Dublin Central has changed from a four-seater to a three-seat constituency since 2011 and with four prominent sitting TDs, not to mention a number of high-profile candidates hoping to be elected, the race to the Dáil will certainly be interesting.

Gardaí are investigating after a man was left fighting for his life following a suspected gangland shooting in Dublin.

We, the undersigned, wish to draw your attention to the continued detention of Marian Price, which we feel constitutes an alarming breach of human and civil rights.

Anti-household charge campaigners are accusing the Government of making pensioners feel bullied.

A LABOUR councillor has denied influencing a redevelopment plan for Dublin city in order to increase his and his family’s interests in an office block in a prime location in the capital.

POLITICAL parties have a novel way of tailoring their message to the specific needs of local communities with free access to an online mapping portal containing specific information on demographics and socioeconomic indicators.

LOCAL authorities around the country are instigating water conservation measures as the post-freeze problems of burst pipes worsen.

A SERIES of protests against the budget began yesterday with the People’s Movement delivering a briefcase to the Dáil containing suggestions for a more equitable approach to the economic crisis.

THE work colleagues and the family of a man left severely brain damaged by a shooting two years ago yesterday called for the withdrawal from sale of a book by a person recently arrested in relation to the incident.

COMMUNITY and voluntary organisations are in crisis, with more than €80 million in direct state support to be removed from the sector this year.