Two Irish exploration firms — Clontarf Energy and Petrel Resources — have reached agreement with the authorities in Ghana over a long-running dispute concerning lost licence acreage in the west African country. The John Teeling-chaired sister companies ...

Two Irish exploration firms — Clontarf Energy and Petrel Resources — have reached agreement with the authorities in Ghana over a long-running dispute concerning lost licence acreage in the west African country. The John Teeling-chaired sister companies ...

Two Irish exploration firms — Clontarf Energy and Petrel Resources — have reached agreement with the authorities in Ghana over a long-running dispute concerning lost licence acreage in the west African country. The John Teeling-chaired sister companies ...

The downing of the Malaysian jet MH17 could have a transformative impact on the crisis in the Ukraine, massively increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over his support for anti-government rebels, experts have said. Already suffering under ...

He's back, but while Tiger Woods has returned to a major championship leaderboard, the 14-time major winner believes he still has so much more |potential to be unleashed. Woods played his first round in a major in 11 months yesterday at Royal Liverpool ...

A semi-final showdown with Germany lies ahead tomorrow but Brazil is still wallowing in sadness after star man Neymar's exit. So then, a largely uneventful couple of days at the World Cup here in Brazil — apart from the assassination of JFK and the death of ...

Grigor Dimitrov is now the favourite to lift the Wimbledon title after vanquishing defending champion Andy Murray, according to top seed Novak Djokovic. Bulgarian Dimitrov dethroned the reigning All England Club king in a straight-sets quarter-final victory on ...

Betting website 888poker has dropped Luis Suarez as its ambassador following his bite on Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup. The Uruguay and Liverpool striker was on Thursday banned for nine international games and from all football for four months ...

Lionel Messi scored twice, including a sumptuous free-kick, to help Argentina beat Nigeria 3-2 and ensure qualification to the knockout stages as winners of Group F last night. Messi's two goals were twice cancelled out by Nigeria's Ahmed Musa but Marcos ...

The public is split on whether it can stomach a tax to help cut the country's sugar addiction — despite nine in 10 people accepting the move is key to winning Ireland's obesity battle. The situation is outlined in a survey by the Irish Heart Foundation, which has ...

The public is split on whether it can stomach a tax to help cut the country's sugar addiction — despite nine in 10 people accepting the move is key to winning Ireland's obesity battle. The situation is outlined in a survey by the Irish Heart Foundation, which has ...

An Egyptian court has sentenced three journalists to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges. Al Jazeera Australian correspondent Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian acting Cairo bureau chief Mohammed Fahmy, and Egyptian producer Baher ...

America is deploying up to 275 troops to Iraq to protect the US embassy and other interests and is considering sending special forces soldiers as the country struggles to repel a rampant uprising. But the White House insisted that the US would not be sending ...

Nigeria's attacking threat fell flat as they were held to the first goalless draw of the 2014 World Cup in their Group F clash with Iran in Curitiba. Stephen Keshi's men started with Barclays Premier League stars including John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses but ...

SEVENTY years ago yesterday, at 6am on June 5, 1944, off the coast of Normandy in France, 150,000 Allied troops prepared to launch the biggest seaborne invasion in the history of warfare. The objective was to defeat Hitler's army in the north-east of France ...

Eugenie Bouchard used to idolise Maria Sharapova, now she will face her in the semi-finals of the French Open. The speed of the Canadian's rise has been remarkable, given the days of teenagers winning Grand Slams ended with Sharapova's Wimbledon ...

As heads rolled over the European Parliament election results in several countries, French president François Hollande went on TV to respond to the shock victory of far-right Front National. The Greek government faced demands for its resignation from its ...

The centre has held in Europe with the pro-EU parties taking most of the seats, says Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill. EUROPE woke up to a new reality with a significant number of people willing to support politicians who are anti-semite, anti-foreigner, ...

The centre has held in Europe with the pro-EU parties taking most of the seats, says Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill. EUROPE woke up to a new reality with a significant number of people willing to support politicians who are anti-semite, anti-foreigner, ...

The centre has held in Europe with the pro-EU parties taking most of the seats, says Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill. EUROPE woke up to a new reality with a significant number of people willing to support politicians who are anti-semite, anti-foreigner, ...