Margaret  Thatcher explored the removal of voting rights from an estimated 500,000 citizens of the Republic living in Britain after Ireland backed Argentina in the Falklands/Malvinas war in 1982. New historical documents on the seriousness of the breach between the two countries have just been revealed.

Ireland guaranteed they will be second seeds at the 2015 World Cup thanks to an emphatic 46-24 win over Argentina at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday – but coach Declan Kidney still doesn’t know what his future holds.

Ireland coach Declan Kidney expects to have out-half Jonathan Sexton available for the big Aviva Stadium test against Argentina on Saturday.

In his address at a reception in Buenos Aires for Argentina's 500,000-strong Irish community on Saturday, Irish President Michael D Higgins focused on the contributions the Irish had made in creating modern Argentina.

A new exhibition celebrating the Argentine-Irish Diaspora has offered a fascinating insight into the world of emigration.

A Dublin couple, their two-week old baby boy and their parents, have been trapped by the eruption of a volcano in Argentina.

They commemorated Admiral William Brown in the sun at Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires the other day.

On Sunday afternoon the Argentina Pumas took a hammering from the Irish team at the Aviva Stadium with a record victory of 29-9.

Ireland ran out easy winners against Argentina by 29-9 before a crowd of 30,000 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on a bitterly cold afternoon.

Irish rugby coach Declan Kidney delays naming his team to face Argentina this weekend due to several injuries incurred recently.

Argentina will be the first team to take on the Republic of Ireland at the new Aviva Stadium, the FAI have announced.