Laurence Bryan, 39, is been missing from the Tallaght area.

It is understood thieves who stole an 800 year old relic from Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin returned it because they thought it was cursed.

An 800-year-old relic, stolen from Christ Church Cathedral, has been recovered by Gardaí.

The husband of one of three Irish victims of the 2015 Tunisia terrorism attack has told an inquest into their deaths how he found his wife lying on the beach “with her head to one side as if she was lying in the sun”.

Bryan Cranston is recalling the first time he saw the caskets lying in state and draped in American flags while on set for his latest film, writes Georgia Humphreys.

Few things are more heartbreaking than hearing of the suicide of a young person, as I did today.

Catholics living in Northern Ireland have called for a return to direct rule to end the political chaos, a senior British Conservative MP has said.

LAST March, in Brussels, it was airline passengers, commuters, and the very institutions of the European Union, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

Ahead of Father’s Day on June 19, Vicki Notaro catches up with fathers, and the sons who have taken the same career path.

The public’s knowledge of the threat posed by Islamic extremists in Ireland is as limited as the amount of information provided to it by the authorities. As part of ongoing reports on this area, Cormac O’Keeffe was given a rare in-depth interview with the head of the Garda’s security services, Assistant Commissioner John O’Mahoney, about the reality of the situation here and what is being done about it. 

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The attacks in Brussels fit into a pattern of a concerted campaign against institutions and activities that the West regards as central to its values and ideals, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

For the third time in 10 months, Islamic State (IS) terrorism has been brought close to home.

From the high of the marriage referendum to domestic and foreign threats, and more Garda controversies, it’s been an extraordinary year for justice and law, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

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For a few moments yesterday, a little part of West Cork was transported to the cosmos.

The commercial fortunes of the Irish travel firm at the centre of the Tunisia terror atrocity earlier this year rebounded to record pre-tax profits of almost €700,000 in 2014.

Muslims from different parts of the country are to hold a “Not in our Name” demonstration on Dublin’s O’Connell Street in protest against the atrocities inspired by terror group Islamic State.

Our deepest sympathy must go the families and friends of the three Irish citizens, Laurence and Martina Hayes, and Lorna Carty, who were murdered in Sousse, Tunisia, last week. Nothing ever justifies murder, and nothing ever justifies mass-murder.

Three murdered Irish tourists were ordinary people on a summer holiday, who were just hours away from flying home, when Seifeddine Rezgui took to Marhaba beach armed with an assault rifle and grenades and massacre of the innocent on his mind, reports Cormac O’Keeffe.

Efforts are expected to begin this week to repatriate the bodies of three Irish people killed in Friday’s terrorist attack in Tunisia, a vital cystic fibrosis respiratory ward at Cork University Hospital has not opened because of staffing shortages, Greek banks are to shut for six days and Westmeath have made history. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Laurence and Martina Hayes, the couple killed in Friday’s terror attack in Tunisia, had put down roots in the very heart of Athlone.

Queen Catrine, who was just touched off in the Sandringham Handicap a Royal Ascot last summer, ended a two-year losing streak in the At The Races Sky 415 Fillies’ Conditions Stakes at Leicester yesterday.

Few will raise an eyebrow to hear that Roy Keane’s dogs knew how a match had gone by his body language — it speaks volumes at the best of times.

Love Hate actors Laurence Kinlan and Kieran O’Reilly have teamed up once again to bring Battlefield Hardline’s Cops vs Criminals angle to life.

Lochbo Benny collected his second Cup of the season at the Cork meeting at Blarney yesterday with an impressive eight lengths success over Camarillo Blonde, who was having her first outing of the year.

Frozen, Garth Brooks, how to shift?

Google has released its 14th annual review of the billions of searches made in Ireland this year and, as always, it’s a unique perspective on modern Irish life.

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Rescuers have lost hope of finding a prominent New York couple or recovering wreckage from their small plane which crashed into the sea off Jamaica.

As crime boss Nidge in Love/Hate, Tom Vaughan Lawlor hasn’t flinched from dispatching his enemies, and soon he’ll be playing another character who knows where the bodies are buried.

A former banker who turned to God hopes to help people find the true meaning of life and happiness at a ‘festival of silence’ on an island off Cork.

Aidan O’Brien’s El Salvador found plenty in the closing stages to justify favouritism in the SeanieMac.com Race at Killarney last night.

For anyone wanting to design a political obstacle course, the route chosen by Mary Fitzpatrick makes a good template.Mary Fitzpatrick, Fianna Fáil candidate for Europe, canvassing in Raheny, Dublin. Pic: Maxpics

A landmark church in Cork City is at risk of crumbling unless it receives an urgent cash injection.

An Australian man who made global headlines after becoming wedged naked in his washing machine during a prank said his freeing by police using olive oil was “like a birthing”.

Heralded as Steven Soderbergh’s final movie, Side Effects (15A) opens up in sombre fashion, as psychiatrist Dr Jonathan Banks (Jude Law) attempts to treat a patient, Emily (Rooney Mara), with a combination of anti-depressants.

Coming from Maynooth, the home of Ireland’s clerical elite, Laura Jayne Halton would have seen a fair few frocks in her youth — mostly worn by male clerics.

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Over 1,000 beef farmers involved in the Irish Angus Beef Producers group recently enjoyed a celebratory barbecue on the farm of Tony and Margaret O’Mahony at Carey’s Cross, Bandon, Co Cork, to mark 10 years of producing premium beef for the ABP food group.

For Laurence Wilson and the other survivors of last year’s plane crash tragedy, Friday will be a day of mixed emotions.

LAURENCE O’BRYAN