MacBride went on to become an international statesman. He was a joint founder of Amnesty International in 1961, United ...

A COUNCIL in Ireland has rolled out a scheme placing vitamin L light boxes in libraries to help the public overcome the winter blues. Dublin City Council confirmed this week that the initiative would ...

SAXOPHONE player and singer Paddy Cole has died at the age of 85. A familiar face from Ireland’s showband scene, the popular jazz artist hailed from Castleblayney in Monaghan. His death comes after he ...

FOUR men have appeared in court after being arrested for disruptive behaviour at Dublin Airport this morning. The four men, aged in their late 30s and 40s, were arrested for breaches of the Air ...

FIANNA fÁIL leader Micheál Martin has accused his opponents of subverting the constitution after the failure to elect a new Táoiseach in the Dáil today. Mr Martin is expected to be nominated for the ...

AN armed robber was arrested after targeting a store which had two plain-clothed gardaí inside. The man attempted to rob a retail premises on Military Road in Dublin 8 at around 6.55pm last night ...

A PAIR of pint experts will take to the stage in London next month to shatter the stereotypes that exist around women and beer. Irish writer Ali Dunworth and British beer expert Melissa Cole will ...

SOME 298 people were arrested on suspicion of drink or drug driving in December in Northern Ireland police figures reveal. Data released by the PSNI show hundred of drivers “ignored the warnings” over ...

IRELAND will effectively go into lockdown overnight as it braces for the impact of what is being forecast as the “worst storm it has ever seen”. Storm Éowyn is set make landfall in the early hours of ...

AN investigation is underway after a local jewellers was targeted in an overnight burglary. Police officers were called to reports of a burglary at a jewellery story in the Urbal Road area of Coagh in ...