Children are less “ready” to start primary school, with higher rates of separation anxiety and less emotional regulation among pupils compared to before the Covid-19 pandemic, new research indicates.

A new system for appointing judges, which comes into operation this week, will be an “important safeguard” for judicial independence, the Chief Justice has said.

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after the Liberal Party elected him as its leader. Mr Carney (59) replaces prime minister Justin Trudeau, who ...

Halloween is months away, but that hasn’t dissuaded Dancing with the Stars from staging a Fright Night-themed episode – where the real horror is reserved for Aisha Akorede, who becomes the latest ...

McIlroy, the world number three, used new equipment – in drivers and fairway woods – at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando, Florida, but spent too much time playing from the rough ...

Two injury-time red cards in Ennis, David Fitzgerald and Cormac O’Brien sent off. Clare finish with 13 men, Cork finish with 14. Garbage time in Ennis as the sides swap points, 6-20 to 0-22. The game, ...

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers vowed his team would be ready to atone for their new year defeat by Rangers after securing a comfortable win over a Hibernian team who beat them two weeks earlier in the ...

Sarah Healy, Kate O'Connor and Mark English have given further evidence of the ability of Irish athletes to compete at the highest level ...

Athlone did, though, have to make do without three of their American players due to work permit issues when they opened the defence of their title with a 2-0 win over Wexford on Saturday – the hugely ...

Ireland ’s pursuit of a third successive victory in the Six Nations is no longer in their hands following their 42-27 defeat to France at the Aviva Stadium. They will need favours from their Celtic ...

Consumers who can afford it feel obliged to take out private insurance due to the long waiting lists and delays that are still all too common in the public system ...