1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (254+ words) Ireland wrapped up their FIBA Euro Basket 2029 pre-qualifying campaign with a 76-70 win against Azerbaijan in Baku, recovering from a 15-point first-half deficit to give head coach Michael Bree a first win on the road. Sean Flood caught fire in the…...

18+ hour, 35+ min ago  (213+ words) Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen Mc Entee will travel to the Gulf region this morning for meetings in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, likely to focus on the recent Strait of Hormuz crisis and Irish links to the region....

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (742+ words) The Irish family of Robert Pether - an Australian-born engineer who is a long time resident of Elphin in Co Roscommon - has reiterated calls for the government to grant him accelerated Irish citizenship on humanitarian grounds. Mr Pether was released from…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (469+ words) At the edge of rugged Montenegrin foothills, a years-long effort to save one of the country's oldest olive trees, is finally bearing fruit - literally. The tree in the town of Bar, which locals say dates back millennia, was successfully harvested…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (580+ words) Iran and the US concluded a round of indirect "talks with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on issues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was announced two weeks ago....

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (688+ words) UN experts have expressed "grave concern" that Australian engineer Robert Pether, who had been living in Elphin in Co Roscommon, is rapidly declining as he faces a life-threatening medical situation in Iraq. Mr Pether was released from prison a year…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (290+ words) The FAI have confirmed that the Republic of Ireland's home Nations League game against Israel will take place behind closed doors in Backa Topola, Serbia on Sunday 4 October. The match will be played at the 4, 500-capacity TSC Arena. In a…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (682+ words) The Israeli army destroyed an extensive tunnel in southern Lebanon, with Lebanese state media reporting strikes in the area and Iran-backed Hezbollah saying it reserves the right to respond to these attacks. The incidents came despite a trilateral framework agreement…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (883+ words) The US military said it struck Iran again, hours after a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, in the worst escalation since the two sides signed an interim peace deal two weeks ago. Each of the warring sides…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (792+ words) Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected a US-brokered security agreement between Lebanon and Israel on Saturday a day after it was signed, describing it as a surrender to Israel. In the latest example of ongoing hostilities despite repeated ceasefires and agreements,…...