Novelist William Kennedy received the first Eugene O’Neill Award in 2009, and since then, such outstanding talents as Brian ...

A WOMAN was threatened with a suspected handgun after she gave chase to a robber in Belfast. The woman was cut and left badly shaken by the incident, which occurred in the Ormeau Road area of south ...

A WOMAN in her 70s has died following a collision in Co. Kilkenny. The two-vehicle collision occurred on the N25 at Luffany in Slieverue at approximately 5:50pm on Friday. The woman, who was the ...

WEATHER warnings remain in place in Ireland today while 28,000 properties have been left without power. If follows adverse weather conditions across the country on Saturday, with several counties at ...

A MAN has been charged as part of an investigation into large-scale cross-border drug importation. Detectives from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Branch charged the man to court on Saturday in relation to ...

A WOMAN arrested in relation to a reported arson attack on a home in Belfast has been bailed. The 33-year-old was detained on suspicion of a number of offences, including arson with intent to endanger ...

GARDAI have launched a murder investigation following the death of a woman in co. Cork. The body of the woman, named locally as 31-year-old mother-of-two Paula Canty, was discovered at a residential ...

U2 frontman Bono has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from outgoing US leader, Joe Biden. The award, which is America’s highest civilian honour, was established in 1963 by then president ...

THE PSNI has revealed it is assisting Spanish police investigating the disappearance of a Belfast man in Alicante. John George, also known as John Hardy, was due to return from a holiday in Spain on ...

GARDAÍ have renewed their appeal for information on missing woman Imelda Keenan on the 31st anniversary of her disappearance. Ms Keenan, originally from Mountmellick in Co. Laois, was last seen in ...

A MAN in his 60s has died after a jeep collided with an electricity pole in Dublin. The single-vehicle collision occurred on the East Wall Road in Dublin 1 shortly before midnight on Thursday, January ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to a 13-year-old boy who died in a quad bike collision in Co. Armagh. Tiarnán Trainor was fatally injured following the incident on the Low Road in Killeavy on Thursday. He was ...