Mullins -- Ireland's national training treasure

Irish training legend Willie Mullins offered his weary rivals a glimmer of hope when he said he "could not do better than that" after saddling the 1-2-3 in the Grand National but his son Patrick believes he will never retire. Mullins junior …

Agony for Ireland as Scotland snatch last gasp winning try in women’s Six Nations thriller

Ireland’s largest mosque closes doors amid wild speculation online

The Islamic Cultural Centre has been “stifled by exclusion and a lack of vision” says the Irish Muslim Peace Council amid shock and confusion over the closure of Ireland’s largest mosque.  The Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland (ICCI) in Clonskeagh, Dublin …

Brendan Rodgers and Grant McCann inspirational to all in Northern Ireland once again

LIVE: Scotland v Ireland, Women's Six Nations

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Colum Kenny: Ireland is no longer as Catholic as it was — but Popes still matter to us

Born and bred an Irish Catholic, I first saw a Pope with my own eyes in Rome in 1968. Ireland was then firmly Catholic in its official ethos. But it was changing. Inward investment, TV and the reforming papacy of Pope John XXIII had opened windows. A ­ …

Social welfare Ireland: People urged to apply for weekly payment of up to €450 as more eligible

People have been urged to check if they are eligible to claim a weekly payment as the criteria has increased. From July 2025, the weekly income disregard will be increased for the Carer's Allowance, a weekly payment to people who care for someone …

Author Sharon Guard reflects on fiction, fertility and the untold truths of 1980s Ireland

SOMETIMES you write something and without knowing it you tap into a zeitgeist. More than once I have finished writing, say, a short story, thinking it was original, filled with my own hard-realised truths, only to open a book and be confronted with the …

Debating unionist labels won't decide Northern Ireland's future

Over the past week, a debate has been rumbling on about whether or not the Prime Minister is a unionist. It followed an exchange in the Commons, where South Antrim MP Robin Swann asked Sir Keir Starmer to say plainly whether he was committed to the Union. …

Ben Lowry: Unionist attitudes to the pope have changed but so have those of Catholic Ireland, as the visit of 2018 by ...

​The pope coming to Ireland in 1979 is a moment I remember well. Aged seven I watched on TV him disembarking a jumbo jet and kissing the ground. I was impressed by it all: 747 jets were still novel. I was amazed that John Paul was speaking to a million …