Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen is clinging to the reins of power in Dublin.

There are moments in life when you feel the universe is telling you - as politely as possible - that you have become a Fat Bastard.

The hype over the publication of a royal wedding biography nearly matches the fervour accompanying the event itself.

Ireland's travails may be short-lived, but the eurozone's future is not looking good.

The most ambitious history project of the year — the British Museum’s A History of the World in 100 Objects — is now a book. Boyd Tonkin talks to its creator and author and finds out that how the world looks depends on where you stand.

The Sonny Bill Williams experiment has been placed on the back burner for the Irish leg of the All Blacks Grand Slam rugby tour.

The news of Prince William's engagement to Kate Middleton was particularly well received in an iconic small cafe on the Hauraki Plains.

England's good form of 2010, winning seven of 10 Tests, comes with a mixed report card.

A Glasgow man in his 60s has become the world's first person to receive injections of foetal stem cells.