Former ICTU Chief Peter Cassells has been appointed as mediator in the dispute over the controversial Corrib gas pipeline.

FIANNA FÁIL last night moved to draw a line under the withdrawal of its candidate Tommy Reilly from the Meath by-election by naming 26-year old Shane Cassells as his replacement.

IN 2000 half of the lawn at the rear of Leinster House, overlooking Merrion Square, became a car park and so the only unimpeded view of our national parliament was spoiled.

Police investigating the suspected kidnapping of a nine-year-old girl who may have witnessed her parents’ murders said were focusing on several new leads as officers continued a frustrating search.