Victims of a notorious paedophile priest have been barred from taking further legal action against the Catholic Church because of an earlier settlement.

The U20 women’s final will be an all-Cork decider with Glanmire and Singletons Supervalu Brunell competing in what promises to be a cracking encounter.

They have a name for it in Hollywood, of course, where there’s a name for everything: the non-recurring phenomenon.

PROMOTING peace in Northern Ireland and along the border is the aim of ‘The Memory Project’, which uses drama, theatre and television documentary to understand the past and build pathways for the future.

A former District Court judge has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison today after being convicted of deception.

Inter-county footballers have given a mixed response to the motion calling for gumshields to be made mandatory by 2014.

PREPARING Garrycastle for a second Leinster club football final in three years in what could be his last game in charge would be enough to keep most managers occupied. But Anthony Cunningham’s been getting accustomed to multi-tasking since he his appointment as John McIntyre’s successor over the Galway hurlers in late October.

RED-HOT favourites Portlaoise had to wait until the second-half beforebeing able to impose their authority on a gallant Rathnew side in this quarter-final clash at O’Moore Park yesterday.

A European warrant was issued for the arrest of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams’ brother over alleged sex abuse.

A man accused of murdering his pregnant ex girlfriend could face a retrial after a jury today failed to reach a verdict.

THAT Ireland is in the grip of a baby boom is indisputable – figures from the Central Statistics Office this week show births have reached a 110-year high.

The alleged former leader of the IRA will go on trial for tax evasion in the non-jury Special Criminal Court.

Judges are expected to rule today on whether incriminating statements allegedly made by a former IRA chief can be used against him in his trial on kidnap charges.

The trial of a former IRA chief charged over the kidnapping of a businessman 25 years ago continues today.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build private clinics on public hospital grounds could cost taxpayers more than €1 billion, Labour last night warned.

IT’S not every day you get to meet a robot — unless you’re a time traveller like Dr Who.

Dublin’s Trinity College has reportedly become the latest third-level institution to be affected by a countrywide outbreak of mumps.

Minister for Justice Michael McDowell was today granted leave to seek a judicial review of a planning decision by Roscommon County Council involving his luxury holiday home.

Four teenagers who violently gang-raped a Limerick woman were sentenced to a total of 31 years’ detention today.

A truck driver found in possession of cocaine and cannabis worth almost €16m was jailed for five years today.

A seven-week trial did nothing to establish how Brian Murphy was killed in a savage and drunken attack, his father claimed today.

The Irish music industry is to honour veteran singer Christy Moore by making him the first recipient of an annual award.

A German tourist found dead in dense undergrowth was naked from the waist down and her head was detached from her body, a court heard today.

Having lost an appeal against his conviction, John Gilligan is to appeal the length of his sentence for drugs offences.

Alleged Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt sacked his legal team today and declared that he will not take any further part in his trial for directing terrorism.

ALLEGED Real IRA mastermind Michael McKevitt wanted Iraq to help fund his new terror offensive, a court heard yesterday.

Huge St Patrick’s Day celebrations will be held in London next year, Mayor Ken Livingstone promised today, as he snubbed England’s St George calling him a ‘‘corrupt bureaucrat’’.