A childcare worker, who suffered first and second degree burns to her legs and inner thighs following a laser bikini treatment that went wrong, has been awarded damages against Havana Therapy Limited.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is already on course to smash Irish box office records, after cinemas here reported one of their busiest ever weeks for online bookings.

An appeal has been issued for experienced divers to join searches for the last victim of last week’s wave tragedy off West Cork.

A new flagship Jack & Jones menswear store is to open in Dundrum Town Centre in mid-November, creating approximately 30 new jobs.

Forget vampires and zombies: Halloween is your excuse to go all-out glam, Hollywood-style. Rachel Marie Walsh recommends tools and tricks that make it easy.

Tipperary’s Dundrum House Hotel, a Georgian country mansion with golf resort and holiday homes on 220 acres near the M8, has been put up for sale by a receiver with a €2.75 million price guide.

There’s nothing worse than being abroad and missing your favourite food, like these Irish girls experienced while backpacking in South America.

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Colma Ni Bhrian has beaten all other Coldplay fans in what has to be one of the cleverest promotional stunts ever.

From the starter to the main course to dessert, wine columnist Leslie Williams serves up some must-have holiday drinks.

The then minister for justice Michael McDowell was a guest speaker at Thomas Byrne’s Christmas Party in the Four Seasons, the trial of the former solicitor has heard.

A bid to secure the sale of a nursing home at the centre of a legal row could ultimately result in a €1.9m judgment order obtained last year against the minister for health and several others being discharged.

IMAGINE the floral perfumes and white pepper of a fine German Riesling and mix that with the freshness of a Loire Valley Sauvignon Blanc such as Sancerre, and finally add in the lusciousness of the best Pinot Grigio from Northern Italy.

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AIB has opened Ireland’s first digital banking store in Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin, aimed at developing its customers’ use of online services.

DARK winter days in January are not the time you expect to drink rosé, but there is one reason you should — if you are serving Indian food.

How did shopping become a generation’s leisure activity of choice? Dave Kenny spends a day at Dundrum Town Centre — and gets to the bottom of the cult of the mall.

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Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver will follow up his appearance at the Taste of Dublin festival by opening his own restaurant in the capital, it emerged yesterday.

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Irish Olympic High Jump hopeful Deirdre Ryan is eager to get back into competitive action ahead of London 2012, following an ankle injury which has ruled the Dundrum-based athlete out since January.

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Senator Eamonn Coghlan yesterday found the perfect opportunity to help promote his &St Patrick’s Festival 5k and Family Fun Run — in tandem with his mission to improve the physical fitness of the younger generation — when he met a group of transition students from Presentation College, Terenure on a field trip to Government Buildings.

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WORLD youth racewalking champion Kate Veale (West Waterford), finished third in the junior women’s race at the prestigious McCain UK Cross Challenge in Bristol over the weekend.

IT has been another good week, with four winners since last Sunday before racing last night but it might even have been better if a bit more luck had gone our way.

THE winners of the senior men’s and senior women’s titles at Saturday’s Woodies DIY national inter-clubs cross-country championships at Santry Demesne are not interested in going to the world cross-country championships in Punta Unbria, Spain, on March 20.

THE Irish Franchise Awards attracted a larger than usual entry this year across its five main categories.

DOWN midfielder Ambrose Rogers is set to undergo a scan on his knee in the coming days to ascertain whether or not he will be available for their All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Kildare on August 29.

DESPITE less than ideal weather conditions a grand total of 50,000 runners and walkers took part in yesterday’s bank holiday marathons in Cork and Dublin which raised millions of euro for charity.

QUEVEGA will be aimed at the David Nicholson Mares Hurdle at Cheltenham following her impressive seasonal debut victory in the Book The Punchestown Pavilion At The Festival Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

IT looks like this year’s sales could be some of the best ever — as all the top stores are set to slash prices even lower than before Christmas.

A Romanian man who imprisoned a woman who thought he was a taxi driver and drove her 35 miles from her destination in Dublin city centre to Wicklow where she managed to escape has been given a three-year sentence.

Senator Alex White, Labour Leader in the Senate, has expressed dismay at the fact that primary schools in Dublin South will lose up to 14 teachers under the new pupil-teacher ratios set by the Government as a result of the Budget changes.

JUST in time for the Christmas market, the celebrated London toy store, Hamleys is to open an Irish branch at Dundrum Town Centre.

House of Fraser today said it was ready to roll out a host of brands across its revamped department stores, despite facing “difficult” trading conditions.

The Irish team are in a positive mood despite two withdrawals ahead of this weekend's World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh.

A FORMER head of finance with National Irish Bank is opposing an application by the director of corporate enforcement for a court order disqualifying him from involvement in the management of any company on unfitness grounds.

A gruesome infestation of cockroaches forced the closure of three food outlets in one of the country’s upmarket shopping centres, it was revealed today.

Three food outlets in the speciality Powerscourt Centre in central Dublin have been shut down following serious health fears.