High tide has passed in Dublin, without major incident, following concerns about flooding.

Huge swathes of New York have been left deserted and dark after America’s largest city suffered the full force of Superstorm Sandy.

President Obama has declared a "major disaster" in New York and Long Island after superstorm Sandy swept across the east coast of America, killing at least 16 people.

To mark the Irish Examiner Food Festival, Bridgestone Guide Contributing Editor and our own food columnist Joe McNamee unveils his inaugural food awards. Read on for the best in fine dining, bar grub, afternoon tea and much more in Cork and Dublin

Donal Hickey previews the events set to mark St Patrick’s Day

England were facing a “do-or-die” World Cup clash with Slovenia today, as the nation held its breath in expectation.

A FLOTILLA of hundreds of currachs and rowing boats will come right into the heart of Cork city on the June bank holiday weekend.

The maker of the board game Monopoly has threatened to sue the American creator of Ghettopoly, in which “playas” build crack houses on Cheap Trick Avenue instead of hotels on the Boardwalk.