Tropical Cyclone Alfred had been expected to become the first cyclone to cross the east Australian coast near the Queensland state capital since 1974.

A South Carolina man convicted of murder has been executed by firing squad, the first US prisoner to die by that method in 15 ...

John Magnier’s claims the owners of the Barne Estate reneged on a purported deal to sell the 751-acre estate to him for €15 ...

Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a week after his wife Betsy Arakawa died of a rare infectious disease at their home, ...

Debenhams workers picketed outside stores seeking four weeks of redundancy per year of service and this lasted for more than ...

Shamrock Rovers picked up the first win of their Premier Division campaign this evening. Danny Grant's goal proved the ...

Sarah Lavin narrowly missed out on the podium in the women’s 60m hurdles final at the European Indoor Championships. The ...

Simon Harris appeared to contradict a claim that the trade imbalance was discussed with secretary of state Marco Rubio.

Europe's primary nuclear deterrence comes from the United States and is a decades-old symbol of trans-Atlantic solidarity ...

A man in his 50s has died after a collision with a bus in Co Galway. The collision took place on the N83 near Claregalway at ...

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered, because it carries ...

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the killings happened on Friday in the villages of Sheer, ...