By re-appointing Suresh Kakani as the member secretary of the state election commission (SEC) on Tuesday, the new government has set the ball rolling to get the commission fully functional fast, ...

The NFL will consider expanding replay assist to include facemask penalties and other plays. Officials have missed several obvious facemask penalties this season, including two in a three-week span ...

The Royal Mail reveals the toys that the most children have been requesting from Father Christmas this year. Meanwhile, the pound has hit an eight-year closing high against the euro. Read these and ...

Ahead of formal talks with the two coalition parties, the nine TDs in the Regional Group expect support for Ms Murphy who is ...

Kimberly Guilfoyle, whose father was born and raised in Co Clare, has been selected by US President-elect Donald Trump to be ...

The Social Democrat's leadership, including Cian O’Callaghan, Gary Gannon and Jennifer Whitmore, met Fianna Fáil leader ...

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have said they had "positive and constructive" initial discussions as both parties continue to hold ...

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have said they had a "positive and constructive" initial discussions as both parties continue to ...

Ireland’s premier has said he does not see why a new government could not be formed by January and that ideally it would be ...

Taoiseach Simon Harris said he is 'open-minded' to introducing laws to prevent criminals such Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch from ...

I’M A Celebrity’s Maura Higgins is set for a huge TV gig after leaving the jungle as she ‘catches the top producer’s ...

Who will succeed Katie Taylor as the Irish Independent Sportstar of the Year? Maybe it will be Katie again once more – for a fourth time – after the Bray boxer’s latest heroics against Amanda Serrano ...