Of all the attributes it takes to be successful in motorsport, being able to scrub a toilet wouldn’t exactly top the list. However, for Oran O’Kelly, a stint of volunteering for the Audi team last year saw him doing just that, rolling up his sleeves and doing the unglamorous work that needs to be done, […]
They still stand, two silent guards overlooking U.S. 12 in the Irish Hills. If their walls could talk, the stories would be endless about the hundreds of thousands of footsteps that climbed to the top of the Irish Hills towers. The Irish Hills towers, a competition between a landowner and a development company, were constructed […]
Police on the Costa Blanca have arrested an Irish fugitive wanted over drugs and weapons offences. He was held in Teulada a half-hour drive north of Benidorm despite trying to show police a fake ID photo to avoid his arrest. Civil Guard officers said today the 33-year-old was wanted on a European Arrest issued by […]
The Irish men’s hockey team have booked their place in this summer’s Olympic Games. Ireland defeated South Korea 4-3 in the qualifying tournament’s third-place play-off. Anything other than outright victory would mean no Irish team in the Olympic tournament this summer in Paris, after the women’s team were beaten on Saturday by Great Britain. Ireland’s […]
An Irish couple and a dog have been killed in a collision with a BMW X5 in a village in Kent, England. The man and woman were in their 60s and from Cork originally, according to The Irish Times. The two pedestrians were walking the dog in Thurnham Lane, Bearsted, when the black SUV collided […]
The Irish women’s hockey team came up just short in their bid to qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris. Sean Dancer’s side lost 2-1 to Great Britain at the third/fourth-place play-off in Spain. Great Britain went into the game having qualified for every Olympics except 2004. Ireland’s women, on the other hand, had only […]
Organisations that export Irish goods to Great Britain are being urged to prepare for new post-Brexit rules coming into force in two weeks. From January 31st 2024, Great Britain will require the pre-lodgement of customs declarations and the pre-notification of agri-food exports – which in some cases will also need an Export Health Certificate. Irish […]
PIERRE — The relationship between the United States and the Republic of Ireland was on display Thursday in the South Dakota Senate and House. Irish Sen. Mark Daly, who was a special guest of Sen. Lee Schoenbeck, R-Watertown, presented the Irish flag to Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden. He later presented the flag to Speaker of […]
An Irish company has been chosen for a partnership with a mall in the US which will see them develop the world’s tallest moving statue. Dublin firm Giant Company Attractractions will create the installation, to be named The Giant, at the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which is the second-largest mall in […]
Irish beef exports to China are to resume as part of measures agreed during a bilateral meeting of senior government figures in Dublin. Li Qiang, China’s second-most powerful man, met Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during a brief diplomatic visit to Ireland. Mr Varadkar said there was a clear desire to deepen relations, and it was also […]
The British and Irish Lions will send a women’s team to New Zealand for a historic three-Test series in September 2027. The inaugural women’s Lions tour will feature three clashes against the current world champions. A Lions statement on Tuesday morning confirmed the tour will not overlap with that year’s men’s World Cup and will […]
Newport manager Graham Coughlan hopes to land a glamorous FA Cup tie against Manchester United – 45 years after the Red Devils reduced him to tears by losing the so-called “Five-minute final” to Arsenal. County stand to make £400,000 (€465,000) if they win their third-round replay at non-league Eastleigh on Tuesday after 12-time cup winners […]