Street dealing in prescription drugs is far outstripping the illegal trading of cocaine and heroin on city streets.
A murder investigation was under way last night into the death of a “devoted dad” who may have been lying dead in an abandoned building for up to 24 hours before his body was found by teenagers.
Double killer John Gallagher has handed himself in to the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin.
Countless Irish men may have needlessly undergone invasive surgery and chemotherapy because a widely-used blood test erroneously said they had life-threatening prostate cancer.
More than 20 staff at a Donegal bakery barricaded themselves into the building last night after a stand-off with officials from the Revenue Commissioners.
Motorists will no longer be able to declare their cars “off the road” for tax purposes under new laws being drawn up by Environment Minister Phil Hogan.
A merchant ship that sank in the 1600s, and which has been discovered off the West Cork coast, could have brought the first coconuts to Ireland.
Teenager Ronan Kiely, who has been waiting for an artificial leg since last November, has been told he will shortly get a replacement.
A woman who was left unable to wear high heels after she suffered a burn injury when a hot water bottle in her bed split open has been awarded €65,000 by the High Court.
Patients dressed in pyjamas at a smoke-free hospital campus are hiding behind trees and bushes to smoke, chairman of the HSE West Forum has said.
A 100-year-old Galway hooker and a Cornish fishing lugger which sailed to the Antarctic and back before being restored in West Cork are among the stars of the colourful Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival, which begins on Friday.
Feta cheese, Swiss funds, and Greek business. A different type of Eurovision contest was under way yesterday with the yes and no sides throwing all sorts of ingredients into the EU treaty debate while singing from different hymn sheets.
A thriving sports complex which served as a nursery for some of Cork’s top sports stars will celebrate its 50th anniversary this week.
Jedward showed their true colours last night when they sensationally qualified for Saturday’s final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
More than a third of people have no mortgage debt attached to their home.
Ireland’s health watchdog has acknowledged that billions of euro worth of cutbacks to the health service over the coming years could cause another hospital crisis like that seen at Tallaght.
Kerry County Council is to decide shortly whether to take over the running of a pool and leisure centre which it underwrote to the tune of €4m.
The popular garda involved in a tragic shooting at the weekend has died at Kerry General Hospital.
The Department of Agriculture has strongly denied claims by environmental and heritage groups that illegal turf-cutting on nine of the country’s 53 protected bogs is going unchallenged.
He’s already become one of Ireland’s most successful ever comic export to Britain, where he fronts a string of prime time TV shows.
Further calls have been made on RTÉ chairman Tom Savage and director general Noel Curran to resign as a result of the Prime Time Investigates programme which defamed Fr Kevin Reynolds.
Government ministers have clashed over whether Ireland will be able to return to the markets next year for funds and the possibility of having to access the EU’s future bailout fund.
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has said a project aimed at helping families being intimidated over drugs debts is succeeding, with the Government saying the scheme could be expanded across the country.
An emotional Westmeath woman bought back a house for her brother which had been repossessed by the bank.
If you’re “on the way out” it might be prudent to check the availability of ever-decreasing grave spaces in West Cork. And, if not, it could be a good idea to invest in a “pay now and use later” scheme.
Islanders off West Cork have been cut adrift by the Government as a junior minister has admitted: “We can’t help you.”
A Cork husband and wife are proving a big hit with New York audiences and critics for their latest off-Broadway performance.
The National Rehabilitation Hospital is to get a replacement, purpose-built, 120- bed facility on its site in Dún Laoghaire.
Mushrooms growing in the Burren in Co Clare hold the key to tackling future world food shortages, according to scientists.
There has been a 7% rise in numbers contacting the crime victims’ helpline — with a noticeable increase in people affected by burglaries.
If tax on Irish workers was increased to the EU average, the Government would not have to borrow to run the state each year, a thinktank claims.
Eurobonds will dominate the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels this evening despite Germany insisting it will not consider the idea. The bonds would immediately lower Ireland’s borrowing costs.
One in four older people fell victim to financial abuse last year, figures reveal.
John McAreavey paused for a moment before entering the small cobbled yard that led to courtroom 5.
The scale of bank card fraud is continuing to rise, with €25.7m being scammed by criminals off unsuspecting card holders last year.
Four music companies are challenging the Data Protection Commissioner’s order to stop them unwinding their “three strikes and you’re out” agreement with Eircom aimed at combating the illegal downloading of music.
Farm incomes rose almost a third last year, an income spike likely to be short-lived with falling commodity prices, Teagasc has warned.
The high level of mortgage arrears remains the “single biggest issue facing our people”, the Taoiseach told the Dáil yesterday.
Fire has destroyed the highest pub in Ireland, The Top of Coom, which is perched over the 1,000ft mark on the Kerry-Cork border.
A sit-in at a factory sparked by a row over redundancy payments looks set to come to an end tomorrow afternoon, after 161 days.
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