Mark May

IRELAND has ANOTHER World Champion in the swimming pool. Paul Laffan, from the Cork Masters Club, took home gold in the 100 Freestyle at the World Aquatics Masters Championships in Doha, Qatar toda…

HAVE you heard the one about the former world champion swimmer, the fast-food-loving journo and the lightning quick OAP? No... Well, welcome to the dad Olympics

THE government is eyeing up a potential €2million swoop for Ernest Shackleton’s Polar medal, it has emerged. The legendary explorer is regarded as a British hero – but was born in Kildare on …

THE Government should introduce legislation allowing for assisted dying in certain circumstances, a cross-party group has said.

THE Government has announced the establishment of a new taskforce to tackle the scoliosis waiting list scandal.

SOLDIERS will no longer be stationed in Ireland's only max security jail. Fianna Fail TD Eamon O Cuiv this week urged for the Government to stop “wasting” around €1.9m a year on troops at Portlaoise Prison

THINK of the South of France and it conjures up exotic and alluring images.

FORMER footie star Rio Ferdinand was in Sligo today to launch a new community project.

JUSTICE Minister Helen McEntee plans to use technology and cameras in a bid to reverse the horror trends on Irish roads. Taoiseach Simon Harris met RSA bosses on Tuesday following the deaths of 63 …

POLITICIANS were briefed how crisis-hit University Hospital Limerick was still a “warzone” two weeks ago, we can reveal.