The Latest Breaking News from Ireland

Team pursuit squad, who train in Mallorca, are country's first to compete at the Games

Ireland's Olympic champions Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan opt for a humble ride home after winning, showcasing their down-to-earth nature and receivin...

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Harrington secured Ireland’s fourth gold medal of the Games.

Lara Gillespie, Mia Griffin, Kelly Murphy and Alice Sharpe became the first Irish athletes to compete in the Olympic cycling discipline.

France's Celine Boutier took a three-shot lead in the opening round - here are the details of her and the rest of the field's tee times for day two

Wiffen, who won 800 metres gold earlier in the Games, becomes the first Irish male to win multiple medals at the same Games.

The Irish author’s follow-up to his 2012 novel The Spinning Heart revisits its characters 10 years on in a story notable for its rough-edged poetry

An email correspondence about Bosnian Serb war criminal Radovan Karadžić led to Ed Vulliamy’s unexpected bond with the Irish author, who died last week aged 93

Rory McIlroy is also in medal contention representing Ireland

Sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke will represent Ireland at the Paris Olympics in the 400m athletics events from August 5. The national athletics record holder has suffered a torrent of racial abuse online. But this has not discouraged her from aiming to become the first Irish woman athlete to secure a gold…