Sunday evening began at 5pm when the Detroit Pistons played a thrilling match against the Denver Nuggets.

IT said it all about the predicament in which Manchester United find themselves that their 2-0 defeat to Burnley at Old Trafford on Wednesday night felt like a huge deal for the visitors but, in a very strange way, just more of the same for those home supporters who clogged the exits with ten minutes still to play.

Hollywood loves to ring in the New Year.

Michelle O’Neill has survived a challenge to her position as the vice president of Sinn Féin, after she was re-elected following a ballot of party members.

THE European eel is in trouble. Its numbers have declined catastrophically since 1980 and the species is listed as ‘critically endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The services which will run from April to October will complement the existing Cork to Paris daily schedule.

The first documented case of air rage was recorded in 1947 on a flight from Havana in Cuba to Miami, Florida, when a drunk man assaulted another passenger and a flight attendant. It wasn’t the last.

Five human rights defenders, who were due to attend an international conference in Dublin, have been prevented from travelling by their governments.

Karsten Warholm has smashed the European 400m hurdles record again, recording the second-fastest time ever as Thomas Barr finished sixth in the Diamond League Final at the Weltklasse Zurich meeting.

B-Xtreme bring their spectacular breakdancing moves to Cork this weekend, writes Don O’Mahony.

The passenger jet that crashed into a river in the US last night is leased from an Irish company and visited Shannon earlier this year.

The colourful, unconventional Wexford TD, a former construction firm owner, tells Juno McEnroe he wants to become an MEP so that he can stand up for the less-well-off.

A new book paints a picture of rampant homosexuality in the Catholic Church but builds castles on the sands of rumours and innuendo, writes TP O’Mahony.

These shipments are rarely just about saving lives, writes Morten Wendelbo.

Isabel Conway spots the travel trends for the year ahead.

George H.W. Bush was the last person elected president of the United States with any prior foreign policy experience.

Olympic champion Michael Carruth believes that three-time European champion Joe Ward has Julio La Cruz’s number on the road to Tokyo 2020.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has described the US decision to quit the UN Human Rights Council as a “mistake”.

The traumatic effects of war and conflict on people coming to Europe could be better assessed and treated as a result of an international project led by Irish researchers.

Glass from the Twin Towers and a rivet of 9/11 steel from the World Trade Center were donated to the Medal of Honour Exhibition in Kinsale, Co Cork over the weekend with 35 members of the New York Fire Department travelling over to the town for the ceremony.

Nation-hopping athletes have been one of the biggest issues in international athletics for many years and Thomas Barr believes the crackdown on the trend hasn’t come a moment too soon.

Volunteers behind a new museum say they hope to tell the remarkable stories here of the US military’s bravest Irish heroes.

"We were in the middle of hair and make-up."

Latest: The suspect in the deadly New York truck attack was inspired by Islamic State online videos and plotted his attack for two months - even renting a truck ahead of time to practice turning it, authorities say.

Partial records from long-secret files relating to the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy have been released - capturing the frantic days following the killing as officials madly chased after tips, juggled rumours and sifted through leads worldwide.

US President Donald Trump does not intend to block the scheduled release of thousands of secret government documents related to President John F Kennedy's assassination.

Mysterious attacks on the health of US personnel in Havana have struck at the heart of America's spy network in Cuba.

The United States has delivered an ominous warning to its citizens to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the US diplomatic staff.

The anticipated release of thousands of never-seen government documents related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination has scholars and armchair detectives buzzing.

Established only three years ago, the Bere Island Park Run has quickly become one of the most popular Park Runs in the world — and now it’s to be set to music.

A weakened but still dangerous Irma - downgraded to a tropical storm over Florida but still packing winds near hurricane force - has pushed inland as winds and floodwaters created hazards for rescuers.

You might think that in a contest between being a bit embarrassed on the one hand and saving your life on the other, saving your life is always going to be the winner, writes Terry Prone.

Here is a look at the impact of Hurricane Irma on individual countries and territories in the Caribbean as of tonight:

The Turks and Caicos Islands have been "pummelled" overnight by Hurricane Irma as winds of up to 175mph left death and destruction in the Atlantic.

Oil prices rose yesterday as strong global refining margins and the reopening of US Gulf Coast refineries provided a more bullish outlook after sharp drops due to Hurricane Harvey.

Heavy rain and 185 mph winds lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico's north-east coast on Wednesday as Hurricane Irma roared through Caribbean islands on its way to a possible hit on South Florida.

Joe Ward’s quest for World Elite gold ended at the hands of a familiar foe in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday night, but the Westmeath southpaw reckons time is on his side.

Mysterious incidents affecting the health of American diplomats in Cuba continued as recently as August, the US has said, despite its earlier assessments that the attacks had long stopped.

Seán McComb believes he could be hitting form at the right time after getting Ireland back on track at the World Championships last night.

The imminent meeting of Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas, and the inexorable awfulness of the build-up, may have scaled new heights of nonsense but Sin City and the fight game have always been perfectly in step when it comes to the art of show business and bluster and the business of making money.

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have been ramping up the rhetoric in recent weeks. The crisis must reach a peaceful conclusion — and China will play a key role, writes Yoon Young-kwan.          

IT would, perhaps, be too optimistic to suppose that President Donald Trump has ever perused the famous treatise on war written by the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu.