A MAN who hijacked an Aer Lingus flight on route from Dublin to London wrote to then taoiseach Garret FitzGerald from his prison cell in Paris complaining about his treatment while he lived and worked in Ireland.

MORTGAGE holders unable to meet repayments should get a two-year reprieve during which banks and financial institutions are prevented from taking legal action to take over their homes.

Only a fifth of recommendations from a major suicide prevention plan have been properly acted on three years after it was first published, it emerged today.

A NEW play about suicide hopes to encourage teenagers to talk about the issue and promote positive mental health.

IRELAND is the only country in western Europe where deaths from cervical cancer continue to increase.

There has been a steady decline in the number of racist incidents reported in Ireland, it emerged today.

Labour Party members in Northern Ireland may set up their own society in a bid to shame the leadership into setting up constituency associations there, it emerged today.

Terence O'Rourke has been named as the new President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, it was announced at the institute's AGM in Dublin today.