Shane Lowry jumps on private jet to make third round after returning home thinking he’ll miss the cut

Shane Lowry was forced to charter a private jet to make his third round of the Wyndham Championship having left the course assuming he would miss the cut.

Archie Battersbee dies after being taken off life support

After weeks of legal battles, 12-year-old British schoolboy Archie Battersbee died after being taken off life support.

Lucky Sligo Euromillions player wins €1 million prize in draw

A lucky Euromillions player in Sligo was awarded a €1 million prize on Friday night.

Man rescued after cement mixer truck crashes into house

A man was rescued and treated for shock after a cement mixer truck crashed into a house in Co Tyrone.

Woman gives birth to triplets two years apart in age

A couple has finally welcomed the third baby in a set of IVF (IVF) triplets, four years after the birth of the first sibling.

Simon Coveney blasts Russian ‘nuclear rhetoric’ on 77th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

The world cannot “delay any longer” and must put nuclear weapons “beyond use”, said Foreign Secretary Simon Coveney.

Ivana Bacik: “No one would have expected Sabina Higgins to leave her views outside Áras”

Labor leader Ivana Bacik has defended Sabina Higgins, saying she had the right to express her personal views in a controversial letter calling for ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.