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Abbeyleix Bog, County Laois, Ireland: I was sceptical about whether this valuable but struggling habitat would be restored in my lifetime. I’m delighted to be proved wrong

Simone Biles, the legendary American gymnast, clinched her fifth Olympic gold medal as she spearheaded the United States to a resounding triumph in the women's gymnastics team final on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Daniel Wiffen made history for Ireland in the swimming competition.

Starting times and groupings for Saturday's third round of the men's Olympic golf tournament in Paris

NEW DELHI: On Sunday, an extraordinary and rare incident unfolded on Day 4 of the one-off Test between Ireland and Zimbabwe at the Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast. Ireland batters Lorcan Tucker and Andy McBrine completed an all-run five during their team's second innings, sparking widespread excitement on social…

Edna O’Brien has died at age 93

'Saipan' will focus on the training camp dispute that led to Ireland's captain walking away from the 2002 World Cup squad

Maddison Levi set an Olympic record with her 11th Paris try as Australia booked a semi-final berth with Canada and moved within reach of a second Games gold.

The opening sentence of Girl, Edna O’Brien’s last novel is, I think, unforgettable: “I was a girl once, but not any more...” And from there O’Brien, who died on Saturday, takes the reader into the unimaginable horror of the abduction and rape of the Chibok schoolgirls by the Islamist group,…

The acclaimed author of The Country Girls, which was burned in the market square of her home town, has died aged 93. Here, Irish novelists pay tribute to a titanic figure who liberated their country’s fiction