Dermot Higgins (62) swam the 250km waterway stretch in 10 days, four fewer than the 2023 fastest record holder, Ger Moore, ...

Mr Higgins is no stranger to such feats; he was the first Irish man and oldest person to cycle around the ... Dermot Higgins, ...

A former school-teacher turned adventurer, who previously survived a bear attack, today became the fastest and oldest person to swim Ireland’s longest river, the Shannon.

Thousands of rowers have powered their way through the annual Great River Race, hailed by organisers as London’s River ...

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Drought monitor shows 45% of Illinois is being affected by at least a moderate drought and parts of southern Illinois are ...

Heavy rain lashed central Japan, with floods and landslides leaving one dead and at least six missing in an area already ...

The Apple tax saga has shown both how vulnerable and dependent Ireland is on multinationals. It’s high-time that the ...

I HAVE always loved a city that can be navigated by foot. Not only because you can tick off all the sights with ease but ...

A BUSY motorway bridge used by 80,000 Brits a day has closed suddenly for emergency works. The vital crossing, which measures over 16,000ft, has been shut down on one side for “carriageway ...

The militant group targeted areas in Israel farther south than most of its previous attacks, reinforcing fears of broader regional conflict. For Middle Eastern Foes, Diplomacy Takes a Back Seat to ...

A Minnesota Boat Club eight-man scull plies the waters of the Mississippi River on a training row in St. Paul early Aug. 19, 2009. (John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi ...