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 ...

The introduction of the 15pc tariff rate for most EU exports to the US has been delayed for a week, after president Donald Trump extended his self-imposed deadline to August 7.

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.

We’ve only half the job done’ – Athlone’s Shauna Brennan targets Champions League progression with tough four-day turnaround ...

Irish consumers are increasingly buying ready-made meals that can range from premium produce to high-fat, high-sugar, nutritionally poor offerings.

Euro-area inflation held at the European Central Bank’s target level of 2pc in July, supporting the case for officials, including the head of the Central Bank here, who have argued there is no rush to ...