Scooters and electric cycles have a crucial role to play in combating climate change, writes Alon Tal

Voluntary euthanasia has become legal in an Australian state, more than 20 years after the country repealed the world's first mercy-killing law for the terminally ill.

The possibility of Ronan O'Gara being part of France's backroom team for the 2019 World Cup has increased with French Rugby Federation sources in Paris confirmed the Munster and Ireland legend was "under consideration."

When the financial consequences finally sink in, people will — perhaps — start taking climate change more seriously and make the tough decisions needed, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Australia sweltered through its hottest month on record in January and the summer of extremes continued with wildfires razing the drought-parched south and flooding in expanses of the tropical north.

The 2018 Australian rugby league (NRL) Grand Final took place on Sunday.

Michael Cheika saunters into the high school hall at Kelvin State College in the Brisbane suburbs looking wonderfully relaxed in a Wallabies polo shirt and jeans.

If Ireland were under any illusions about how tough the defensive challenge that awaits them at Suncorp Stadium this morning will be in this opening Test against Australia, then listening to Wallabies captain Michael Hooper yesterday will have removed any doubt.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt expects the full complement of 32 players to train tomorrow on Queensland’s Gold Coast as the Grand Slam winners begin preparations for Saturday’s opening Test against Australia.

Stuart Lancaster has backed his Leinster double winners to lay down a big marker for Ireland’s World Cup hopes next year when they take on Australia over three Tests this summer.

The Cork artist whose 6m steel feather tribute to the Native American Choctaw people attracted worldwide praise is about to ship his latest creation to its new home in Australia.

As the saying goes, drive for show, putt to drive another showy car into your garage.

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Professional Bull riding is considered to be one of the most dangerous sports in the world. But that didn’t stop Cork man Ian Molan from joining its ranks and competing around the globe, writes Colm O’Connor.

Authorities in northern Australia are searching for a crocodile suspected of killing a dementia patient who wandered away from a nursing home, police said.

He was once stuck in the Outback with a belligerent Brando, but screenwriter Ron Hutchinson

The challenges, harrowing, and life-threatening in so many cases, faced by our emigrants over the centuries have been well-documented.

Introducing dried seaweed into a cow’s diet could greatly reduce emission levels.

The number of arrests for driving under the influence between January and April 2017 has risen by 18% compared to the same period last year, according to gardaí.

Some Australians refuse to believe in this, almost mythical, creature’s demise, writes Richard Collins.

Residents of Australia's cyclone-battered tropical north east have emerged from their homes to find roofs lying in their yards, boats flung on to rocks and roads blocked by tangles of fallen trees and power lines.

An Australian teenager suffered serious injuries to his arm when he was attacked by a crocodile after jumping into a river infested by the reptiles for a dare.

A COURTROOM is a difficult, stressful place for most lay people. 

A British backpacker was allegedly held captive in Australia and repeatedly raped in an ordeal lasting two months.

AUSTRALIA is in the grip of a relentless and record-setting heatwave that is probably beyond the comprehension of anyone who has spent the majority of their life living in a temperate European climate.

A man was critically injured when he was attacked by a shark while spear fishing on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, an official said.

Will Thalia Heffernan and Aoibhín Garrihy survive the first elimination in ‘Dancing With The Stars?’on RTÉ One at 6.30pm on Sunday.

An Irish woman is in a critical condition and a British woman has died after a light plane crash in Australia.

A brother and sister were among four adults who were killed when a river rapids ride malfunctioned at a popular theme park on Australia's east coast.

Police have confirmed that four people have died after an accident on a water ride at a theme park in Australia.

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange has vowed to defend the organisation against attack after his intervention in the US presidential election, writes Dan Buckley

The family of a Briton injured in a stabbing in Australia have said they are “immensely proud” of him. He tried to save another backpacker.

A 21-year-old British woman has died and a 30-year-old British man is in a critical condition after being stabbed at a backpackers' hostel in Queensland, Australia, by a man who allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack.

As a kid, Jason Day didn’t have it easy growing up. He was born into a poor family in Australia and his mother worked multiple jobs, even taking out a second mortgage on their family home, just to put him through school.

A woman struggled in vain to drag her friend from a crocodile’s jaws during a late-night swim off an Australian beach.

A woman struggled in vain to drag her friend from a crocodile's jaws during a late night swim off an Australian beach.

An 11-year-old boy was in a stable condition in hospital after he was mauled by a shark on the Great Barrier Reef off the Australian east coast, officials said.