Flaming underwear, a chair leg and a plum pudding can: the great Olympic torch hoax
Prank in advance of 1956 Olympics was brainchild of university students in Sydney with Leitrim link
Australia
China spooks Pacific neighbours with long-range missile test
Beijing plays down test but is unlikely to give up on expanding its influence across the Pacific region
Jimmy O’Brien making the most of late call-up after rediscovering his best form
Leinster man taking his opportunities in Nations Championship after injury struggles
Gordon D’Arcy: This is not a criticism. It is an observation about this Ireland group
France-New Zealand offered a reminder of where Ireland need to progress over the next 15 months
Emigration changes you. The pint tastes different, the people look older
How could an identity you passively wore for so long pinch like it shrank in the wash?
‘There’s little moments that are pretty cool’: Prendergast brothers shine in Australia
Sam relishing chance to play alongside Cian as they soak up ‘class’ atmosphere Down Under
Eddie Jones completely right and completely wrong about Nations Championship
Japan coach makes another comment that has a distinctly anti-Irish whiff about it
China test fires ballistic missile from nuclear submarine amid rising security concerns
Japan expresses ‘grave concern’ over China’s increasingly active military activities
Cian Prendergast hails brother Sam’s match-winning display for Ireland against Australia
Decisive kick added to Sam Prendergast’s redemptory end to the season
‘Space balls’: Mysterious debris found on Australian beaches could contain toxic rocket fuel
The Australian Space Agency confirmed it was investigating six pieces of suspected space debris found washed up on Queensland beaches
Ikitau and McCloskey fight for starring role on Nations Championship’s centre stage
Contrasting styles for Australia and Ireland rivals make for a fascinating and potentially crucial encounter
‘Everyone’s raring to go’: Captain Dan Sheehan looking for strong start against Australia
Ireland ready to ‘put on a show’ for diaspora in Sydney in Nations Championship opener
Jamie Osborne cements status as Ireland’s Mr Versatile with number 11 role against Australia
Andy Farrell places faith in Leinster fullback’s aerial work and left-footed kicking game for Wallabies clash
‘Not at the moment’: Joe Schmidt says Leinster job not of current interest
Schmidt names Australia team to face Ireland and strongly indicates he will not coach an international side again
‘Not at the moment’: Joe Schmidt says Leinster job not of current interest
Schmidt names Australia team to face Ireland and strongly indicates he will not coach an international side again
‘The senior leadership group has had to step up’: Jack Conan ‘gutted’ to lose Caelan Doris
Leinster man ‘excited’ about the atmosphere in Irish camp before Australia clash
Canada will join Eurovision Song Contest in 2027
Previous Canadian artists who have participated in the competition include Céline Dion, who won in 1988 for Switzerland
Irish resident released from Iraqi prison is deteriorating rapidly, wife says
Robert Pether remains in Baghdad after being released from prison a year ago
Ireland v Australia: Easterby confident ‘unbelievable’ Sheehan can lead from front in Doris’s absence
Hooker will captain side against Australia in the Nations Championship in Sydney this Saturday
I left Ireland for good because I could no longer live the restricted life I had once tolerated
Midwife, who left Ireland at the time of the marriage bar, has published her first novel
Laura Kennedy: My father’s recent death was as sad as his life had been
My father’s death was as sad as his life had been . . . My niece was protected from him in a way my brother and I had not been
Keith Duggan: Seattle appeared magical – the US may have found its natural football home
A special few weeks lie ahead as a city for so long shrouded in mystery embraces a tournament for which it seems well matched
One empty-nesters’ antidote: Take a gap year petsitting in Perth
‘There is something wonderful about needing to find your sunglasses before you can drink your morning coffee’
‘Would they revoke my passport for how unpatriotic I am to Australia? Dublin’s more my home’
DJ and radio presenter Tara Kumar on Ireland, London and finding her tribe
Macquarie’s Irish unit dividends near €190m as post-Brexit move pays off
Surge in trading income helped drive 14% rise in net profit last year, CRO filings reveal
Woman in critical condition after shark attack at Sydney’s Coogee beach
Multiple ambulance crews treated the woman on the beach for arm and leg injuries
Canada is banning social media use for children under 16; what steps have others taken?
As Ireland promises to push for similar legislation, lawmakers should look at experiences beyond the English-speaking world
World Cup Group D guide: Mauricio Pochettino plots knock-out route for the United States
Talented Turkish squad will fancy their chances on return to the big stage
Can moving to a retirement village make financial sense?
Ireland is still only dipping a toe in the ‘later living’ market, which is more developed in the US, UK and Down Under
We should be getting better at AI by now
From cancelled novels to legal fines, the scale of blunders only halfway through the year suggests the opposite
Third fatal Australia shark attack in three weeks as man killed in waters off west coast
35-year-old man attacked while spearfishing with family off Western Australia’s south coast
Are diverging geopolitical interests among Quad members making it an irrelevance?
Trump has shown little interest in group comprising the United States, India, Japan and Australia that was at core of US efforts to counter China
‘We had to learn that Irish people refuse tea three times when they come to your house’
Award-winning author Jen Thorp says Ireland ‘is one of the great countries for people doing literary work in English’
Man dies after shark attack on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
The death is the second fatal shark attack in Australia this month
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