Support for policies targeting obesity is much higher in Ireland than in other European countries, research has found.

Having run charming, salon-style poetry readings in Dublin, the creators of the Quantum Sofa have launched their first publication — a trio of pamphlets by Irish poets.

Three Garda CCTV cameras have been installed around Cork’s university quarter as part of a wider crackdown on antisocial behaviour.

Enda Kenny’s office has spent more than €150,000 on entertainment since he became Taoiseach.

WHEN, as children, my pals and I roamed the bogs, river banks and lake shores of Tipperary, Mayo and Donegal, we regularly came upon curlews’ nests and I’m afraid we may have sometimes filched an egg or two for our collections.

THE Labour Party kick started its election policy plans yesterday with proposals for a €500 million jobs fund and pledges to boost trade with emerging foreign economies.

public hospital in the country is to get a 'telemedicine' unit high-tech equipment allowing doctors in one hospital to examine patients in another "as if they were in the room with them".

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern tonight spelt out what would be required of republicans and loyalists to resolve the difficulties in the peace process.