Forensic evidence has shown no link was found between a man accused of rape and the complainant, a court has heard.

Relieved father Brian Duffy insists his son Shane will not return to football until he is ready after almost dying in a freak accident.

Brian Duffy believed he was being asked to say goodbye to his footballer son Shane as the teenager prepared to undergo life-saving surgery.

A social care worker who punched a man in the face following an early morning argument about queue jumping at a taxi rank has been given a suspended sentence.

DIAGEO IRELAND, owners of several international brands including Guinness, has announced it will shed 107 jobs or 5% of its 2,000 Irish workforce as part of a cost-cutting exercise.

The world’s biggest drinks firm Diageo today revealed plans to cut its Irish workforce by more than 100.

A psychopathic rapist who escaped from a life sentence and raped again six months later has been jailed for life at the Central Criminal Court.

Hip hop favourites Black Eyed Peas and rockers Kasabian are among music stars lining up for a clutch of global concerts to toast 250 years of Guinness this autumn, it was revealed today.

A 26 year-old Dublin man who murdered his girlfriend, Sara Nelligan, in a brutal knife attack at their home has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court.

ST JAMES’S Gate is to remain the home of Guinness, despite losing half its site and one third of its production.

Ireland beat Wales 7-5 at the Clan Naofa Boxing club in Dundalk last Friday night in a keenly contested Boy 4 international.

A PENSIONER died from an extremely rare reaction to a popular prescription drug that lowers cholesterol, an inquest heard yesterday.

A 31-year-old nurse whose body was found in apartment in Dublin was stabbed a number of times, a court was told today.

A cocaine addict who has been jailed for three years for using stolen laser bank cards to buy cash and goods totalling €6,672 in value may not live to complete the prison sentence.

Serious questions have reportedly emerged about the qualifications of the Government's chief archaeologist.

Schoolchildren today took the first small step towards launching an Irish astronaut into space within the next 20 years.

A saleswoman who stole more than €21,000 from a French Connection clothes store to fund her cocaine habit has been given a two-year suspended sentence by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

THE GAA are not prepared to behave like ‘wimps’ and abandon Guinness’ sponsorship of the hurling championship merely because of the dissatisfaction of Micheal Martin with the partnership, president Sean Kelly declared last night.

SALES of Guinness and Baileys in Ireland were hit hard by the general downturn in alcohol consumption in its first half-year’s trading, which includes the Christmas period.

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