A High Court action brought by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer against the Garda Commissioner and State over the use of mobile phone records in his trial will be heard at the Four Courts early next year.

A member of the Irish diplomatic corps received almost €30,000 last year towards the corps member’s children’s education abroad.

THE European Union, the world’s second-largest sugar exporter after Brazil, has appealed a World Trade Organisation ruling that found its sugar exports illegally benefit from production subsidies.

The Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, has said he looks forward to making good progress at the second meeting of the Council of Economics and Finance Ministers of the European Union (Ecofin Council) in Brussels tomorrow.

Irish MEPs have called on The European Union to set aside money for victims of flooding across Ireland.