Finbarr Patrick Clabby could not swim when he ended up in Wellington Harbour after a night out. His body was found later the same morning.

It's featured in many travellers' photos, but Donegal man Iain Miller has become the first person in 25 years to successfully scale the Dun Briste sea stack.

COMMENT: Apple's claim that it has always paid all the taxes it owed is disingenuous.

While the Apple ruling doesn't directly threaten the 12.5pc rate, the Govt has promised to stand by executives it says are helping its economy.

The European Commission is expected to say Ireland provided Apple with illegal aid in return for creating jobs.

No senior banking executives have received jail time in the U.K. or U.S., but Ireland just handed down three rare convictions.

Zoo visitors watched in horror as a man lifted a young boy into a rhino enclosure and made him move closer for a photo.

A Dublin pub has just made their trip to the bathroom a 'wee bit' more entertaining for its male customers.

The social network is in a testy fight with the US Internal Revenue Service.

Kiwis are scrambling to apply for Irish passports and avoid missing out on the benefits of European Union citizenship in the wake of Brexit.

More UK citizens are researching their family histories online in the hopes of securing an EU passport, despite voting to Brexit.

It will be more than a busman's holiday for 22 lucky colleagues in the Dublin Bus depot in Ireland this week.

Rugby fans have expressed their frustration at being unable to buy tickets to the All Blacks test against Ireland in Dublin later this year.

The Irish fans are showing what major football tournaments are all about.

Diplomats tell us what Kiwis need to know about their homelands.

Australians travelling to Ireland have been warned of "tensions" ahead of the country's state celebrations for the centenary of the Easter Rising.

COMMENT: Sustainability leadership - we don't know what we've got 'til it's gone, writes Barry Coates.

The remains of three humans, in fact, were found behind McCuaig's Pub in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Tyron Davies, 23, formerly of Christchurch, is on bail awaiting sentencing in the Dublin District Court for the attack, which left his victim with three scars on his face.

A man has been shot dead in Dublin in an attack believed to be in retaliation for a shooting in the city late last week.

Tucked away off the cobblestoned High St in the medieval district of Kilkenny, Ireland, hides a tiny bar with a formidable history.

The Irish are descended from early Middle East farmers and from bronze metalworkers on the steppes around the Black Sea, scientists have found.

Paul Rush, a roving hobbit, discovers the true meaning of the 'craic' in the west of Ireland.

Auckland can learn a lot about hosting big sports events and New Zealand should heed the lasting damage of a housing collapse, writes Brian Gaynor.

Christoph Driessen samples black gold at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin.

Ancient tombs, historic homes that played backdrop to combat - Ireland boasts loads of history to relish away from the paddock, writes Brendan Manning.

Italy is now the only western European country that does not recognise either same-sex marriage or civil unions.

A top Irish Catholic leader said the Church needs a "reality check" as the predominantly Catholic nation voted to approve gay marriage.