A strange sight on Shandon caught the eyes of Shirley McCarthy and her sister Susan on Saturday - two people balancing on a ledge of the 120 ft tall tower.

An off-duty garda is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in New Orleans in the US.

There are reports that an off-duty garda has been shot while on holidays in New Orleans.

Witness says officers demanded he hand over secret recordings

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Marie Farrell denied in the High Court it was she who initiated most contact with Det Garda Jim Fitzgerald.

The discovery of body parts at a recycling plant in Dublin is raising questions about the lack of a DNA database in Ireland.

There are reports this morning that Dana is claiming she was attacked by her elderly sister in a toilet in the US, and has reported the alleged incident to the police.

Rumors squashed

The sister of a man with locked-in syndrome has said she is "begging" anyone who can help to come forward and get her brother out of hospital.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to two fatal shootings in Dublin last night.

Convicted drug dealer John Gilligan remains in a "serious but stable condition" in hospital today after being shot in West Dublin last night.

John Gilligan is insisting he had nothing to do with the murder of Veronica Guerin.

A former executive of Independent News and Media has launched a High Court action against the group claiming its biggest shareholder, Denis O’Brien, was behind the decision to oust him from his €300,000 job.

'Mrs Brown's Boys' is to be made into a multi-million euro movie, according to the Irish Mirror.

PROMINENT businessman Denis O’Brien told the High Court yesterday he “never, ever” gave money to former Government minister Ray Burke and he said he was never asked for money by Mr Burke.

FINE Gael chief whip Paul Kehoe has apologised to party leader Enda Kenny for saying he would have acted in exactly the same way as the Mayo farmer who killed an intruder.

Newspaper group Trinity Mirror saw full year earnings rose 11% after it delivered a bigger than expected reduction in costs.

Journalist Ian Bailey is to appeal the outcome of his failed libel actions against six Irish and Britsh newspapers, it emerged tonight.

AN appeal against a decision to award almost minimal circuit court damages to Ian Bailey has not been ruled out.

Ian Bailey has been awarded €8000 in libel damages by a court in Cork after losing all but two of the eight libel actions he had taken against a number of Irish and British newspapers.

A journalist questioned over the murder of a French film-maker seven years ago was today beginning libel action against seven Irish and British newspapers.