BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- The Rev. Ian Paisley, once the loud voice of Protestant opposition to compromise with Catholics in Northern Ireland, has been taken to a hospital, his wife said...

The Rev Ian Paisley, the former Northern Ireland First Minister, has been admitted to hospital. He was rushed to the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, on the outskirts of east Belfast. Unconfirmed reports...

Keith Earls will rejoin the Ireland squad tomorrow as Ireland continue to lick their wounds after their narrow RBS 6 Nations defeat to Wales on Sunday. The Munster centre was forced to withdraw from...

The former DUP leader and First Minister of Northern Ireland, Reverend Ian Paisley, has been admitted to a hospital on the outskirts of east Belfast, after becoming ill at the weekend. He was taken...

Health Minister Dr James Reilly and others have agreed to settle a case taken against them in relation to the purchase of a Co Tipperary nursing home, for just under €2m. The case against Dr...

Ireland lost this one in the final minutes but possibly should have been out of sight by then - instead, profligate defence allowed Wales to remain in the...

Scotland dropped to eleventh while Wales climbed two spots to sixth in the latest IRB World rankings following the opening round of the Six Nations. Scotland dropped below Tonga and Samoa...

The Rev Ian Paisley, the former Northern Ireland First Minister ahd leader of the Free Presbyterian Church, has been admitted to hospital. He was rushed to the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, on...

The Republic of Ireland should consider rejoining the Commonwealth as Britain celebrates the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party said. Her visit to Dublin and...

Belfast , yesterday. Unconfirmed reports claimed he suffered a heart attack. The Reverend Mr Paisley, 85, a former MP for north Antrim, was leader of...

FRESH evidence has led to the arrest of a man over the death of a 12-year-old boy in a suspected arson attack.Stephen Hughes Connors was camping out in a makeshift hut with a 14-year-old pal in...

Seven men were rescued by an RNLI crew in a dramatic rescue operation that took more than 10 hours at the weekend.The crew of the Howth RNLI lifeboat battled a three-metre swell and force-six winds...

Ireland's RBS 6 Nations squad will reconvene tomorrow to prepare for a major character test - tackling tournament favourites France in Paris. Life is not about to get any easier for the 2009...

Monday, 6 February 2012 A report funded by the Department of Social Protection suggests that the majority of families dependent on Jobseeker’s Benefit do not have an adequate income for a basic...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — The fiery Northern Ireland Protestant leader the Rev. Ian Paisley has been taken to a hospital, his wife said Monday. The Press Association news agency said...

DUBLIN — Leigh Halfpenny kicked a last-minute penalty to snatch a dramatic 23-21 victory for Wales over Ireland in the Six Nations opening round on...

Health Minister Dr James Reilly said today that a survey highlighting a shortage of senior doctors in Emergency Departments is misunderstood.The survey, carried out by the Irish Association of...

The North's former First Minister Ian Paisley has been admitted to hospital in Belfast, it has emerged.The 85-year-old is understood to have been taken ill at home yesterday and was rushed to...

A 36-year-old man who was killed in a crash in Co Galway yesterday has today been named as Dermot Kenny from Dunmore.He was driving a motorbike which struck a bridge at Killavoher just after 5pm...

An Albanian man has today been sentenced to six years for impeding the Garda investigation in to the murder of father-of-two, Peter Gunn.Kastriot Boza of Newgrove Avenue, Sandymount in Dublin,...

Health Minister Dr James Reilly said today that elective surgery procedures may have to be postponed while hospitals deal with the impact of staff retirements at the end of this month.However, he...

Garda investigating the shooting dead of Michael Kelly in Dublin last year have today made two arrests. Kelly, who was in his 30s, was gunned down on Marrsfield Avenue in Clongriffin on September 15,...

Garda investigating a fire at a makeshift hut in Tallaght, during which a 12-year-old boy died, have today arrested a 52-year-old man.They say new evidence of the 2001 fire has emerged, prompting...

Two men have been arrested as part of the Garda investigation into the murder of Ger Delaney in Cork.The 51-year-old died following a row outside the Manhattan Bar on Lower Friar's Walk in...

Keith Earls is set to return to the Ireland squad for Saturday's Six Nations game against France in Paris. The Munster back pulled out before the 25-23 defeat to Wales on Sunday because his...

The fiery Northern Ireland Protestant leader the Rev. Ian Paisley has been taken to a hospital, his wife said Monday. The Press Association news agency said Eileen Paisley confirmed that her...

Coach Declan Kidney refuses to give up on the RBS 6 Nations title despite Ireland's controversial 23-21 defeat by Wales.Full-back Leigh Halfpenny landed a final-minute penalty to snatch victory...

A 45-year-old man who was accused of attacking a referee after the 2010 Leinster football final at Croke Park has had the case against him...

A survey indicates that there is an ongoing shortage of senior doctors in Emergency Departments. The survey by the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine suggests that eight hospitals have...

The increase in fuel prices along with the reduction in the fuel allowance could have the potential to increase the number of avoidable deaths among the elderly during winter...

The Chairman of media group TCH has said there is a tsunami of information coming from new media, some of which has "the capacity to destroy civil...

Over 40 people, including men, women and children, took part in a protest outside Facebook's offices in Dublin this morning. Campaigners claim the social-networking site has been removing...

All of the country's second-level schools will be equipped with high speed broadband by the end of 2014. The Department of Communications and Department of Education have said that 200 schools...

With the dust beginning to settle after the first weekend of the 2012 Six Nations Championship, we dish out some praise to those who stood out. Sunday's thriller in Dublin proved to be the...

Media owners, politicians and journalists are due to speak in Dublin this morning at a major conference about media ownership. The National Conference on Media Diversity will explore the impact of...

A woman has suffered serious head injuries in an assault in Dublin.The 28-year-old victim was attacked at a house on Ruben Walk, Rialto, in the early hours of Sunday morning.She was taken to St...

A woman suffered serious head injuries in an assault in Dublin.The 28-year-old victim was attacked at a house on Reuben Walk, Rialto, in the early hours of yesterday morning.She was rushed to St...

A woman suffered serious head injuries in an assault in Dublin. The 28-year-old victim was attacked at a house on Ruben Walk, Rialto, in the early hours of yesterday morning. She was rushed to...

TWO men are being questioned over the murder of a man beaten and stabbed to death.Gerard Delaney was killed in Cork city last December when an ongoing feud between two families descended into a pub...