Some gardaí have shown a “blatant disregard” for roads policing duties, according to a “sobering” unpublished report.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ordered Tesco to re-employ a worker it sacked last year for calling his manager “useless” in a performance review meeting -- after ruling the supermarket’s ...

Gold Dancer wore down his front-running stablemate Westport Cove to claim an unlikely victory in the Guinness Open Gate Brewery Novice Chase at Galway.

RTÉ broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan, podcaster Blindboy and comedian Rosie O’Donnell will make appearances at Electric Picnic this year, with the festival announcing a line-up for the six “Mindfield” ...

Well-known RTÉ radio presenter Seán Rocks has died at the age of 64 following a brief illness. The broadcaster fronted RTÉ Radio 1’s nightly arts and culture show Arena since 2009, hosting the show up ...

A Galway man has pledged to run a marathon in memory of his mother who died after a brave fight with cancer. Richard Gibbons will be running in the Galway City Marathon to help raise funds for Cancer ...

The Confessions of Samuel Pepys’ details the violence and coercion the diarist often used against women, and his sordid exploits offer a grim reminder that men like Weinstein have always existed ...

A 42-year-old man grew cannabis at home in order to extract oil from the plants to self-medicate his multiple sclerosis condition, a circuit court sentence hearing has been told.

An eight-year-old Cork boy raised over €3,500 following a bake sale to carry out repair work at Carrigtwohill Playground.

Some readers may be familiar with the now semi-retired professional punter Alan Potts, who wrote a couple of excellent books on the subject of betting.

A couple have been sentenced for their role in a scam in which more than €500,000 was stolen from ­Dublin Zoo.

Arab nations have taken the unprecedented step of telling Hamas to lay down its arms and surrender control of Gaza.