They are joined by a host of others who might otherwise have been heading to Aintree at the start of next month – including several British hopefuls, despite the fact horses are currently not permitted to travel from overseas to race in Ireland.

Grand National-winning trainer Ted Walsh is among those who are backing the decision to cancel this year’s renewal of the Aintree spectacular because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The lucrative Cork cruise season will continue as planned, despite coronavirus fears.

When, late last year, Taoisech Leo Varadkar met British prime minister Boris Johnson in Thornton Manor there was a positive response to the outcome.

Ireland and other EU countries have been told to be on alert for possible cases of the coronavirus.

Brian Hassett is from Blackrock in Cork, and has been involved in various aspects of music in multiple guises.

John Daly discusses Ireland’s role in the global aviation services sector with John Ludden of GECAS.

A HSE spokeswomen, while not confirming any details relating to the incident, said yesterday that they have a "protocol in place" to activate any plan at ports of entry into Ireland.

John Bishop, Dara Ó Briain, Deirdre O’Kane, Michael McIntyre, Des Bishop, Jason Byrne, Joanne McNally and Tommy Tiernan all took to the stage.

The recent rescue of a trawler 20km north of Fanad Head in Co Donegal gave us a glimpse of the enormous seas that occasionally strike that part of the coast.

Dalata Hotel Group shares tumbled by more than 6% after it said it saw a drop in like-for-like performance across its Irish hotels during the bulk of this year.

The World’s Big Sleep Out, at Trinity College on December 7, will be held in solidarity with people who live on the streets and to raise awareness, Dame Louise Casey tells Helen O’Callaghan

It was all over social media; hashtag LiVARpool. You’ve got to laugh, really. It was a push, wasn’t it? My eyesight isn’t giving way just yet, surely.

British boxer Tyson Fury has said he wants to train with Ireland's own Conor McGregor.

None of us can truly know why it occurred and some questions may remain unanswered.

Capable of handling some of the largest liners in Cobh, the Port of Cork welcomed over 243,000 passengers and crew in 2019, writes Brendan Keating

Thirty-one-year-old MMA star Conor McGregor has been at the centre of accusations that he was the father of the baby girl, who will be two in January.

Crucially from an Irish perspective, the deal done in Brussels today removes the threat of a border on the island of Ireland.

Amy Dunne, known then only as Miss D, also said that social workers advised her to stay in a psychiatric hospital when she turned to them for help.

The woman at the centre of the controversial Miss D case in 2007 has revealed that she was told by social workers at the time that getting an abortion was murder and that she was advised to stay in a mental hospital.

More often than not, politics is the art of deliberately fogging up the view while claiming to have cleared the air.

Since the UK voted over three years ago to leave the EU, sterling’s exchange rate has acted as a barometer of fears that the UK would crash out without striking any sort of transition deal.

If you want to keep secret Brexit talks under wraps, don't dress the gardener in a suit, says Elaine Loughlin.