A car caught fire in Dublin city centre last night, with witnesses in the area reporting an explosion.

Arcade Fire are working with James Murphy on their new album.

The Doors' founding member Ray Manzarek has passed away.

Up to 310 jobs are being created in Dublin, with the seperate openings of a new hotel, and a headquarters for a global advertising firm.

FIRE fighter chiefs could be set to make a dramatic U-turn on controversial new breathing equipment, after taking samples to Britain for urgent safety tests.

FIRE officers came to the rescue in more ways than one when they saved a young mother of three from a house fire in Tallaght, Co Dublin, and then arranged for Santa to visit her children in hospital to replace presents destroyed in the Christmas Day blaze.

FIRE safety could be a concern for a local authority at a proposed €500 million gas terminal at Tarbert on the Shannon Estuary.

FIRE fighters in Limerick city and county will no longer have to deal with water shortages on call-outs with the delivery of three water tenders which will have capacity for 25.5 tons (25,500 litres) of water.

FIRE chiefs and forestry agents warned last night that raging fires could continue today and possibly even further into the week as the sun continued to blaze across the north-west.

CANADIAN rockers Arcade Fire’s record The Suburbs has been hailed album of the year in a prestigious poll of music critics.

Canadian rockers Arcade Fire's record 'The Suburbs' has been hailed album of the year in a prestigious poll of music critics.

A FIRE swept through a barrack at the former Nazi death camp of Majdanek, destroying more than half the building and possibly 10,000 shoes of Holocaust victims, officials said yesterday.

Fire crews are tackling a fire at a bar and restaurant in Co. Clare.

A FIRE chief broke down in the witness box at Limerick Circuit Court when he recalled the moment he realised he would have to break the news of the death of a fellow firefighter and a garda to their families.

FIRE burned through suburbs north of Athens early yesterday, destroying homes and forcing thousands to flee in nighttime evacuations, fire service and local officials said.

A FIRE sent dark smoke billowing from the executive floor of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of workers and visitors.

FIRE services across the south-west are on high alert after a spate of fires on gorse and hills over the weekend.

FIRE safety experts have demonstrated the devastating consequences of throwing water on a blazing chip-pan fire.

FIRE officers praised staff at one of Cork’s biggest department stores last night after a minor fire.

A FIRE officer last night spoke of the trauma to those who arrived on the devastating scene of the crash that claimed the lives of two young girls on Monday night.

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The number of road traffic accidents attended by the Fire Service in Co Clare tripled in the last five years, it emerged today.

FIRE services countrywide are hoping that further heavy rain forecast for today will dampen forests and scrub lands where wild fires have caused havoc over the past month.

FIRE officers issued an appeal to landowners to respect the law as gorse fires continued to blaze in Kerry during the weekend.

A FIRE broke out on an Indonesian ferry carrying 300 passengers yesterday, killing at least 16 people and sending scores of passengers jumping into the sea, officials said.

Music lovers who buy tickets for this summer’s gigs at inflated prices from touts or on auction websites could find themselves turned away at the door.

FIRE crews yesterday struggled to protect homes from a wind-whipped wildfire that trapped and killed four firefighters in a wall of flames as it raced across almost 38 square miles in southern California.

FIRE raged through one of St Petersburg’s biggest buildings yesterday, bringing down the main cupola atop the stately church in Russia’s former Imperial capital and sending clerics scurrying to save treasured icons.

A FIRE chief who has had a phenomenal impact on the service in Waterford has hung up his boots.

A FIRE broke out in an office building in the Russian Pacific coast city of Vladivostok yesterday, killing nine people and injuring at least 15 others as trapped victims jumped from windows to escape the smoke and flames.

NOW that Eddie Hobbs has set the whole nation a twitter about “rip-off Ireland”, everyone is ready to pounce on anyone perceived to be overcharging.

FIRE crews resumed their battle at the scene of an “apocalyptic” blaze at an oil depot in southern England last night after fears of a fresh explosion receded.

A FIRE roared through a prison complex at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport yesterday, killing 11 illegal immigrants awaiting deportation and injuring 15 other people.

A COUPLE of impressive performances have seen Hee Haw Cantona’s odds slashed from 25-1 to 7-1 for the Cashmans Irish Laurels and Ian Reilly’s ace can further enhance his claims in the classic by taking the second of tonight's quarter-finals.

Fire Service specialists rescued a seriously injured man from a river in Co Tyrone today.

A FIRE started by a suspected arson attack ripped through a high-rise apartment building south of Paris early yesterday killing at least 14 people, three of them children.

A FIRE crew had to be rescued themselves when a fast-turning tide totally submerged their €500,000 vehicle after they responded to a 999 emergency call on Saturday night.

Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand have pulled out of a cameo appearance in the next Harry Potter film.

FIRE officers have expressed frustration about the failure to establish a National Fire Authority, which was recommended by an expert report two years ago.

A FIRE raced through a Nairobi slum on Thursday night, destroying hundreds of ramshackle tin and timber houses and leaving up to 30,000 people homeless in the Kenyan capital.

FIRE officers have again claimed that the lack of a national fire authority is putting lives at risk.

FIRES which raged through forest plantations over the holiday weekend have caused more than €1m in damage, an expert said yesterday.

FIRE has claimed the lives of 646 people since 1990 including 52 fatalities last year, the latest National Safety Council (NSC) figures reveal.