4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (533+ words) The Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) and the Camogie Association would be “very silly” to propose motions that would abolish them without certain guarantees about their future, Minister for Sport Patrick O’Donovan has said. Efforts to merge the two women’s…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (402+ words) The GAA has hit back forcefully at “offensive” claims of misogyny within the organisation made by former president Mary McAleese. Its president, Jarlath Burns, has asked her to reflect on her remarks which, he said, were offensive to the women…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (683+ words) Hugh O’Neill is older than the Irish State. When he was born on September 7th, 1921, there were “still British soldiers on Grafton Street”, as he puts it, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty had not been signed. He will be 105 on Monday. Birthdays,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (424+ words) Gardaí will struggle to enforce new e-scooter regulations set to come into effect mandating the use of helmets and high-visibility clothing, the Garda Representative Association (GRA) has warned. The new rules are to come into effect on Friday, September 4th, and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (229+ words) A driver was detected travelling at 194km/h in a 100km/h zone in Co Donegal as over 1,000 vehicles were caught speeding on a national slow down day. The motorist was detected speeding on the N56 in Letterkenny. The Garda speed enforcement operation,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (704+ words) Divisions have emerged within the Cabinet over plans to bring in laws that would classify e-scooters in the same category as motorcycles and cars. The proposed reclassification of e-scooters as mechanically propelled vehicles (MPVs) was decided at a meeting of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (255+ words) The Irish Times Safer cycling around Galway thanks to a vacuum-cleaner manoeuvre Broken appliance helps fix drivers’ behaviour Sir, – A few days ago, I needed to bring a broken vacuum cleaner out to a recycling centre in Galway city....

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (449+ words) The continuation of fuel excise cuts, to be approved by the Dáil next Friday, will not affect the forthcoming budget. Costs associated with maintaining excise cuts on petrol and diesel have been estimated at about €100 million a month, according to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (570+ words) Wednesday’s Juddmonte International at York is a rare upside to elitism. Racing air is rarely as rarefied as for the Ebor Festival’s opening day highlight. The clash of Ombudsman and Constitution River, in particular, promises to be the cream of…...