Blogger Belle Gibson, who lied about beating a normally deadly brain tumour through healthy eating, exploited public generosity by falsely claiming most of her income went to charities, a judge has said.

Mounting demands for pay rises in the public sector will be discussed between the Government and trade union representatives this week as the fall-out from a special Garda pay deal continues.

Fresh demands for extra pay for public workers, fuelled by a special deal for gardaí, are threatening to unravel the public sector pay deal and drain government spending from other areas.

Thursday, March 24

Taquin Du Seuil has been supplemented for Thursday’s Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Fears about what is happening on the Dark Web has prompted a debate worldwide about whether ordinary users should be allowed to use bitcoin and encryption, writes Michael Moynihan

The multi-talented Bryan Cooper gave Road To Riches an extraordinary ride to land the Grade 1 Lexus Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

A series of changes have been announced to the qualification system for Olympic cycling with the aim of strengthening the competition across the road, track, BMX and mountain bike disciplines in time for the Rio Games in 2016.

Secondary schoolteachers are to take industrial action over the revised public sector pay deal.

The fixtures have fallen kindly for Donagh O’Donnell this weekend.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is today pleading with people to be careful on the roads this Christmas.

A STUDY of Europe-wide police road safety operations has revealed drink- and drug-driving detection rates in Ireland are among the highest on the continent.

THE number of people killed on the roads last month was the lowest on record.

So what will you give her on Mother’s Day — a card, breakfast in bed, a dozen red roses, a pampering session in a luxury spa?

A new network of speed cameras is operational across the country from today.

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A CHEATING husband tried to murder his wife by rigging their home with a homemade fire-starting device while he spent the night with his mistress, a court heard yesterday.

PARTICIPATION in sports is generally increasing, according to a new report, but “much more quickly” for individual sports such as swimming, jogging and exercise rather than team sports like Gaelic football, hurling, soccer, and rugby.

A COMPANY whose Irish operation manufactures the worldwide supply of Botox — used widely as an anti-wrinkle agent — yesterday won its High Court case against a Dublin firm for infringing its trademark by using a similar name in one of its cosmetic products.

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ROAD safety chiefs said they have no major difficulty with a website publishing the details of Garda speed traps — but they claim it can never be as accurate as the list the Garda itself releases.

SO, yes, we honour the players, the teams, but we must come back to this grand old stadium. She went in style, blowing up a storm of the kind that had befuddled the best kickers rugby has ever known, all down the decades.

ROAD safety chiefs say the appalling loss of life witnessed this weekend must be viewed in the context of a falling number of road deaths during the autumn months.

Fine Gael leader Enda kenny has rejected calls for the resignation of the Road Safety Authority chief Gay Byrne.

ROAD safety supremo Gay Byrne yesterday blamed 30 years of Government neglect for the country’s latest spate of roads deaths.

ROAD safety chiefs have urged all road users to take greater care after a weekend of unprecedented carnage.

The redevelopers of Lansdowne Road are to formally apply for planning permission to convert it into a fifty thousand all-seater stadium.

Joe Royle’s Ipswich hope to take another step back to the premiership tonight - and fulfil Royle’s last remaining ambition in football. Simon Lewis reports.

Another year and another swell of expectation that Croke Park will be opened to other sports. Brendan O’Brien canvasses officials nationwide to gauge the mood, the hopes and the grassroots opinion.

Welsh band The Lostprophets will play gigs in Dublin and Belfast this weekend.

Philadelphia band The Roots were one of the stars of Witnness 2003.

Noel Redding, who was a bass player with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, has died at his home in West Cork.

Manchester City chairman David Bernstein has claimed the club had no option other than to bring Alfie Haaland’s Maine Road career to a close.

MANCHESTER CITY chairman David Bernstein believes the Maine Road outfit can make the push for a top-six spot now they have secured the services of Robbie Fowler.

Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan admitted he was ‘disgusted’ by Danny Tiatto’s horrendous red-card challenge on David Thompson against Blackburn at Maine Road this afternoon.