The High Court has ruled that a total sum of €10,700 cash found in a woman's knee high boot and a man's jacket during a Garda search of a house in south Dublin are the proceeds of crime.

Waterford champions The Nire will play Miltown-Malbay in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship semi-final after they saw off Adare at the Gaelic Grounds.

Sam Keeley failed his Leaving Cert but his love of acting has seen him succeed, writes Esther McCarthy

Fáilte Ireland is to increase the marketing of less- popular domestic holiday destinations in a bid to keep Ireland’s tourism offering buoyant in the face of outside threats such as Brexit.

An insipid Dublin SFC final was decided by the simple fact St Vincent’s weren’t as poor as their opponents.

Changing the special 9% Vat rate for the hospitality sector would be the worst possible thing to do right now in light of Brexit, according to minister of state for tourism and sport Brendan Griffin.

A clampdown on the use of expert witnesses in court cases is on the cards as the costs of compensation claims and insurance premiums continues to climb.

Gardaí at Ashbourne are looking for your help in tracing the whereabouts of missing teenager Keeley Murphy.

An animal rights group has offered a further €5,000 reward for any information on the brutal stabbing and killing of a pet dog in Cork City.

The owner of a dog who died an agonising death after its throat was slashed has vowed not to rest until her pet’s killers are brought to justice.

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A paedophile who sexually abused three relatives over a four-year period paid his young victims to remain quiet.

A thrifty mother-of-two gets her kids to take public toilet rolls to use at home.

A musician is on a mission to raise the nation’s spirits with an uplifting anthem.

Michael Keeley, a senior partner in Walbrook Capital, which has taken a 17% stake in the National Asset Management Agency Investment Ltd (Namail) was embroiled in a standoff between the UK Financial Services Authority and Barclays Bank in 2011.

A British agent who infiltrated the IRA has claimed today that a convicted bomb-maker was also a secret informer.

A former British double agent in the IRA has denied being a pathological liar over claims a suspected Garda mole destroyed evidence from one of the worst atrocities in the Troubles.

A British agent who infiltrated the IRA revealed there was not a day when the terror group was not trying to kill a member of the security forces.

THREE days of intensive training under the blue skies of Portugal paid a handsome dividend for Ballymun Kickhams who saw off the challenge of St Finbarr’s in the Division 1 final of the Bus Eireann Féile Peile final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday.

A British soldier killed in a landmine blast in Afghanistan has been laid to rest beside his baby daughter in the North.

They may have flown 'Little Britain', but David Walliams and Matt Lucas are not ready to take off their dresses, as they unveiled a pair of new 'laydees' today.

Five housemates will battle it out in this year’s Big Brother final after a mass eviction.

'Big Brother' will welcome three new housemates during a live show tonight.

Keeley may be forced to quit ‘Big Brother’ following a second day in hospital.

'Big Brother' contestant Keeley was being treated in hospital today after she was forced to leave the house following a nasty fall – and could be out for another day.

Caoimhe has quit 'Big Brother' this afternoon.

Caoimhe and Rachel are up for eviction in 'Big Brother' this week.

Caoimhe won the Save and Replace task and chose Mario to face eviction from the Big Brother house this week along with Ife and Corin.

'Big Brother' housemates Caoimhe, Corin and Ife will face eviction this week, it was announced today.

Three new housemates were settling into the 'Big Brother' house today after they landed in the garden in a space ship.

Three new contestants are due to land in the Big Brother house tonight – two of whom are already familiar faces to the housemates.

Big Brother quitter Shabby declared herself “a massive embarrassment” today for showing her emotions with unrequited love interest Caoimhe.

THE Dublin passport office witnessed more chaotic scenes yesterday with a frustrated customer chaining himself to a door inside the office demanding a passport to travel to his brother’s wedding in Thailand.

AN alternative system for dealing with offenders is around 35 times less expensive than prisons and boasts a much lower reoffending rate, new figures show.

IRISH holidaymakers last year spent a total of €707 million on breaks in Ireland, new figures reveal.

A drug addict who broke into the home of a 96-year-old man and "savagely" attacked him has been given an eight-year sentence by Judge Donagh McDonagh at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Three inmates who participated in a 12-hour riot at St Patrick’s Institution in the grounds of Mountjoy Prison have been given two-year suspended sentences by Judge Frank O’Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

SHELBOURNE BECKY duly delivered the goods in the final of the Guinness Trophy at Curraheen Park on Saturday night.

CHILDREN as young as 12, particularly girls, are attempting suicide and inflicting deliberate self harm, new figures from the National Parasuicide Registry show.

A new report shows a frightening level of suicidal behaviour among our population, writes Catherine Shanahan.