A Cork pub is to open on Christmas Day to serve 100 free dinners to elderly people and families in need.

Four voluntary homeless agencies, frustrated with the Government’s inaction, have launched a radical initiative to tackle the “sleeping rough” crisis.

THE Evening Herald newspaper was found in contempt of court during the Eamonn Lillis murder trial after it published the name of the accused’s daughter in breach of a court order.

PRINCIPALS countrywide are turning to cash-strapped charities in a desperate bid to obtain funding for students’ psychological assessments, the Irish Examiner has learnt.