Those of us covering Irish football for years can recall promises made forcefully but not kept.

Derry cope again without Brian Maher and Liam Boyce will be out for a long spell. Waterford are missing Finlay Armstrong, Arlo Doherty, Jordan Houston and Will Johnson.

A wealthy New Yorker who strangled his father at a five-star midlands resort after the 66-year-old had travelled from the US on a “mission of mercy” to help his son, continues to suffer from a mental ...

Ireland has not made security agreements with other countries for when the country takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Minister for Defence has said.

Ireland U-21 international Trent Kone-Doherty could be on his way to Molde as the Norwegian top-flight club have offered the winger a permanent contract to entice him away from Liverpool.

Shamrock Rovers captain Roberto Lopes says it was “a little bit disappointing” to hear FAI CEO David Courell describe the League of Ireland’s opinion on Ireland’s games against Israel as “mixed”, and ...

A Donegal man has been found guilty of 34 charges of historical sex abuse after a lengthy trial. The man, who cannot be named at this time to protect the anonymity of the victims, was found guilty of ...

Chelsea academy winger Chris Atherthon has committed his international future to the Republic of Ireland after successfully switching his allegiance from Northern Ireland, Fifa have confirmed.

A father of five who stabbed another man in a Drogheda nightclub has been jailed for 4 years and 9 months. Damien O’Rourke, Boice Court, Drogheda, received 2 years and 9 months for the assault which ...

Russia launched a barrage of 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as US and Ukrainian envoys prepare to hold more talks in Geneva on ending the war that ...

Major US residential landlord Greystar has selected a prospective purchaser – understood to be German investor Quantum Immobilien – for a deal to sell Greystar’s apartment complex at Quayside Quarter ...

Munster have confirmed that senior coach Mike Prendergast will leave the club at the end of the season. As exclusively revealed by the Irish Independent yesterday, Prendergast has decided to take on a ...