President Higgins Warns of Return to Violence in Hard Brexit

President Higgins Warns of Return to Violence in Hard Brexit

President Michael D Higgins has said he shares the concerns of Leo Varadkar that there is a risk of a return to violence if a hard border is imposed post-Brexit. Mr Higgins said: “I do share the Taoiseach’s concern.” The...
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Dublin City Council Again Rejects Plans for Tallest Tower Building

Dublin City Council Again Rejects Plans for Tallest Tower Building

Dublin City Council has rejected for a second time plans by developer Johnny Ronan to build the tallest tower in the country at Tara Street. The new tower would accommodate almost 900 office workers, a 106-bedroom hotel and a restaurant...
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Özil Orchestrates Arsenal’s Victory Over The Foxes

Özil Orchestrates Arsenal’s Victory Over The Foxes

A sublime display from captain Mesut Ozil inspired Arsenal as they came from behind to beat Leicester and extend their winning run to 10 games. After a shaky start from the Gunners, Leicester took the lead through a Hector Bellerin...
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No Time Limit on Confidence and Supply Talks Says Martin

No Time Limit on Confidence and Supply Talks Says Martin

Talks are beginning between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil this week to discuss extending the Confidence and Supply agreement. It is expected housing, mortgage interest rates and broadband will be high on the agenda. The Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said...
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Ryanair Profits Fall 7% in First Half of 2018

Ryanair Profits Fall 7% in First Half of 2018

Ryanair has reported a 7% fall in profits for the first half of the year. The budget airline said on Monday that average fares declined 3% due to excess capacity in Europe, an earlier Easter in the first quarter, and...
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Women’s U-17s beat Albania 14-0

Women’s U-17s beat Albania 14-0

The Republic of Ireland have had a dream start to their Women’s Under-17 European Championships qualification campaign. Colin Bell’s side have thrashed Albania 14-0 in Serbia. Emily Kraft scored four goals, while Emily Whelan completed a hat-trick....
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Everton Leave It Late to Defeat Eagles at Goodison Park

Everton Leave It Late to Defeat Eagles at Goodison Park

Substitutes Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Cenk Tosun scored late on as Everton registered their third successive Premier League victory by beating Crystal Palace 2-0 at Goodison Park. Calvert-Lewin headed in from an Ademola Lookman delivery in the 87th minute, fiv...
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Seymour Crawford Dies, Aged 74

Seymour Crawford Dies, Aged 74

Former Fine Gael TD, Seymour Crawford, has died aged 74. Mr Crawford served as a TD for the Cavan-Monaghan constituency from 1992 to 2011, when he retired from politics following the General Election. He was from Drumkeen, Aghabog, Co Monaghan...
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Salah’s Goal is the Difference as Reds Defeat The Terriers

Salah’s Goal is the Difference as Reds Defeat The Terriers

Mohamed Salah got back on the goal trail as Liverpool won 1-0 at Huddersfield to reaffirm their Premier League title credentials. Salah slotted home his fourth goal of the season and first in five matches midway through the first half,...
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Higgins Has Comfortable Lead According to Latest Polls

Higgins Has Comfortable Lead According to Latest Polls

Micheal D Higgins is on course to be comfortably re-elected, according to the latest Presidential opinion poll. Another survey shows a rise in support for Fianna Fáil after the budget. Almost seven in 10 people plan to vote for Michael...
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