrom at Madison Square Garden.

Katie Taylor says the defence of her IBF and WBA World Lightweight titles against current WBC World super-featherweight champion, Eva Wahlstrom at Madison Square Garden Saturday night will be the toughest assignment of her professional career but remains confident of overcoming her unbeaten opponent.

The world is better prepared to face past disasters such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but is not ready for the extreme weather of the future, the UN’s top natural disaster official has warned.

The vice-president of the European Commission is beginning a two-day visit to Dublin that will be dominated by the ongoing fallout from Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty.