The Irish MMA fighter learned of the news before a live television interview in Dublin for a US audience.

NATIONALISM allows people to wrap murder in a flag and present it as war in a just cause. And it allows the ideologues of that cause to take history, scrub away the bits that do not fit the new fairytale, and write a version more fitted to their aims.

Stevo Timothy’s Farmer Michael is a popular character, but he also sparks snobbery from the comedy community, and praise from those who don’t ‘get’ that his views might not be real, writes Ed Power

Conor McGregor has been spared prosecution for motoring offences in Dublin.

We are living in a polling vortex. Everything is polled. From opinions on VAR to the ‘Great Jamie Heaslip Podcast Plebiscite’ debacle, we have tested and tasted so much that instead of just cooking a family dinner, it’s best to create a twitter poll, socialise it, and wait an hour before going to the shops. The adage “if everything is important, nothing is” now applies to polling; if everything is worth polling, maybe nothing should be.

Plenty has changed even since the Dubliner was most recently in the desert, a chastening night 15 months back when he was sent scurrying across the sands by Khabib Nurmagomedov, writes Joe Callaghan.

Sinn Féin found itself in hot water yesterday, while Fianna Fáil left reporters yawning, writes David Davin-Power.

IT will come as news to some that Conor McGregor, the well-known whiskey impresario and threat to public order, is fighting this weekend.

Gaelic Games remains narrowly the nation’s favourite sport, Katie Taylor is by far the most admired athlete, and the Irish rugby team have been dethroned as Team of the Year.

Rory McIlroy is by a distance the Irish sportsperson of the decade, writes Kieran Shannon.

Electric Picnic, Brexit, Gay Byrne and Munster Rugby were just some of the most talked about moments on Facebook in Ireland this year.

Kildare lightweight Brandon McCarthy claimed his 15th Irish title — and his first Elite belt — at the National Stadium last night.

British boxer Tyson Fury has said he wants to train with Ireland's own Conor McGregor.

Thirty-one-year-old MMA star Conor McGregor has been at the centre of accusations that he was the father of the baby girl, who will be two in January.

Conor McGregor is due to appear in court this morning in connection with an alleged assault in Dublin earlier this year.

Conor McGregor has said seeing footage of him appearing to hit out at a man in a Dublin pub was like a "dagger" in his heart.

When James Joyce opined a century ago that “the light music of whiskey falling into glasses makes an agreeable interlude”, little did he realise just how agreeable it would ultimately become as an Irish export success story.

Conor McGregor is expected to be charged with assault after allegedly punching a man in a Dublin pub.

The housing charity Tuath is set to acquire the development, which Conor McGregor has invested in.

When Páraic Duffy sat back in his chair and dreamed up the idea of the Super 8s, sun-kissed days like Sunday in Killarney between two evenly matched teams in front of a sell-out crowd must surely have been his wild