1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (258+ words) In a couple of hours in the Phoenix Park on Saturday morning US president Donald Trump opined, with varying degrees of coherence, on a dizzying range of topics. The Government will be content that the visit passed without any major…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago   (620+ words) There has been some “overreaction” to Donald Trump’s remarks on prospects for a united Ireland, according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, who said the US president’s view was that he believed unity was “the logical way for the island to be…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (386+ words) The morning breeze around Doonbeg was gentle but still it carried murmurs about Donald Trump’s intentions. Some thought he would rise early to see off Rory McIlroy, others swore he’d be out to see Brooks Koepka less than an hour…...

3+ hour, 45+ min ago   (438+ words) In sport, those with the killer instinct don’t hold back or wait for any favours. Such was the mindset Shane Lowry brought into the final round of the Amgen Irish Open where the 39-year-old Offaly man started with a four-stroke…...

7+ hour, 53+ min ago   (363+ words) Two Co Galway women have appeared in court over alleged public-order offences on the seventh green at Trump Doonbeg golf course as US president Donald Trump’s Marine One helicopter was in the air preparing to land on Saturday afternoon. At…...

9+ hour, 58+ min ago   (336+ words) John Francis Flynn is up against it at Bohemian FC’s Dalymount Park, where he has to overcome not only the revelation that he once had a passing fancy for Bohs’ nearby rivals Shelbourne, but also the audience’s incessant chatter. The…...

16+ hour, 40+ min ago   (1374+ words) “The biggest challenge now is the buses not showing,” says Elaine Conry. “My girls get the bus, and it is just dreadfully unreliable; some days they’ve had to get a taxi into school.” Conry has lived in Sandyford in south…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (622+ words) US president Donald Trump said Irish unity would be a “great thing” in response to a reporter’s question on his visit to Dublin. The comments, made alongside Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Farmleigh, caused eyebrows to be raised north and south…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (569+ words) Palestine, Iran, paedophilia, racism, misogyny, transphobia, corruption, climate destruction – there was a placard for all. The crowds that gathered in Dublin to protest the visit of Donald Trump had a pick ‘n’ mix assortment of grievances to air. “I have…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (525+ words) It was, as one senior SDLP figure put it, “quite a moment, to have the American president saying that.” The “that” in question was Donald Trump’s endorsement of Irish unity, delivered when answering questions from the media after his arrival…...