A €10m scheme aimed at bringing an end to the discharge of untreated wastewater into a prominent bay in West Cork is under way.

The scale of Ophelia’s devastation was particularly felt in Waterford, Tipperary, and Dundalk, where three people lost their lives as a result of the storm.

Tommy Barker looks at a two-storey terraced home in Courtmacsherry

The parents of a 23-year-old woman strangled to death by her boyfriend have said they will never forget what was inflicted upon their “beautiful daughter” and will never recover from her loss.

The HSE said it is liaising with the “relevant authorities” amid concerns for a young family who may have been living in squalor for months.

The taxpayer is facing a hefty clean-up bill after tonnes of rotting rubbish and vast piles of nappies containing human waste were found inside an abandoned suburban house.

A Sligo man who was “well-known” to gardaí has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being caught with over €67,000 of cocaine in Co Roscommon.

GAELIC football fans in Kildare wish to acknowledge the acumen of our esteemed leader, Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

A CRITICALLY ill woman died after her head and neck became trapped under a hospital bed safety rail, an inquest has heard.

A MAJOR housing and leisure development, earmarked for Caherciveen, has been turned down by An Bord Pleanála.

A CO Tipperary grandmother claims she saw an apparition of Pope John Paul II while at the hairdressers last Saturday.

TOM HANLON secured a 14% share of first preferences and the second seat on Passage West town council with his 243 votes in the 1999 local elections.

TWO road deaths over the holiday weekend brings to 233 the number of people killed on Irish roads so far this year.