“Fame at last! Next stop Hollywood, with my big gut hanging out in front of 4.3 million people!” laughs Michael Reilly. The Wexford man is still getting messages about a brief, but memorable ...

Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76, his family has announced. He was at the forefront of the heavy metal scene – a deeper, darker offshoot of hard rock. Join the Irish Indepe ...

Pat Spillane could have been cautious and played it safe. Instead, he did what he always does – he said what he thought, even if he acknowledged a certain bias.

Workers are on course to lose out in the Budget with little room for income tax cuts if a planned lower rate of Vat for hospitality goes ahead.

Rural drinking water supplies that are a potential public health risk are escaping detection because there is no ­requirement to register them with monitoring bodies.

Jim McGuinness often outlined his blueprints to the Donegal squad in a makeshift portacabin in Convoy.

There is a history of Manchester United turnarounds at the Nou Camp. Now, there may be another. A player who, six months ago, was not even granted a place on the bench for the team that went on to ...

Former TD Colm Keaveney has been banned from driving for four years after refusing to give a blood or urine sample following a late-night collision in Co Roscommon last year.

For over three hours yesterday, the press centre in Government Buildings was like a bingo hall, as the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and three different ministers called out every number between one and 275.4 ...

In a move that is sure to leave Liam and Noel Gallagher seething, Jedward have revealed they’ve undergone an Oasis-inspired makeover.

Two gardaí have been acquitted of falsely imprisoning and assaulting a teenage father-to-be who was stopped for a drugs search outside a Dublin maternity hospital.

London, New York, Venice and New Delhi are the cities that energise and inspire me the most. Each has its own rhythm and elegance; I get a new perspective on every visit. For complete relaxation, I ...