PUBS should take their duty of care towards their clients more seriously, the jury recommended at an inquest into the death of a teenager who died after he was struck by a car after being sent out of a nightclub because he was intoxicated.

AN IRISH composer who penned one of the bestselling tracks around the globe has been honoured in an exclusive list of international lyricists.

Irish composer Brendan Graham who penned one of the best selling tracks around the globe has been honoured on an exclusive list of international lyricists, it emerged today.

THE final resting place of the first immigrant through America’s Ellis Island has at last been marked — 84 years after her death.

The trial of a Lithuanian man with an address in Meath accused of raping and falsely imprisoning a Latvian woman has continued in the absence of the accused at the Central Criminal Court today.

Swedish brothers Tommi and Karri Rinne insist they wrote the music for hit song 'You raise me up' which topped the singles chart after being recorded by Irish boyband Westlife - but they haven't received any credit.

IT’S the cheesiest programme on the box with laughable lyrics, garish outfits and camp-as-Christmas dance routines.

Singer Brian Kennedy will perform Ireland’s entry for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, it was confirmed today.

SONGWRITERS have criticised the format used by RTÉ’s You’re A Star in selecting a song to represent Ireland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Latvia.