Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who resigned from his role of Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh in February amid allegations of sexual misconduct, will be leaving Scotland to take part in a period of spiritual renewal at the Vatican.

The Vatican has ordered Cardinal Keith O'Brien to leave Scotland. Britain's most senior priest retired from the church in Scotland after admitting inappropriate sexual conduct with priests and planned to move to a house in Dunbar in East Lothian after vacating his official residence in Edinburgh.

A Scottish historian believes that St Patrick, Ireland's patron saint was born in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Up to now, it has always been reported that Ireland's patron saint was from Wales.

Ireland lock Donnacha O’Callaghan has admitted he feels ‘a bit ashamed’ by Sunday’s shocking defeat to Scotland as coach Declan Kidney fights for his future.

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Reports in Scotland say that star striker Gary Hooper has turned down a new contract offer from Glasgow Celtic and could be off to the Premier League before the transfer window closes next week.

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Jim McGuinness, manager of the successful Donegal team which won the All-Ireland football final, looks certain to join Celtic soccer club as a member of their technical staff.

The Scottish people will vote on independence before 2014 in a deal in Edinburgh arranged by Scottish leader Alex Salmond and British Prime Minister David Cameron.

'Bounty hunter' Eddie Horkan will receive a hefty $57,000 finder’s fee for getting a US company to move 30 jobs destined for Scotland to Ireland. 

Donald Trump was laughed at in the Scottish parliament when he claimed he was a “world class tourist expert”. Trump is furious about the proposed wind turbines Scotland is planning on installing off the coast of Trump’s new golf resort, eight miles north of Aberdeen. Trump claims that with the installation of the turbines, Scotland will quickly lose out on the tourism trade to nearby Ireland.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports on Trump’s conflict with Scotland’s plan to go green by 2020. Upon being informed about the proposed installation of the 11 wind turbines off the coast of his new $1.2 billion golf resort, Trump went directly to an inquiry into renewable energy at Scotland’s Parliament to lodge his complaints.

Donnacha O’Callaghan claimed there is life after the big guns as Ireland finally produced the goods this season with an emphatic 32-14 win over Scotland at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

New captain Rory Best led by example as Ireland defeated Scotland 32-14 in the Six Nations at the Aviva Stadium.

Ireland’s rugby team has suffered another blow – flanker Sean O’Brien is out of Saturday’s RBS Six Nations clash with Scotland at the Aviva Stadium.

A phone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard, London’s police headquarters, was hacked and its contents published on YouTube by the hackers group, Anonymous. The call disclosed details of intelligence sharing with the Irish authorities.

A railroad historian has discovered an attempt to build a railway tunnel between Ireland and Scotland under the North Sea dating to the 1890s.