Marks & Spencer has been ordered to pay €40,000 to a former employee of its Dundrum store after the Equality Tribunal ruled that she was discriminated against when the store fired her on grounds of disability.

Tullamore became the first club to win the All-Ireland Junior Cup twice in an entertaining final at Dubarry Park in Athlone on Saturday.

ECONOMIC performance is higher on organic farms than on conventional farms.

A Polish man who was caught looking at child pornography in an internet cafe, leading to the discovery of more than 1,000 images in his home, has had his sentence adjourned for six months to allow further interaction with the Probation Services.

DETECTIVES are investigating whether the murder of criminal figure Christopher McDonagh is linked to rows he recently had with other criminals.

A man was shot dead after he jumped from the first-floor bedroom of his home just metres from a garda station, detectives said today.

GARDAÍ are investigating if there is a link between the gangland murder of a 29-year-old man at the weekend and the shooting dead of a drug dealer almost a year ago.

AN internal garda investigation swung into operation yesterday into the death of a man who spent time in garda custody.