TDs are to get their own personal trainer to ensure they are fighting fit for the next general election.

A company has lost its High Court challenge over the HSE's refusal to enter into a community pharmacy contract (CPC) with it for a pharmacy on Dublin's northside.

Househunters in Dublin are paying up to 15% more for a home near a Luas line.

We’re just seven years shy of a century since a side representing the 26 counties first played international football and in all that time, only one midfielder has broken double figures when it comes to scoring goals.

The Garda Ombudsman will need “extra resources” to conduct an investigation into suspected fraud involving a secret garda bank account, sources have explained.

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan blocked attempts by the State’s auditor to gain access to minutes of senior management meetings of the force, it can be revealed.

Postmasters are set to run candidates in a number of Munster constituencies in the next general election, as part of their campaign for the survival of the post office network.

LEAVING Cooper family hands for the first time since Cromwellian days is Sligo’s historic Markree Castle, the latest in a quickly expanding list of Irish hotels and castles changing hands along with the likes of Adare, and Ashford, while Waterford Castle is also up for new ownership.

Gardaí have issued an appeal for witnesses to the hit-and-run that killed a two-year-old girl on the North Road, Phoenix Park, yesterday evening.

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A fundraising drive aims to support kids with heart defects writes Helen O’Callaghan.

Incoming European Affairs Minister Paschal Donohoe has pledged to use his new role to try and facilitate Ireland’s exit from the bailout programme.

Steve Collins’ proposed bout with Roy Jones Jnr won’t now be happening, according to the Cabra man’s brother and current Athlone Town soccer manager Roddy.

Customers in a pub fled for safety as a gunman opened fire on a convicted criminal, gardaí said.

Michael Lowry’s land holding in Wigan has shed light on his contacts with some of his longstanding associates in north Tipperary and the horse racing industry.

Over half the required 144 entries for the Ladbrokes Irish Derby have been received with another four days to go before Saturday’s closing stage.

The body charged with inspecting the country's psychiatric institutions says patients in a number of centres are still living in "entirely unacceptable and inhumane conditions".

Former Minister for Agriculture Ivan Yates caused many a head to nod in agreement when, during a recent address to the annual lunch of the Dublin Greyhound Track Bookmakers, he commented that the first priority for Greyhound and Horse Racing folk should be to have the respective industries returned under the umbrella of the Department of Agriculture.

MYSTERY continues to surround the identity of a woman found stabbed to death on Wednesday afternoon in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

COLLEGE Causeway wrote a piece of history when setting an incredible new track record in the first round of the Paddypower.com Irish Derby at Shelbourne last night.

A building contractor who evaded €500,000 tax over over eight years has been jailed for 20 months by Judge Martin Nolan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

CHILDREN as young as 10 with attention deficiency hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have either threatened or attempted to take their own lives.

A new hotline is to be set up today to tackle the problem of illegal drugs in North Dublin.

ANDY LEE launches another defence of his national senior middleweight title at the National Stadium tonight, but said yesterday it is going to be no pushover against experienced Athyman, Hugh Joyce (St Michael’s).

A man who tried to claim nearly £200,000 (Irish pounds) from Ladbrokes bookmakers with a forged betting slip based on the numbers of the English lottery has received a five-year suspended sentence from Judge Kevin Haugh at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

CONOR GALVIN’S goal six minutes before the half-time break helped Kilmacud Crokes to a seven point win over Ballymun Kickhams (1-10 to 0-6) and progression to the last eight of the Dublin SFC at Parnell Park on Saturday evening.