A teenage girl and a man in his 30s have been arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to the disappearance of a man in Co Laois.

William Delaney is missing from the Portlaoise area for almost five months since January 31.

Would-be presidential candidate Kevin Sharkey has said he was called the N-word just six weeks ago and made a plea to be nominated as “Ireland’s first black president” to send out a message to racists.

A man caught with €2,000 worth of cocaine in a jacket appealed a jail sentence on the basis he had snatched the jacket in a burglary and did not know the drugs were there.

Artist Séamus Nolan proposes that a boy who died in state care be made president for a day, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

THE political correctness controversy surrounding the recent remarks of Mary O’Rourke reached ludicrous proportions. The only thing racist in relation to her comments was the criticism.

Preliminary results released following the examination of Kilkenny boy Willie Delaney, who was exhumed from his grave, indicate he died as result of a medical condition.