THE same way you know it’s a general election night when Brian Farrell wears a carnation in his lapel, so too the rich sound of the Artane Band heralds a landmark day in Croke Park for many of us.

Who will be so gullible as to believe those whitewash reports now?

A SENIOR member of the Christian Brothers yesterday claimed the media’s portrayal of Artane Industrial School had been “seriously unbalanced”.

A man who falsely imprisoned and threatened to kill two female employees during a video shop robbery has been jailed for six years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Tesco Ireland has announced that its personal finance business (Tesco Personal Finance) is to enter the loans market in Ireland, providing personal loans of up to €30,000.

TWO former Christian Brothers falsely accused of sexually abusing boys in their care spoke yesterday of the torment the allegations had caused them.