Alan Cawley murdered two elderly brothers with special needs. He has been told to "rot in hell" by their family after losing an appeal against his conviction.

One of the country’s leading funeral directors started to embalm bodies in the 1970s because modern medicine was causing remains to decompose at a much faster rate.

The Republic of Ireland Under-15 team have won the UEFA Development Tournament in Mayo after an emphatic 8-0 victory over Luxembourg in Ballina.

Former Roscommon manager Kevin McStay has revealed he had to pay for the team’s hotel bills and players’ gym membership during his time in charge.

A charity rower had to be rescued from the River Shannon in Co Clare this afternoon after he got into difficulty in the strong currents.

Last year’s beaten finalists Breaffy crashed out of the Mayo SFC over the weekend as the four semi-finalists in this season’s competition were decided.

Former Irish president and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson is the recipient of this year's Tipperary International Peace Award.

You are only minutes into a chat with Mayo midfielder Dayna Finn when you find yourself gripped by her tactical appreciation of how so many goals are created by this current Dublin senior football team.

Three men were forced to abandon their lake boat and jump into the River Shannon after they collided with a bridge.

The Government is being urged to keep its nerve and roll out its spending plans on roads, public transport, businesses, and education, to meet the threats of Brexit, trade wars, and the reforms of global tax regimes (which could undermine the country’s corporation tax).

Cider from Co Cork is one of the best of the 12,772 entries which were judged over the past 75 days of judging in one of the world’s most coveted food and drink awards, the Great Taste awards.

65 people are to lose their jobs with Coca-Cola in Drogheda.

As July signals the start of the ritual marching season for our Orange brethren, in readiness for their huge Twelfth of July rallies, on the other side of the historic border which is convulsing this chaotic Brexit business, ye will please forgive me, for strolling down Memory Lane.

“We really feel it is time to go cashless. It’s safer for our employees and safer for our business. Hopefully, those who are causing us such hassle will bugger off now.”

The Defence Forces arrived at the scene at 7.30am this morning.

77% of the 40 towns and cities assessed by An Taisce have been found to be clean.

It is hard to imagine that a remote, windswept part of Co Mayo was the setting for an event 75 years ago that changed the course of history.

A ‘rampaging ram’ that terrorised sightseers at Downpatrick Head, an iconic Co Mayo beauty spot, has been placed under strict farmyard detention by its owner.

Nurses were the most assaulted group of workers in HSE hospitals last year, accounting for three in five of all recorded incidents.

SIPTU members in the Coca-Cola manufacturing plant in Ballina in Co Mayo are set to ballot for industrial action up to and including strike action.

Four people, including a young child, had to be helped by an RNLI lifeboat this evening after their cruiser got into difficulty on Lough Derg.

When the opportunity to purchase the Eccles Hotel in Glengarriff presented itself to Ray Byrne in 2016, it marked a return to his early career roots in a region that had long captivated his imagination.

When the opportunity to purchase the Eccles Hotel in Glengarriff presented itself to Ray Byrne in 2016, it marked a return to his early career roots in a region that had long captivated his imagination.

Illusionist Uri Geller has offered to help Mayo end their 'curse' and win the All-Ireland football title.

You could hold a wedding in this 5,000 sq ft Ballina home — in fact that’s what its owners did, writes Trish Dromey.

The brother of a republican prisoner who died on hunger strike has opened up about the bizarre events surrounding the commandeering of his brother’s body by the government en route to his funeral.

Des O’Driscoll looks at the latest entertainment news

It is an audacious switcharoo that John Kiely has attempted. In an experiment rarely attempted in these fraught circumstances, the Limerick boss has turned all known precedent on its head, writes Larry Ryan.

Eoghan O’Sullivan shares the latest from the entertainment world

Meet Ireland’s youngest experts on the political, economic and cultural complexities of the European Union. And it’s all thanks to fruit smoothies.