Nothing can take away the pain of losing family,  but sport can provide solace and joy in the darkest of times, and Honeysuckle’s win did both

Irish actors and sports stars

Police in the UK are continuing to search for a missing baby after two people were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of gross negligence-manslaughter.

However, the High Court refused to stop the investigation against Amanda Hennigan, who also runs an Irish dancing school in the UK

The disciplinary process against Amanda Hennigan arose from a text message from a fellow adjudicator saying he would "appreciate anything you can do" for a named competitor

The research said data collected by criminal justice agencies were inadequate for the specific purpose of providing a meaningful or accurate picture of sentencing practices

World Cup protests

Oireachtas committee hears that model being trialled in Britain allocates four dedicated mental health professionals per 7,500 pupils

Father Andy is unable to be at Twickenham for the milestone occasion as his Irish side host Australia later in the day.

The actress was nominated for 'Album of the Year' in June of this year

One of the country’s leading trade unionists is being frozen out of his job following his return after a long illness, it has been claimed.

It was a golden moment — all thanks to organ donation. Transplant recipient Amanda O’Neill Coyne got a hero’s welcome at Cork Airport after winning gold at the European transplant and dialysis games in Oxford, England.

James Griffin saw his move home to live with his father last Christmas as a stop-gap measure, securing a rental property in either Limerick or Clare turned out to be just a pipe dream, writes Ann Murphy

Farrell is “regarded very highly” by the Rugby Football Union as plans to identify Eddie Jones’ successor as England boss continue.

A “supermoon” is expected to appear bigger and brighter to stargazers in the UK on Wednesday night. July’s full moon is known as the Buck Moon because male deer shed and regrow their antlers around this time of year.

Nearly gone but not forgotten — because he's box office, editors will pay for the disgraced prime minister's raucous nonsense

Although the British prime minister managed to hang on to his leadership of the Conservative Party reports indicate that his position as PM remains unsafe 

Irish woman living in England, Emma Murray, says she's 'addicted to The Crown but the real royals rarely enter my head' — her kids are helping her understand the royal fervour sweeping the country

If she had been docile, she might have silenced her critics. Instead she had a few questions. Luckily the ingratitude police are on the case, writes Marina Hyde

Also, Musgrave is to supply more products to a large supermarket chain in the United Arab Emirates

Apple this week briefly became worth more than entire UK’s benchmark stock index 

Nightclubs are set to reopen and all restrictions on meeting others are to be removed in Wales, in the biggest easing of coronavirus measures since the pandemic began.

Coronavirus vaccinations will be compulsory for all staff working in care homes in England from November 11, according to new guidance.

Excited revellers in England described the midnight reopening of nightclubs as “like New Year” as they queued up for their first night out dancing since the start of the pandemic.

Johnson held talks about online abuse with firms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in Number 10 on Tuesday, amid criticism of social media giants for failing to deal with racist hatred directed at players

Politicians and public figures have slammed the racist hate faced by England players following their Euro 2020 final defeat

Regardless of what code you follow or which side you favour, sport can evoke the very best of our aspirations

What is most incongruous of all is the disconnect between ordinary Irish lives as against the insufferable self-regard and pomposity of the trappings of Wimbledon

Ban, which was due to expire at the end of the month, has been extended until March 2022

Kilkenny-born Clohosey, whose last parish was in Crook, County Durham, and who now lives in Filey, North Yorkshire, was not “worldly-wise” about women, the court was told by Robin Patton, defending.

Policies tackling disadvantage, community links, and more autonomy for schools contribute to better literacy standards here

Now a fossil of its industrial past, the party must stop downing pints — or whatever it is Keir Starmer imagines working people like to see — and start building a new progressive alliance 

The Conservatives are celebrating last week's election results in England — but it's an entirely different story in Wales and especially Scotland, where pressure to secede remains strong

Patients will still get both doses — but even one jab cuts their chance of passing the virus on to others

How are restrictions easing across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 

Tries by Keith Earls and Jack Conan, accompanied by 22 points from Johnny Sexton, inflicted a third defeat of the competition on England

No prizes but Lions series places at stake in Six Nations finale, Sexton believes

The political rhetoric in the North in recent days would lead one to conclude the lines of communications are badly in need of repair

Alternatives to traditional Leaving Cert model being discussed

The first doses of the Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine are set to be administered in what has been described as a “pivotal moment” in the UK’s fight against coronavirus by the Health Secretary.

Hospitals in England are now treating more patients than during the peak of the first wave of coronavirus infections in early April.

The boss of the firm behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has raised hopes it is more effective than first thought amid the rapid spread of the UK virus strain across the globe.

Boris Johnson has insisted four weeks of national lockdown should be enough to drive down the spread of coronavirus so the severe restrictions can be eased.

People in England will wake up to familiar coronavirus restrictions on Thursday as the country heads into a second national lockdown.