LIMERICK City Fire Service has been ordered to pay €5,000 to a former English employee who found an anonymous racist note in his locker advising him to quit his job.

Three people are being treated for smoke inhalation at St James' hospital following a house fire in Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

South William Street in Dublin city centre has re-opened this morning following a fire earlier.

Parents were today warned to take extra care in the run-up to Halloween and be aware of the dangers of fire during celebrations.

CHAOS erupted in the capital’s main thoroughfare at just before 3pm yesterday after a Luas tram crashed into the side of a bus.

A number of units of Dublin Fire Service are dealing with a large fire in the Ringsend area in Dublin this evening.

An investigation will get underway later today to establish the cause of a fire at a north county Dublin hotel.

Museum chiefs tonight admitted they were “very lucky” no-one had died after 11 people were injured when a limestone staircase collapsed underneath them.

Gardaí were today trying to identify a couple who died in a fire in Dublin overnight.

A man was seriously injured in a shooting attack in Dublin’s south inner city last night.

Firefighters are battling a major gorse fire in the Dublin Mountains that has already caused a number of ESB pylons to collapse.

An ambulance has overturned after a collision with a car in Dublin's north inner city this morning.

Low-cost airline Ryanair today called on the Government and Aer Rianta to produce a contingency plan to keep Dublin Airport open during future strike actions.