ANIMAL welfare groups across Ireland have called for micro-chipping, neutering and vaccinating of pets to become mandatory.

The wedding day of Kathy and Glen O’Brien was one of the happiest days of their lives.

A little dog who suffered horrific injuries, including a broken pelvis and broken back legs, has got back on her feet thanks to the aid of a toy cart.

A LAW graduate is shot dead by her new boyfriend, whom she has been dating a couple of months.

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A LAW firm being sued by businessman Philip Lynch and his family in an effort to prevent AIB pursuing them for repayment of a €25 million development loan was never retained by the Lynches in connection with that deal and owed no duty of care to them, the Commercial Court was told yesterday.

A 84-year-old retired lorry driver has today resolved his legal action over the Law Society's refusal to compensate him for more than €500,000 after his daughter, a solicitor, allegedly misappropriated money from the estate in which he was the main beneficiary.

The North’s new Lord Chief Justice put down a marker for the province’s politicians today that he would brook no interference with the independence of the judiciary when responsibility for policing and justice were devolved to Stormont ministers.

LAW lecturer Jennifer Schweppe (April 22) claimed members of the Oireachtas have “abjectly failed in their constitutional duty” by not introducing legislation to make abortion available in Ireland.

The body which adjudicates on contentious parades in the North is today looking for a new member after the Law Lords declared the appointment by Peter Hain of one of its members was unlawful.

A LAW school student and former beauty queen who has posed for a racy calendar while brandishing a weapon, has been accused of kidnapping, biting and threatening a former boyfriend with a handgun.

LAW enforcement officials with warrants yesterday searched the house and office of the CIA’s outgoing executive director, the FBI said.

THERE are two sorts of lethal weapons causing untold havoc right now: guns and cars. And it’s time we began to see them in the same light. What that means is simple.

AN international conman and sex attacker was feted by dignitaries in Limerick, including the mayor of the city, after he donated a dud £100,000 cheque to a local charity group.

AFTER undergoing major life-saving surgery, a young Limerick orphan has been sent to New York for further treatment.

A LAW student who claimed she was raped by Ireland and Arsenal footballer Graham Stack had consensual sex with him while his girlfriend was in the next room, a court heard yesterday.

A LAW student told a court yesterday how she was raped by a Republic of Ireland Under-21 international footballer after a night out at a West End club in London.

BLUE CORRIG, carrying the colours of the late Dick Forristal, recorded a shock win in the listed Ardilaun House Hotel Oyster Stakes at Galway yesterday.

BEHKIYRA is set to line up for the Irish Oaks at the Curragh in two weeks time following a classy performance in the Martin Molony Stakes at Limerick last night.

England's Law Lords were handing down their judgment today on supermodel Naomi Campbell’s breach of confidentiality claim against the Daily Mirror over the publicity it gave to the therapy she received for drug addiction.

Australian financial services group AMP today said it remained on target to demerge its loss-making UK business by the end of this year.

THOUSANDS of dogs have been abandoned nationwide following the worst Christmas of animal abuse in years.

Israel has resumed systematic torture of Palestinian detainees, three human rights groups say in a joint report.