This year is the centenary year of the Limerick Soviet.

A 20- year old man who was abused as a child by a neighbour who threatened to slit the throats of his parents if he told, has been awarded €200,000 by the High Court.

A Lebanese national who was accused of threatening to kill his sister has been acquitted by direction of the trial judge after two prosecution witnesses failed to appear to give evidence.

IF a year makes a difference, check out the changes in a decade.

A Co Meath environmental campaigner has called for a levy to be placed on the tickets for concerts in Slane to benefit the local community.

A man who claims he was orally raped at blade-point in St Patrick's Institution asked prison warders to bring him a priest after they found him hiding in a toilet cubicle.

LATE last night there was still no news regarding Cork's fate following their use of six substitutes in last Sunday's Munster SFC final against Tipperary in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Booming Ireland is being flooded with foreign visitors... in the form of English navvies.