It is not clear how many times he can — or will — keep extending the ban as the government continues to try to negotiate a deal for the platform.

Michael James Callaghan, known as Father James, has been jailed for seven years for preying on the vulnerable teenage boys at Ampleforth College.

Leo Varadkar, who stood down as taoiseach last year, said it is possible Mr Farage will be prime minister in four years or nine years time.

Ireland’s premier and deputy premier have called for an “immediate de-escalation” between Israel and Iran and for diplomatic talks to restart. Irish premier Micheal Martin said Iran should make clear ...

Ogres can be brought to life and close ups of Titanic made possible at Studio Ulster on the shores of Belfast Lough.

O’Brien said: “Horses love heat, it’s in their nature and when you are training horses they thrive in the heat and in the cold they don’t always try, they don’t like the cold weather.

The interim principal of the University of Dundee has resigned after the publication of a report on the financial crisis which has engulfed the institution. Professor Shane O’Neill apologised to those ...

Illinois, who had stepped into Kyprios’ shoes for Aidan O’Brien, was well placed if good enough, but inside the final furlong Trawlerman (85-40 favourite) began to pull away and ran out an impressive ...

Just over half of the voting population voted for the "fantasy economics of Boris Johnson's Brexit", one letter-writer says about ...

Graham Head, 68, drove around of posing as an ‘unofficial Uber’ to pick up ‘vulnerable and intoxicated’ women he could abuse.

Russia’s economy is “on the brink of going into a recession”, the country’s economy minister has said, according to reports.

Toddler Ethan Ives-Griffiths died in hospital two days after emergency services were called to his home in Wales.