Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and boyfriend Kanye West have stuck with 'tradition' in their name choice for their newborn girl.

A double murder investigation involving more than 50 gardaí got under way in Killorglin, Co Kerry, after autopsies confirmed a Lithuanian woman and her young daughter had died violently.

The kind of excuses people make for failing to pay their television licence would probably make for good reality TV show.

A New York Medical Examiner Office employee has been suspended after the body of a young Irishman was placed in a van full of rubbish after his tragic death over the weekend.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter said today that the practice of slopping out at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin will be phased out by the end of the year.

A man who carried out a violent and unprovoked attack on a random stranger has avoided jail today.

Investigations are continuing this morning into the double murder of a mother and daughter in Kerry.

Gardai in Kerry have also confirmed that both were stabbed to death.

A 27-year-old man died after his car hit a ditch adjacent to a junction of a main road in East Cork early yesterday.

Two men have been arrested following a drugs seizure in Co Cork.

A 1,000-strong congregation burst into spontaneous applause last night after hearing heartfelt tributes to a mother and daughter brutally murdered at the weekend.

The husband of murdered Jill Meagher says the man who raped and murdered his wife is "unrepentantly evil".

A 13-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder over the death of his five-year-old half-sister after he told investigators he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV.

North Korea has angrily denied a report its ruler used Adolf Hitler's memoir as a leadership guide, threatening to kill the authors of the report.

The head of the Irish Bank Officials Association claims that bonuses to senior executives are distorting CSO statistics which indicate rises for financial workers.

Shannon-based aircraft leasing firm GE Capital Aviation Services have bought 10 new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners for an estimated $3bn (€2.24bn) at list price.

Four counties have been warned they risk having funding withheld if they don't devise a managers' charter.

SUDDENLY, Jake White's prediction of doom for the British & Irish Lions should they lose Saturday's first Test against Australia possesses extra foreboding.

Human rights themes are again to the fore at the ICCL awards, writes Pádraic Killeen

The Treaty City is hoping for a financial bonanza if it lands the 2018 event, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler

THE first time I covered a sexual assault case I remember sitting in the court room and being stunned by the evidence — when I realised that I had experienced the same abuse that was being outlined by the victim.

Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have been found guilty of massive tax evasion in Italy.

Children with special needs face further cuts to resource teaching as the Government forces schools to cater for more pupils without increased staffing levels.

The West Cork region is "bleeding to death" due to Government cuts, protesters claimed yesterday.

The Seanad is in need of reform, but the bill launched last week demonstrates that reform is attainable.

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy says his team have "worked very hard" on fitness since losing their relegation play-off with Clare.

A major security operation is being planned to prevent protests disrupting the election of the new lord mayor of Cork on Friday night.

A goalkeeper who was shot in the head during a match only realised he'd been hit by a bullet after finishing the match.

The Minister for Health James Reilly says threats to burn him and his family out of their home have gone much further than they should have.

Cork forward Stephen Moylan says he and his teammates intend to "step up to the plate" following a devastating run of illness and injury.