A study from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has shown that homicide has caused more deaths worldwide than armed conflict and terrorism combined.

Irish residents spent almost €7.5 billion on foreign trips last year.

State-owned airport operator DAA has tabled bids for the running of a number of international airports, after having seen a successful first full year operating part of the King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh.

The Mullingar native opened the Flicker sessions in Killarney INEC on March 10.

What on earth must farmers in Britain make of the recent utterances by their Minister for Agriculture, Michael Gove?

The owner of a world-class plant collection in Kerry is set to realise his greatest professional ambition by exhibiting at next May’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

The IRFU has doubled down on its doubts over South Africa’s suitability to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup, with the union continuing to push for answers on aspects of the technical review which last week recommended the Rainbow Nation.

South Africa began the day as favourites to land the hosting rights for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. 

Ireland’s shockingly slow broadband speeds have been shown to be among the slowest in Europe. Business organisations have called on Government to step-up to provide proper high-speed broadband, otherwise jobs could be lost, they warned.

Ireland topped the EU milk production growth table in May, producing 69,000 tonnes more than 12 months previously.

A baby stingray born earlier this year at the National SEA LIFE Centre in Bray has been named 'Merlin' by a local schoolboy.

Japan and the EU could forge a trade agreement later this week, officials said.

Joe Schmidt will be hoping Steve Hansen doesn’t bear a grudge when the All Blacks head coach helps pull Ireland’s 2019 World Cup pool opponents out of the bag during today’s draw in Kyoto, Japan.

Santiago in Chile was named one of the world’s top 10 cities to visit by National Geographic Traveller, writes Isabel Conway. After a holiday there, she understands why. 

This year we will see a number of films, plays and TV shows which reflect the post-Trump era in a case of art imitating life. Or is it the other way around?, asks Allan Prosser.

Ireland will still have their work cut out to navigate through World Cup qualification despite the expansion of finalists from 32 to 48.

SABMiller, the brewer that is due to be bought by Anheuser-Busch InBev later this year, reported a decline in full-year profit as it was saddled with charges related to some African operations and costs associated with the takeover.

WE are the problem, says Victoria White. Politicians have not reduced greenhouse gas emissions because the electorate is complacent.

Pre-tax profits at hostel booking website Hostelworld.com Ltd last year rose 23% to €1.79m, accounts show.

Two thirds of people worldwide still claim to be religious, while the other third are either not religious or convinced atheists.

Almost 1.5m trips were made to Ireland by overseas visitors in the first two months of the year, figures show.

Women should be at the forefront of decisions on sustainable development and climate change mitigation, write Mary Robinson, Christiana Figueres, and Amina Mohammed

Expansion costs at the firm that operates hostelworld.com last year hit profits at the online travel business.

Irish people spent more than €5bn on foreign travel last year.

Last week, I had an interesting debate with a group of progressive dairy farmers.

Taylor Swift tries to help her fans tackle bullying.

Global milk output levels are set to increase, but only up by circa 2% in 2014 versus 2012, according to Rabobank’s latest quarterly dairy sector report.

Bonus payments to the four executives leading online travel firm hostelworld.com last year increased more than 12-fold to over €600,000, figures show.

Irish hockey chiefs were last night attempting to salvage the wreckage of the decision not to send the men’s national team to next month’s Champions Challenge I in Argentina.

Swiss food and drinks giant Nestle reported first-quarter sales of 21.39bn Swiss francs (€1.15bn) today.

Farmers should not read too much negativity into recent declines in global dairy prices, according to analysis by Davy Stockbrokers.

CIARAN Ó LIONAIRD can’t wait to get his preparations for next year’s Olympic Games underway and, after his Daegu odyssey, he can plan for the future with world-class funding from the Irish Sports Council.

THE Haiti earthquake and floods in Pakistan and China helped make 2010 an exceptional year for natural disasters, killing 295,000 and costing €97.2 billion, the world’s top reinsurer said yesterday.

Green Day are thought to be preparing a live album for release in March.

DIGICEL – the international mobile communications operator owned by Denis O’Brien – has announced a 10% rise in its subscriber base over the past 14 months, bringing its customer numbers past 11 million.

SO HOW was it for you? Did the earth move? See stars before your eyes? Hear a ringing in your ears?

IRISH milk prices have gone from last in the EU last year to the top flight, in a monthly comparison compiled by the Dutch Dairy Board.