A US crime novelist is claiming she has solved the mystery of Jack the Ripper and named him as an artist who painted images of a murdered prostitute.

“A picture worth a thousand words.”

Limerick minor manager Leo O’Connor was left very frustrated after the referee failed to play the full two minutes of injury time against Tipperary yesterday.

THE State’s stubborn refusal to cover the legal costs of the McBrearty family, the whistle blowers in the Donegal garda scandal, is perplexing.

The action was tough and hard-hitting when the game got underway as the South American side secured a dramatic, nail-biting win.

Castlebar Mitchels’ talismanic midfielder Barry Moran is free to line out against Dr Crokes in the All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final after winning his appeal for a red card suspension from the Connacht final.

Catholic protesters launched a barrage of abuse at Orangemen today as they walked along Belfast’s most hotly disputed parade route.

Legal changes have had a significant effect on the way accounts manage clients and do business, according to a new survey from the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland.

Irish bobsleigh pilot Aoife Hoey safely negotiated her Winter Olympic debut and said her and Claire Bergin’s performances at the Whistler Sliding Centre had served as a major boost for winter sports in Ireland.

SHANE LOWRY begins his first major championship in the United States today finally beginning to feel at home amongst the best players in the world.

A PRESSURE that I enjoy. hat’s the excited reaction of Paul McGinley to the coming three tournaments that will decide whether he again lines out for Europe against the US in the Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills next month.

A 61-year-old man died after he became trapped by a container he was directing onto a ferry at Dublin Port.

The Football Association have tonight launched an inquiry into alleged comments from Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, criticising referee Graham Poll.

We will soon be returning to West Cork from La Gomera, in the Canary islands. Yesterday, I found the text of a light-hearted radio talk I gave about island life in the late 1980s. In 40 years, it hasn’t lost its magic. This is what I wrote...

Israeli jeeps and armoured vehicles have driven away from Manger Square in Bethlehem.