Diarmuid Gavin, Garden designer, in conversation with Hilary Fennell

An elderly man and his wife were tied to chairs during a terrifying burglary in their home, police in the North have said.

A man in his 30s has been shot in the back during an attack in Co Antrim.

A north Co Galway town is in shock following the tragic death of a mother and her teenage son in a car accident.

Circuit of Ireland.

The best young drivers line up to contest the Circuit of Ireland that gets underway today in Antrim.

Cork Church of Ireland and UCC marched into round two of the men’s Irish Senior Cup but the alarming decline in Cork Harlequins’ fortunes continues.

Police in the North are seeking the public's help in finding a 66-year-old man missing from his home in Ballymoney in Co. Antrim.

Hockey: Three Rock Rovers are the first side to book their place in the men’s Irish Hockey League semis after a Jonny Bruton-inspired win at Lisnagarvey. 

Stunned neighbours of a man shot dead in the North have spoken of their horror at the killing.

A man in his 40s has been shot dead in Antrim, police said.

His girlfriend - who gave him the t-shirt as a joke - has been receiving all manner of abuse online.

The third round of play is under way at the Irish Open in Fota Island.

A 10-year old boy has died and his father is fighting for his life after they were overcome by slurry fumes, sources said.

Police remain at the scene of two pipebomb explosions in Co Antrim.

My wife is a relaxed and easy-going person, yet two simple words can instantly produce what I call ‘the look’.

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Disposal experts have defused two pipe bombs left at a house in Ballymoney, Co Antrim.

Bank of Ireland is to close nine branches across Northern Ireland in the coming months, but also plans to invest £10m (€12m) in revamping its remaining business in the North.

A climber from the North who was killed in an avalanche in Scotland had a great zest for life and wanted to make a difference, her former schoolteacher said.

A major security operation is underway to prevent more trouble breaking out in Belfast later today.

Ireland proved the hockey public’s cash was money well spent as they cruised into the Champions Challenge I semi-finals in Quilmes, Argentina yesterday.

The lighting of the Paralympic Flame at Northern Ireland’s devolved parliament has shone the message of the power of human endeavour and energy, it has been claimed.

Irish rugby captain Brian O’Driscoll and several other Wexford holiday-home owners should have water restored to their properties once they have paid €2,000 each to a management company they are in dispute with, a judge has ruled.

In the North, a woman and a young child have escaped injury in an arson attack at Ballymoney in County Antrim.

Sex abuse campaigners have backed Garda calls to tighten up controls on the tracking of offenders.

Family ties are hardly unusual in hockey but rarely is it a generational thing — unless you’re Joan and Emma Dobson.

CORK Church of Ireland came up short in their attempts to honour tragic former player/coach Andrew Chambers with an Irish Senior Cup win, going down 4-2 at home to Lisnagarvey.

Irish golfer Michael Hoey is celebrating today after claiming his second European Tour title with a two-stroke victory at the Madeira Islands Open.

KILLER dentist Colin Howell apologised to women patients he attacked in his surgery as he pleaded guilty to nine charges of indecent assault just moments before he was due to stand trial.

Killer dentist Colin Howell has pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting nine women patients at his surgery just moments before he was due to stand trial on the charges.

A jury was sworn in today at the start of a trial of a woman accused of murdering her policeman husband and her ex-lover’s wife in the North almost 20 years ago.

The trial of a woman accused of murdering her policeman husband and her lover’s wife will begin today.

CORK C of I and Cork Harlequins all but kissed goodbye to any lingering hopes they might mount a challenge for a men’s Irish Hockey League semi-final spot, after suffering heavy defeats at home to Dublin opposition on Saturday.

The trial of a woman accused of murdering her policeman husband and her lover’s wife will begin tomorrow.

ÁINE CONNERY looks set to be given the chance to resurrect her Irish international hockey career, after she was confirmed as a participant in the team’s central preparation programme (CPP) yesterday.

JOHN JERMYN has returned to the international fold ahead of Ireland’s series of friendlies against the Netherlands in Seville, but there is still no sign of his Cork C of I club-mate David Hobbs in the squad.

More than 1,000 litres of illegal fuel were removed today from a filling station in Co Antrim.

A SCHEMING dentist murdered his wife and his lover’s policeman husband by poisoning them with car exhaust fumes as they slept, a court heard yesterday.

THE fight to lay claim to some of the oldest silverware in world hockey begins this weekend, as the men’s and women’s Irish Senior Cup gets underway.

UCC’s women and Cork C of I’s men gave their Irish Hockey League semi-final hopes a shot in the arm with notable victories over Ulster opposition in round two of the competition this weekend.

The double murder trial of dentist Colin Howell and his ex-lover Hazel Stewart will go ahead as planned later this month, a judge said today.