Ireland has no strategy to tackle Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal

Irish all-rounder Kevin O'Brien, whose team will face Pakistan in the upcoming two ODI series at home, has said that Saeed Ajmal is a "tricky customer" as well as "one of the best spinners in the world", but admits his team has no specific plans on how to tackle Ajmal in the upcoming matches. The 29 year-old, who was also part of the side that knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup in the ...

Irishman John downey remanded on Hyde Park bomb charge

Dead horses covered up and wrecked cars at the scene of carnage in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, after an IRA bomb exploded as the Household Cavalry was passing. John Anthony Downey, 61, has been charged with the murders of four soldiers in the ...

Analysis Aftermath of Apple disclosure difficult for Irish presidency

It was an uncomfortable day for the Irish presidency of the European Council. Ireland's corporate tax rate has long been a source of friction in its otherwise harmonious relationship with Europe. When Ireland first assumed the rotating presidency in January, the tax question had threatened to spill on to the European political agenda. Michael Noonan's first finance ministers' ...

David Miliband warns that British weakness in Europe could hold back Ireland

"On a whole range of issues where Britain and Ireland have common interests and common cause, we get left behind. This is the more serious ...

Dublin City Council discriminating against Wicklow residents TD claims

Simon Harris said the council was showing less concern for the people of Wicklow than it would for people in Dublin if they were affected. He called on Minister for the ...