Over twenty schools in Mayo will benefit from the new ‘Bia Blasta’ scheme that will see €4.2m in funding go towards providing daily lunches to pre-school children in disadvantaged areas nationwide.

Sinéad O’Connor’s former Wicklow home has been sold for €1.295m according to figures from the Residential Property Price Register.

Health insurer Laya is increasing the cost of its plans again, as price hikes are now being announced on a monthly basis by the main health insurers.

Ruben Amorim says new signing Benjamin Sesko is ready to start Sunday’s Premier League opener against Arsenal and backed the striker to star for Manchester United for years to come.

Three fishermen were brought back to safety by Wicklow RNLI volunteers on Thursday afternoon, after their boat propeller was caught in ropes.

The board of management at St Laurence’s NS in Greystones has applied for permission to build an extension to meet the growing needs of the school.

Gardaí have launched an investigation into a brawl between two housemates over “washing dishes” in a row that left a man in his 20s in hospital with head injuries.

Plans have been put forward for a new two storey community care centre in Co. Clare. The application, submitted by Clarecare CLG, proposes a ‘Community Care Centre’ to be built along Bealach Brí, ...

A 99-year-old Second World War veteran has said ahead of the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) that there are “not many of us left”. Dougie Shelley, who joined the Royal Navy aged 17 ...

Paul Little from Cavetown, outside Croghan, is swimming Ireland’s longest river in aid of North West STOP, a voluntary organisation that provides free counselling services to individuals struggling ...

Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed more than 200 people and left scores of others missing in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said, as rescuers brought to ...

Former Ipswich Town defender Edwin Agbaje has joined Sligo Rovers on a short-term contract until the end of the season.