THE Standards in Public Office Commission has confirmed it received two complaints about Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s acceptance of money from businessmen, but decided not to launch a formal investigation.

Dame Anita Roddick today denied the sale of Body Shop to L’Oreal was a betrayal of its customers and the ethical principles of the business.

Seventeen young pro-choice activists have mounted a protest outside the Dáil calling for the legalisation of abortion in Ireland.

The FTSE 100 Index was on track to end the week at its highest level in three years today as the sky-high cost of crude boosted oil stocks.

BODY-PIERCING has claimed two lives in Europe in the past six months, as well being blamed for causing a range of viral infections such as hepatitis and HIV, according to an EU report.