The Kent car pile-up may have been caused by “stupid driving” , an AA chief in the UK said today.

Gardaí have identified the man who died in an incident at a junction on Dublin's Nassau Street on Thursday.

The head of the US Secret Service — in his first public appearance since a Colombian prostitution scandal involving his staff surfaced last month — issued an apology for the misconduct, as lawmakers expressed doubt it was an isolated incident.

A mother and her 14-year-old son appeared at the Children’s Court today to face charges in connection with an incident where three gardaí were allegedly assaulted.

The top al-Qaida terrorist killed in the US raid on Syria was about to stage an attack in Iraq, defence sources said today.

A pair of bombs ripped through central Baghdad just after dawn today, killing three people and injuring 21, police said.

Up to €40,000 seized in a drugs raids has disappeared from a garda station, it was confirmed tonight.