A High Court judge has permitted doctors to amputate the leg of a man at risk of life-threatening consequences if the limb is not removed.

Connacht face their first away trip of the season, as they travel to the Welsh capital to take on Cardiff at the Arms Park (kick-off 7.45, TG4 & Premier Sports) on Saturday evening.

A father will be imprisoned for life after he pleaded guilty today to murdering his eight-year-old daughter and attempting to murder her mother.

RTÉ director of audio Patricia Monahan has said “there are always difficult conversations to be had” following the announcement that presenter Ray D’arcy is leaving the broadcaster.

Guillermo Almirall of Bray Wanderers in action against Fionn Doherty of Treaty United during the SSE Airtricity Men's First Division match between Bray Wanderers and Treaty United ...

The coup de grâce for the Jack Charlton era came on a football field in England as a 2-0 defeat to the Netherlands in a one-leg play-off for Euro ’96 ended in defeat.

A father-of-four has been jailed after attacking his then-partner, kicking her over 15 times and stamped on her face so much that she pretended to be dead.

Former Ireland internationals Áine O’Gorman and Karen Duggan have announced their retirements from football today.

Leinster seek their first win of the season at the third attempt against South African opponents, Sharks, at the Aviva Stadium (kick-off 5.30, Premier Sports 1) on Saturday.

Ulster face the Bulls in round three of the URC on Saturday at Affidea Stadium (KO 7.45, live, Premier Sports).

I confess I am not a huge fan of Elizabeth Day’s non-fiction, but her fiction manages to go deep and dark in ways that I hugely enjoy.

Joe Brolly says he regrets a “childish, crude and inappropriate gesture” made on a podcast while talking about the presidential election campaign.