Along with writing, Flanagan spent a decade as the editor of Musician magazine. His 1995 book, U2 at the End of the World, ...

Sean Mac Bride’s career spans the history of independent Ireland. His father was executed by the British after the 1916 Rising, when Irish independence was first proclaimed. As a teenager he fought in ...

A MILESTONE has been achieved in the Irish Defence Forces this week as a senior medical officer became the nation’s first graduate of military medicine. “History was made this week as Ireland ...

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 ...

A NATIONWIDE Red Wind Warning has been issued in Ireland as Storm Éowyn threatens to wreak havoc with destructive gusts of more than 130km/h expected. Met Éireann issued the countrywide warning on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 PEACE wall which has stood in Co. Armagh for 27 years has now been removed. The three metres tall wall, officially called a “legacy interface structure”, was located in Water Street, Portadown. It ...

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 ...

THE public has been urged to keep away from a dead whale which has washed up on a Waterford shore. Yesterday morning local residents in Dungarvan were shocked to find the carcass of a fin whale had ...

TWO men have been arrested in connection with the death of a man who was found seriously injured near a playground in Co. Wicklow. The man, named locally as 36-year-old William Moorehouse, was found ...