1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (244+ words) People see me reading in cafes and remark on it. “Oh, the life,” they say, with a laugh that is not entirely a joke. And I get it. It’s 11am; I have a coffee, a novel and no place I need…...

10+ hour, 7+ min ago   (258+ words) In a couple of hours in the Phoenix Park on Saturday morning US president Donald Trump opined, with varying degrees of coherence, on a dizzying range of topics. The Government will be content that the visit passed without any major…...

9+ hour, 49+ min ago   (738+ words) True to form, even on a weekend when his golf course was hosting a record-breaking native winner, Donald Trump still managed to dominate the headlines. His unerring instinct for self-promotion survived even the fraught moment when he had to present…...

10+ hour, 16+ min ago   (642+ words) The stars have a habit of aligning for Shane Lowry when it really matters. And if demons have been swirling around in his head for much of the season, he slew them unequivocally – his golf reaching otherworldly heights – to capture…...

10+ hour, 14+ min ago   (755+ words) US president Donald Trump made the surprise announcement that he would remove tariffs from Irish whiskey at the end of his two-day visit to Ireland. It came shortly before he presented golfer Shane Lowry with the winner’s trophy after he…...

11+ hour, 53+ min ago   (620+ words) There has been some “overreaction” to Donald Trump’s remarks on prospects for a united Ireland, according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, who said the US president’s view was that he believed unity was “the logical way for the island to be…...

11+ hour, 56+ min ago   (386+ words) The morning breeze around Doonbeg was gentle but still it carried murmurs about Donald Trump’s intentions. Some thought he would rise early to see off Rory McIlroy, others swore he’d be out to see Brooks Koepka less than an hour…...

12+ hour, 30+ min ago   (438+ words) In sport, those with the killer instinct don’t hold back or wait for any favours. Such was the mindset Shane Lowry brought into the final round of the Amgen Irish Open where the 39-year-old Offaly man started with a four-stroke…...

18+ hour, 27+ min ago   (298+ words) Tim Cook had big shoes to fill when he succeeded Apple’s Steve Jobs in 2011. Fifteen years and a 2,700 per cent-plus share-price gain later (dividends included), John Ternus has inherited an equally daunting pair, taking over from Cook as Apple’s chief…...

16+ hour, 38+ min ago   (363+ words) Two Co Galway women have appeared in court over alleged public-order offences on the seventh green at Trump Doonbeg golf course as US president Donald Trump’s Marine One helicopter was in the air preparing to land on Saturday afternoon. At…...