Cork run up big totals but they also concede a lot

The Waterford racewalker suffered two broken vertebrae and had to wear a body cast for five months but still made it back to compete in Beijing four years later

Sarah Moss: Naturally I have views, mostly of the sort you’d probably expect from a bike-riding vegetarian feminist academic, but I’m certain about very few of them

The writer on finding the confidence to trace the journey of his character Eilis in follow-up novel Long Island

Candidates face a battle where party running mates could be their most dangerous rivals transfers will in many cases be decisive

Denis Hogan successfully appeals outcome of controversial Down Royal race with Benji’s Benefit awarded contest

Fintan O’Toole: The erection of the portal linking night-time inner city Dublin to daytime New York was a heroic act of denial

43-year-old says that if elected he can be ‘a voice for immigrants here working hard’

Shares in GameStop and cinema chain AMC almost quadruple after Roaring Kitty tweets

A chaotic system involving the Department of Justice, the Department of Integration and the HSE is struggling to cope with increased demand

Following the chastening defeat to Donegal, Mickey Harte's Derry must decide whether to revert to a more cautious Plan B or just come back blazing with a better, more effective Plan A

Advances in technology mean stalking has become much more sophisticated than ‘just someone hiding in the bushes outside your door’

Green Party Dublin City councillor Hazel Chu says that while some of the powers of councillors have been eroded in recent decades, they still play a key role in local Government

Fianna Fáil candidate said verbal attack was disheartening but she is determined to continue

Spokeswoman for the Department of Integration says the site has still to be fully inspected, including assessing the level of availability or otherwise of services

The 25-year-old from Tallaght opens up on finding love and dealing with the weight of his own expectations as he prepares for his second Olympics in taekwondo

More people in Ireland are consuming alcohol at home, fewer are drinking in pubs and many aren’t drinking at all

Journalist’s wife says former RTÉ correspondent was a ‘brave man’ who ‘didn’t let his terminal illness stop him from getting to the heart of a great story’

Backing for anti-migration candidates scattered among too many hopefuls to secure a seat, according to poll data

JLo’s new film is the $100m sci-fi thriller Atlas. It’s the latest chapter in a career that has spawned academic studies alongside global headlines

John M Johansen’s recognisable building, which opened in 1964 is among city’s finest modernist architecture

For Beckett: Unbound 2024, the actor has teamed up with the composer Nick Roth to stage a festival of the writer’s work in Paris and Liverpool

The ornithologist and wildlife sound recordist is the subject of a remarkable new feature-length documentary, Birdsong

Act now by planting fast-growing annuals and fine-tuning flower borders for maximum impact

May 18th-24th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Éanna Ní Lamhna on a foul-smelling insect, a camouflaging caterpillar and the Irish spread of the buzzard

Hugh Linehan: Director set up in Galway in the mid-1990s when he was in his 70s and churned out his trademark low-budget exploitation movies there

Some in Government cautious about whether a charge would encourage people to leave or embed them further in State accommodation

US investors had warned Government of companies reevaluating Irish investments in light of any ban on executive jets

Rather than get rid of slugs, look for plants that are not appealing to them