Police in England have released CCTV footage of a "savage" attack on a homeless man which left him with possible life-changing injuries.

At least two people were shot and one person stabbed after fans of the San Francisco Giants flooded the city’s streets celebrating the baseball team’s World Series victory over the Kansas City Royals.

Funding of €70,000 could be forfeited for the creation of two parking bays for disabled transport unless a last-minute compromise is agreed between local businesses and county council officials in a West Cork town.

A Kinsale bar and night venue is back for sale a year after it last changed hands — and in a far better, updated condition.

These seven modern apartments at 38 Mary Street are in a new-build complex around a courtyard with rental income of €65,000.

JOSEF PAVELKA died last week, a celebrity and a ‘nobody’.

A 58-year-old man is living in a public toilet in Ennis, a court heard yesterday.

Gardaí investigating the death of Eugene Gillespie in Sligo town say they followed up on a 999 call made last Thursday alerting them that a man was tied up inside a house with a 'brown gate'.

Gardaí are carrying out a series of raids in Sligo town this morning, as part of an investigation into the murder of Eugene Gillespie.

The father of former boxing champion Ricky Hatton was arrested for attacking his son the day before he announced his comeback, police sources said.

A man celebrating at a 60th birthday party has been shot dead by “a lone gunman” in Britain.

A gang of 11 men plied girls as young as 13 with drink and drugs so they could “pass them around” and use them for sex, a court heard.

CARLINGFORD, Co Louth, is a small and particularly beautiful village situated in the extreme north-east corner of our little Republic — the very place, in fact, where you can see the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea.

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron said, after four nights of violence, a fightback was under way yesterday.

Rioters have set fire to a Miss Selfridge shop on Market Street in Manchester city centre this evening.

THIS property at Market Street in Skibbereen, Co Cork, has a number of features which make it stand out, but the most noticeable is probably the octagonal shaped area in the centre which is a little like a Roman atrium.

THE father of a young woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend five years ago was found dead in his home late on Tuesday.

A WEST CORK town was under three feet of water yesterday morning, for the second time in seven weeks.

DUTCH-owned ACC Bank is continuing its disposal of Irish bank branches in 2010, it has just confirmed at year’s end.

SEVERAL hundred households were without power last night after the ESB was forced to cut off power because of safety concerns.

A POTENTIALLY lethal bug has been discovered in a west Cork town’s water supply, forcing a local authority to tanker in water for up to 800 homes.

GARDAÍ investigating the serious assault on a man walking alone in Galway city centre on Thursday are preparing a file for the DPP.

The county of Meath experienced the largest increase in people signing on the dole last month, according to a geographical breakdown of the latest Live Register figures from the CSO.

The Omagh families have succeeded in turning the tables on the terrorists by humanising their plight while dehumanising the Real IRA. The perpetrators were unable to paint their opponents in court as large oppressive forces hostile to humanity, or even civil liberties for that matter

TRIBUTES were paid last night following the death of a popular businessman who ran Ireland’s luckiest Lotto newsagents.

Relatives of the victims of the Omagh bombing are gathering in Co Tyrone today for a ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the atrocity.

Church leaders in Omagh have reversed their decision to stay away from a 10th anniversary service for victims of the bomb, it emerged today.

A MAN was arrested yesterday and money was recovered by gardaí investigating an armed bank robbery earlier this week.

Gardaí have recovered a car hijacked by two armed bank raiders following a robbery in west Cork on Monday morning.

GARDAÍ last night recovered the car that was hijacked by masked gunmen after a terrifying bank raid in west Cork.

TWO gunmen robbed a bank, crashed the getaway car and hijacked another during a terrifying raid yesterday.

Two gunmen who robbed a bank crashed their getaway car and hijacked a second vehicle at gunpoint, detectives said today.

The Omagh bomb civil action must not become a private trial, the judge said today during legal discussion on what evidence should be heard in open court.

More than a dozen extra gardaí are to be called to give evidence at the Omagh bomb civil case, it was revealed today.

POLICE officers yesterday relived the horror of the Omagh bombing as they gave evidence in the civil action being taken by victims of the atrocity against the five men they believe responsible for the Real IRA attack.

Two years ago UK supermarket firm Morrisons was in turmoil as it wrestled with acquisition Safeway and racked up the first loss in its 106-year history.

In the North, five police officers have received minor injuries in two separate incidents overnight.

British Boots stores are bracing themselves for a rush today when they restock shelves with a hugely popular anti-ageing cream.

Thousands of protesters flowed through the streets of several US cities to call for an end to the funding of the Iraq conflict or the immediate return of US troops.

Former IRA man turned British agent Kevin Fulton must be given special protection if he gives evidence at the Omagh bomb trial, a court heard today.

THE deaths of two young men in weekend crashes in Co Kerry brings to 18 the number of people killed in traffic accidents in the county so far this year — the highest number since records began, according to gardaí.

Gardaí have named the two men killed in the two latest road crashes.

BODIES floated down the street after the Omagh bombing blew apart a water main, the trial heard yesterday.

Bodies floated down the street after the Omagh bombing blew apart a water main, Belfast Crown Court heard today.