The widow of a 70-year-old man who died two months after he fell down steps at a Co Kerry beach has settled her High Court action.

Drivers are being warned of hazardous conditions on the roads this morning after heavy rain in many places overnight.

Cork and Waterford have a status orange rain warning.

“Martina Elaine Keegan died on the 14 February 1981 from extensive burns and carbon monoxide poisoning, received when fire broke out at the Stardust Club, Kilmore Rd Artane, Dublin, on that date.”

More than 11,000 UK driving licences have been exchanged for Irish licences since the start of the year - almost double the total for last year.

Warnings of ice on the roads will continue this morning as people start the journey home after the bank holiday.

Latest: As the snow melts drivers are being warned not to be lulled into a false sense of security.

Almost 20,000 L-drivers fail to show for their driving test every year, resulting in a €1.7m windfall for the Road Safety Authority.

Motorists who allow their vehicles to be used by unaccompanied learner drivers will be hit with €2,000 fines and could be jailed for up to six months under strict new laws agreed by Cabinet.

As customs officers approached a driver for not having VRT on his imported car, the driver sped through a major multi-agency checkpoint in Co Cork, glancing off a garda and being pursued for five miles before being arrested.

Met Eireann has issued three Status Yellow Rainfall warnings for 12 counties.

The Road Safety Authority has said it will take steps to cut waiting times for driving tests in light of a proposed Government crackdown on learner drivers getting behind the wheel unaccompanied.

Ten people have been killed and 40 people have been seriously injured over the past six October Bank Holiday weekends.

SINCE the foundation of the State, we have had a succession of taoisigh with various modus operandi, some prepared to work with those in opposition in a collegiate manner, others preferring to take the confrontational route.

The victims of yesterday’s tragic crashes which claimed five lives, have been named.

Five people, including a seven-year-old-boy, have been killed in two separate crashes in Co Cork and Co Mayo.

The Irish Examiner has won Headline’s Overall Media Award for responsible coverage of mental health and suicide-related issues in Ireland.

The Road Safety Authority has urged motorists to share the road with bicycle users, as the number of cyclists killed on Irish roads so far in 2017 is now more than twice what it was this time last year.

There is “concrete evidence” to support the introduction of an automatic three-month disqualification for anybody caught drink driving, the Road Safety Authority has claimed.

The family of a teenager who took his own life after incidents of suspected cyberbulling continue their wait for answers four years after his death.

Regency Hotel shooting victim David Byrne died of multiple gunshot wounds, an inquest into his death heard.

A 10-month-old baby died after he choked on a piece of apple at the family home, an inquest heard.

A-ten-month old baby died after he choked on a piece of apple at the family home, an inquest has heard.

A man who contracted CJD during a brain operation performed when he was a child died 30 years later, an inquest heard.

A jury at an inquest into the death of a prisoner at Mountjoy has recommended that refusals of treatment be overseen by staff with a medical background.

An inquest has heard how a Polish man took his own life in 2014 after receiving a call from Gardai about a bench warrant for a man with the same name

A Garda Sergeant suffering from Huntington’s Disease drowned in the River Liffey, an inquest into his death heard.

The jury at an inquest into the death of a prisoner accused of killing his wife have recommended that staff levels at Cloverhill Prison be urgently reviewed.

The jury at an inquest into the death of a prisoner accused of killing his wife have recommended that staff levels at Cloverhill Prison be urgently reviewed

The Force was certainly with the children of Scoil an Fheirtéaraigh in west Kerry when a special visitor from a galaxy far, far away called for a visit.

A man died from blunt force trauma to the head after reportedly intervening in a row during which a woman was being accosted.

A 15-year-old boy died in a high speed crash just before Christmas in a car bought online for €400, an inquest heard.

The failure to report the death of a baby girl at the Coombe Hospital to the coroner’s office 24 years ago has been described as a “travesty”.

A reknowned Irish player of an online game which requires physical visits to landmark sites died during a late-night mission, an inquest has heard. 

Vehicles are written off, stolen, or scrapped, but only 20% of buyers will check history, says company

Consultants at a private hospital must ensure adequate cover in their absence after a patient died nine days after surgery to remove varicose veins.

A woman suffering from anorexia took her own life after a referral for her urgent admission to hospital “went astray”.

The parents of a baby who died six days after his birth said they are still waiting for answers from the HSE.

Children are ‘almost guaranteed’ to get into difficulty at a specific attraction at the National Aquatic Centre (NAC), an inquest heard.

A man knocked down the stairs by his pet dog was left paralysed and later died, an inquest heard.

A Kerry fan who travelled to Dublin for the All-Ireland football final drowned after a night out with friends, an inquest heard.

The driver of a car that struck a man who later died said he was driving under duress.