More than 600,000 people in Dublin, Kildare and Meath are affected by the boil water notice.

Renewing the Help-to-Buy scheme is "vital" to ensuring future growth in the housing market in Cork, according to estate agents Lisney.

The results from the local elections have thrown up a few surprise selections, including an ex-UFC fighter and a participant in Googlebox Ireland, write Ryan O’Neill and Louise Walsh.

Helping bees and other pollinators is easy and will make your garden more beautiful, says Peter Dowdall

The dangerous buildings section of South Dublin County Council is investigating reports of unsafe balconies in Tallaght.

The GAA have purchased farmland in Naul in north Dublin to harvest playing surfaces for Croke Park and other GAA stadia.

Half of the 20 goals set following Jonathan Corrie’s death have been achieved, while others under way

The inflatable two lane 260 foot slide will run from Christchurch Cathedral down the hill towards the quays.

Get ready, Dublin… a giant slide is coming to town.

Ray Burke is not corrupt. A paper trail of money received by him is simply a testament to his political ability, says Michael Clifford

An organisation which campaigns against the trafficking of migrant women into prostitution has hit out at a suspended jail term handed down to a company executive who ran a sophisticated brothel network in Limerick.

A Dublin company executive and a Brazilian woman, who directed one of the most sophisticated prostitution operations of its kind in the Mid-West region, yesterday walked free from court.

School dropout rates have reached their lowest recorded levels, but wide variations remain between cities and other areas.

Fossett Brothers Circus will learn in little over a fortnight whether it folds its tents for the last time or catapults its way to a new beginning.

Municipal golf courses can cash in on the growing appeal of the sport among young people and families, according to management at one of Dublin’s most scenic venues.

They sat calmly side by side, descendants of people who were opponents in a turbulent and bitter period in Irish history.

Fianna Fáil is hopeful of winning a seat in the Dublin West by-election after 27-year-old teacher and local councillor David McGuinness was chosen as its candidate.

Although the name for the new Liffey bridge has been decided, Dublin County Council might consider a change to Tom Gilmartin Bridge, a patriot who fearlessly, and at great personal cost, exposed the malignant corruption in the heart of our capital city and nation.

One of Ireland’s most successful property developers and the man who told the Moriarty Tribunal he never gave the former taoiseach, Charles Haughey “a penny in his life, or a pound”, has passed away.

Four councillors and a millionaire businessman who were at the centre of a collapsed planning corruption trial last week had received bribes from political lobbyist Frank Dunlop in return for rezoning favours, the Mahon Tribunal has found.

Charges of corruption against four councillors and a businessman have been withdrawn by the State due to the medical condition of the chief prosecution witness.

A former political lobbyist has admitted that he told “big lies about important matters” when he gave evidence to a tribunal 13 years ago.

A former political lobbyist has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he made cash payments to county councillors to secure their votes for the rezoning of land.

A former political lobbyist has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he made cash payments to county councillors to secure their votes for the rezoning of land.

A businessman accused of making corrupt payments to local politicians in Dublin in the 1990s has told a court that he did not know any of the Councillors in question.

Socialist MEP Paul Murphy has insisted his arrest will not stop anti-water charge and property tax protesters stepping-up their campaigns.

A new book tells of workplace pioneers like Catherine Walshe, an engineer of many firsts, says Colette Sheridan

The Supreme Court has dismissed businessman Jim Kennedy appeal's against a High Court decision rejecting his bid to stop his trial over alleged corrupt payments for land rezoning.

Maurice Fitzgerald’s letter about the Labour Party (Apr 18) is an outrageous falsehood.

Olivia Mitchell is the only person in the Dáil against whom adverse findings were made by Mahon. While she was not corrupt, the system was, writes Michael Clifford

Fine Gael has yet to decide on the fate of TD Olivia Mitchell, ministers have indicated.

Labour will this weekend pay tribute to its councillors and party members who ignored corrupt bribes during the 1980s and 1990s and which were exposed by the Mahon Tribunal.

Joan Burton, the social protection minister, has raised questions about Government members interacting with individuals criticised by tribunals following the appearance of Enda Kenny at a public event with businessman Denis O’Brien.

The Mahon Tribunal has been a watershed and the kind of corruption it exposed could not happen again, as Irish society would not tolerate it, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said.

Several early revelations about suspected planning corruption were ignored and recommendations quietly buried before the Mahon Tribunal began its work, Michael Clifford reports

One of the country’s leading property developers, Owen O’Callaghan was “aware of and actively engaged in” facilitating corrupt payments of almost £120,000 to politicians over a three-year period in the early 1990s, according to the Mahon Tribunal.

The cost reflected the manner in which the state has been run for decades, writes Michael Clifford.

I NOTE the publication today of the Mahon Tribunal final report which are not the findings of a court of law.

MICHAEL CARRUTH says that it’s about time he is replaced in the record books as the last Irishman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing.

RELATIVES of the victims of the Stardust tragedy have expressed surprise that a supermarket group has applied to build an outlet on the site of the 1981 inferno, in which 48 people died.

MANY offers of social housing are refused because of unrealistic expectations, while in one local authority area half of all offers are not even acknowledged.

The Supreme Court has today granted businessman Jim Kennedy's a stay pending the determination by the Supreme Court of his appeal against the High Court's refusal to stop his trial for allegedly making corrupt payments in relation to the rezoning of lands in Co Dublin.

The High Court has today dismissed applications by ex-FG TD Liam Cosgrove and businessman Jim Kennedy aimed at stopping their trials in connection with alleged corrupt payments in relation to rezoning of lands in Dublin.

The State has failed to give reasons why there was such a lengthy delay before charges were brought against businessman Jim Kennedy, the High Court has heard.

Retired Fine Gael politician Liam Cosgrave was shocked to learn he was to be charged with receiving alleged corrupt payments for rezoning of lands in Carrickmines in Dublin in the 1990s, the High Court heard today.

The High Court has today made an order allowing limited discovery of documents sought by businessman Jim Kennedy for his forthcoming judicial review proceedings aimed at preventing his criminal trial for alleged corrupt payments.

Greyhound Recycling and Recovery has strengthened its position as the largest recycling company in Ireland having completed a deal to buy South Dublin County Council’s waste collection business.

The High Court has today granted permission to former Fine Gael politician Liam Cosgrave and businessman Jim Kennedy to bring a legal challenge aimed at stopping their trials in connection with alleged corrupt payments in relation to rezoning of lands in Carrickmines in Dublin in the 1990s.