A 43-year-old man who appealed against the severity of a €500 fine he received for theft of four bottles of champagne has retained his clean record after paying compensation to the shopkeeper.

The Mattock Rangers GAA community is in mourning following the death of one of its most iconic players, Paddy Geraghty, who passed away peacefully last week at the age of 88. A founding member of the ...

One of Cork’s leading pubs has made some big changes in the last few weeks, nailing their colours to the Guinness mast, as well as introducing a brand-new restaurant.

As a title, ‘The Oldest Busker on Grafton Street’ might not chime with a lot of musicians. It’s just a street in Dublin after all. A street, with a doorway, in the wind and the rain for a balladeer to ...

Hyde Park, Dundalk at the time, “used his vehicle as a weapon” to strike another motorist as he fled the scene of an accident he caused in North Louth more ...

Q With recent news about US tariffs and wider economic concerns, I’m worried about the potential impact on my pension. Should I be doing anything right now?

We’re a decade on from our historic referendum on marriage equality and the groundbreaking Gender Recognition Act that followed shortly afterwards (and which tends to be overshadowed by the former).

It was a tough week for Ursula von der Leyen. Sadly, the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban – who was never, ever, going to do her a favour – touched a nerve when he dubbed the EU Commission ...

There’s something about being just inches away from an 18-foot giraffe that’s truly arresting. Everyone knows giraffes are extremely tall, of course, but it’s a different thing entirely to stand next ...

Parents face childcare fee hikes as three major providers are set to pull out of the Government’s Core Funding scheme.

For a couple of years before I retired, I knew the day was coming when I would have to quit. The devastating loss of close family members, the impact of the Creeslough tragedy in Co Donegal, and some ...

West Galway, Dublin city and Co Carlow were the most expensive areas to rent a property for the August bank holiday weekend, an Irish Independent survey of short-term lets has found.