The Institution opened in 1818 and has been helping people in Dublin for more than 200 years and serves 700 meals a day.

There is still a booming trade in mobile phones in many prisons despite the introduction of strict security measures in recent years.

A LEGAL challenge to the entitlement of Start Mortgages Ltd to issue mortgages here has major implications for Start’s €1 billion housing loans and for the legal position of other lenders, the Central Bank has told the Commercial Court.

FUNDRAISERS were all at sea yesterday as part of a massive nationwide effort to raise a €14 million lifeboat crew training fund.

Judge Angela Ni Chonduin today ordered the Health Service’s Executive’s director of disability services to attend the Children’s Court next week to outline what assistance could be given to a mentally ill teenager who is currently being held in custody.