The Latest Breaking News from Ireland

RISING STARS: The Irish rising star tells Tom Murray about playing one of football’s hardest men, Roy Keane, in ‘Saipan’, the perils of acting opposite one of his heroes, Steve Coogan, and the state of true crime TV

Thibaud Flament won’t be available for the clash with Ireland in Paris on 5 February

Donald Trump had threatened a 10% tariff on eight European allies, although not Ireland.

Ireland's Canberra-born star Mack Hansen will miss the Six Nations with injury, but five Australians are set to feature in Europe's rugby championship.

Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the beaches around Tramore in County Waterford, Ireland, where plastic debris has always been part of the coastline, including bottles, fragments of fishing gear and food packaging.

Modern DNA kits make it easy to learn where your ancestors came from—just order a test, swab your cheek, and mail it to a lab. Soon, you’ll get a breakdown of your origins, from Ireland to Australia and beyond. But many services also match you with people who share your…

Simon Harris said it was ‘not an exact science’ to model the potential impacts on Ireland.

Munster lock Edwin Edogbo and Ulster scrum half Nathan Doak will hope to earn their first caps

Éanna Hardwick and Steve Coogan star as furious Keane and his luckless manager McCarthy in this retelling of the Man Utd star’s infamous 2002 walkout