Working NZ families pay 28 per cent of their net income on childcare, according to an OECD study. Dita De Boni examines the costs.

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.

NZ is one of the best places to shuffle off the mortal coil, according to a new index.

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.

The singer's wife allegedly discovered he had been having an affair with a backing dancer after finding text messages on a secret phone.

The ash cloud from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano is still causing havoc for flights across the Atlantic.

Iceland's volcano has produced a 1,600km ash cloud off the west coast of Ireland that will force western Irish airports to shut down again.