Tommy Barker reports on a Blarney detached home which had a fantastic makeover by designer owners

A NAMA company has obtained summary judgment for stg£9m against an Irish businessman arising out of his personal guarantee on unpaid loans of some Stg£22m made to a company.

A teenage girl was stabbed and raped after a man dragged her from a Pizza Hut restaurant in front of terrified staff in a busy town centre in England.

Not only is there a lot of floor area on offer at Riverwalk, there’s cubic capacity as well, thanks to large internal areas with double heights or cathedral ceilings.

Tommy Barker reveals this house is the first to go on sale in this development since 2009.

There are two faces or facades to the quality and deceptive family home called Aisling.

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More than €25m of property was sold at the latest large-scale public auction held by Allsop Space in Dublin yesterday. A total of 131 lots out of more than 180 properties for sale went under the hammer for a combined total of €25.61m.

CARRIGROHANE, CORK €455,000

A TV actor who was extradited from Britain to appear before a special court sitting in Limerick has admitted robbing €5,200 from a shop.

A WOMAN sustained fatal injuries on her way home from work when she was struck by part of a tree which was sheered off in extreme winds, Dublin City Coroner’s Court heard yesterday.

IN the last year I have visited a number of FÁS centres in the Dublin area. I have made many observations and now maybe is the time to share some with the so-called government bodies who are there to enhance, motivate and educate our young.

THE pedestrian who was killed by a falling tree in Dublin on Thursday evening was a mother of three who was looking forward to her 46th birthday.

Motorists are being advised to drive with extra care this morning following stormy conditions in many areas overnight.

A 45-YEAR-OLD woman has been killed by a falling tree in Dublin city, as high winds and heavy rain swept across the country.

A 45-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a falling tree in Dublin.

Former Destiny's Child star Michelle Williams will share the dancefloor with ex-MP Ann Widdecombe in the new series of 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

FORMER Coronation Street star Denise Welch revealed she snorted cocaine in between filming scenes for the soap.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today reduced the sentence imposed on an actor convicted of having ten stun guns without a firearms certificate.

As the Garda launches its knife awareness campaign, recent court cases offer a brief glimpse into the growing knife culture and underline the need to tackle it, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

FEWER vehicles were clamped in Dublin last year according to new figures, but the clamping rate in Cork city increased in 2008.

An 18-year-old boy who fatally stabbed another teenager last year has been jailed for 10 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

An actor who imported 10 stun guns to see "if there would be a market for them here" has been jailed for two years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A south Dublin teenager has been found guilty of the fatal stabbing of another teenager outside his house on Waterloo Road by a jury at the Central Criminal Court.

The Central Criminal Court jury in the trial of a south teenager accused of murdering another teenager outside his house on Waterloo Road have been sent to a hotel for the night after almost two hours deliberation.

A teenager accused of murdering another teenager outside his house on Dublin's Waterloo Road, told gardaí he had not meant to stab the deceased man, a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A south Dublin teenager, accused of the fatal stabbing of another teenager outside his house on Waterloo Road, suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A south Dublin teenager told gardaí that he had stabbed another teenager outside his house on Waterloo Road a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A witness has told a Central Criminal Court jury that he saw his friend fall to the ground after he had been fatally stabbed after a night out to celebrate leaving school.

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a Dublin teenager accused of killing another student on Waterloo Road.

A schoolboy charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Leaving Certificate student last May was served with the book of evidence at the Dublin Children’s Court today.

A schoolboy charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Leaving Certificate student last May has been remanded by the Dublin Children’s Court pending the preparation of the book of evidence in the case.

A schoolboy was today charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Leaving Certificate student last May.

A schoolboy, who has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Leaving Certificate student last weekend, has been remanded on bail to allow gardaí to prepare a file on the case for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Detectives are tonight searching for two men who tried to aid a teenager stabbed to death in the early hours of Saturday.

A 17-year-old youth is in garda custody following the fatal stabbing of another teenager in south Dublin early this morning.

A 17-year-old youth is in garda custody following the fatal stabbing of another teenager in south Dublin early this morning.

BROADCASTER Gay Byrne will give evidence in the High Court this week in a case before the Commercial Court involving a multi-million euro claim over planning permission and proposed redevelopment of a site in Tallaght.

IF the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence.

THE residents of Waterloo Road in Dublin 4 and the commuters using that route have suffered for many months as a result of road works which are slowly progressing and the end may be in sight at least for those blessed with good vision.

Movie legend Anthony Hopkins has criticised film bosses for making “condescending” films.

A man described as "Dublin’s politest bank robber" who took more than €50,000 from various banks over a six-month period when in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction has been jailed for four years by Judge Desmond Hogan.

Plans to close down 21 post office branches across Northern Ireland will “rip the heart out of urban and rural communities,” it was claimed today.