Kevin McGarry lost both legs after being trapped under a burning motorbike when he crashed into an electric fence.

As violence recedes, many people wantto have contentious murals removed from everyday life.

The country may have to suffer the indignity, like Greece, of asking for a bailout to keep it afloat.

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen is battling for political survival.

Many years ago I was sitting with a friend at a pub in Ireland when an American tourist came in and began studying the menu. He approached the bar and asked the barmaid for "a quicky".

Irish author Cathy Kelly talks to Stephen Jewell about her new novel and the importance of multi-tasking.

Irish republican dissident groups are targeting the British Conservative party conference.

The release of a man suspected of several abductions of young women in Ireland has caused a frenzy of fear among locals.

Belfast is once again counting the cost - human, financial and social - of the familiar mid-July outbreak of disorder.

Herald sports writer Winston Aldworth lists the biggest 'fails' to emerge from South Africa 2010.

Now that the FIFA World Cup is in the knockout phase, Michael Brown reviews 'The Best Of' after the end of the tournament group phase.

Graham Henry's Project Carter involves coaxing more out of his team-mates. But Ireland have their own blueprint to counter the brilliant five-eighth.

Forwards coach Steve Hansen sees Crusaders’ influence in tight five as crucial.

An Irish couple who have discovered they share the same father have vowed to stay together and continue to have children.