The Guardian Articles

The 2002 World Cup had been a gruelling rollercoaster for the Republic of Ireland. Nine days before the team’s first match in the tournament, hosted by Japan and South Korea, its captain and talisman

Roy Keane was on his way home before a ball had been kicked

Rare cannon allegedly smuggled out of Irish waters by a gang of British treasure hunters and acquired for a knockdown price by a Tower of London official were at the centre of a decades-long dispute between British and Irish officials, according to newly released records.

Irish officials made extensive efforts …

Nigel Farage has said he will take action against Kemi Badenoch unless she apologises for accusing him of publishing fake Reform membership data.

The Reform leader said he had opened up his database to media organisations after Badenoch claimed the rival party had coded an online counter to tick up …

An Italian journalist has been arrested while reporting in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and held in solitary confinement for a week, according to Italy’s foreign ministry.

Cecilia Sala, 29, a war correspondent and reporter who works for the newspaper Il Foglio and the podcast company Chora Media, was detained on …

I added Preston’s of Potto to the game when Eddie Stobarts and Norbert Dentressangles became commonplace, and it was unusual to see all three on one journey (

Letters, 22 December

A chauffeur has received a community order after being convicted of stalking a Qatari princess with whom he believed he was in a relationship.

Jihad Abousalah, 47, worked as a driver for Haya Al-Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family, and began to believe they were a couple, Westminster …

Nato is to increase its military presence in the Baltic Sea, the alliance has announced, after the suspected sabotage of an underwater power cable running between Finland and Estonia.

The Estlink 2 submarine cable was

disconnected from the grid

More than 1.5 million children are studying in dilapidated school buildings, a Guardian investigation has found, with years of underinvestment leaving England’s public infrastructure in a crumbling state.

A study of public sector building conditions, including hospitals, schools and courts, has found thousands are in need of urgent repair, with …

Keir Starmer has paid tribute to his brother, Nick, who had cancer and died on Boxing Day aged 60.

The prime minister said his younger brother was “a wonderful man” who “met all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour”.

He said in a statement: “I …

Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has dissolved parliament and called a snap election on 23 February after Olaf Scholz’s fractious three-way coalition collapsed three years into its mandate.

The national vote will come seven months ahead of schedule amid a rocky stretch of unusual political turmoil for the EU’s top economic …