Today's development followed a failure by the radio station to pay Sinead Ni Mhordha award after she won an unfair dismissal claim at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

As its name suggests, ‘Aisling’ at Ardagh, Loreto Road, Killarney, is the stuff dreams are made of and so much more, writes Eve Kelliher

Friends of the Earth says the move would have made Ireland a world leader in the area.

Computer pioneer Percy Ludgate is not a household name like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs — but a team of researchers based at Trinity College Dublin has set about changing that, writes Kevin O'Neill.

A young boy, who allegedly stopped talking and would not let his mother get on a bus after a minor accident when he was a baby, has lost a €15,000 damages claim against Dublin Bus.

Widow Iryana Guryanova has been awarded €9,500 after a leaky conservatory which needs to be torn down was built on to her Dublin home.

More than 30 environmental and human rights groups have delivered a devastating critique of the Government's Climate Action Plan describing it as lacking detail, ambition and urgency.

A Traveller rights activist and two of her friends have failed in their claim of discrimination after one of them was refused entry to a Dublin pub.

A judge has hit out at the lack of medical evidence in doctors’ reports for personal injury cases and said it has “got out of hand”.

A seven year-old girl has been awarded €2,500 after she sustained minor bruising in a Nando’s restaurant in Blanchardstown.

An eight-year-old boy has been awarded €12,000 for psychological injuries and emotional upset suffered as a result of a car accident in Dublin when he was a toddler.

A five-year-old boy has been awarded €5,000 after he was left with a scar on his head from being hit by a metal trolley in a creche in the Dundrum Shopping Centre.

A solicitor who was working in Gerald Kean's office when it was visited by officers of the Criminal Assets Bureau in March 2016 has told a High Court jury she was "horrified" by a newspaper article concerning that visit.

A judge has hit out at certain people who, he says, make personal injury claims and have the idea they can expect others to pay after a bad experience.

A convicted thief who hid his criminal record from a motor insurance company has had an €11,000 claim for compensation dismissed after a judge held he committed a “sin of omission”.

World champion race-walking star Rob Heffernan has announced his retirement from international athletics.

Joy Neville’s success in rugby refereeing shows it is time for other women to be given similar opportunities in non-playing and governance roles, according to Ireland’s Six Nations-winning captain Fiona Coghlan.

A test case has been brought to ensure pubs in Dublin will be granted late bar extensions to serve alcohol after normal closing times on Good Friday.

Here’s a prediction: the next great Irish athlete, the one we take a hiatus from work to watch challenge for an Olympic medal, will not be a distance runner.

Fine Gael TDs and senators will be whipped into voting in favour of a significant beefing up of Ireland’s drink-driving laws, despite concerns about the impact it could have on rural communities.

A group of residents have failed in their bid to halt the two-day Samhain music festival in Dublin featuring Britpop icon Liam Gallagher.

The great Lahinch links, especially when it is swept by a seriously strong wind from the Atlantic, never fails to provide great matches over the closing stages of the Pierse Motors South of Ireland Championship. 

An events promoter has avoided the threat of being jailed over a €250,000 debt to comedian Mario Rosenstock after being declared bankrupt.

When Gerry McEntee first arrived on the Meath scene as a player in the mid-1970s, he stepped straight into the slipstream of Dublin.

A suspected gangster who was shot dead at a businessman's mansion in England had been locked in a bitter row with someone who used the same nickname as him, his inquest has heard.

A judge has warned a “failed promoter” he could be sent to jail if he does not get a “normal” job to pay back a debt of about €250,000 to comedian Mario Rosenstock.

Kerry’s most senior garda has ordered an internal inquiry into possible corruption in Killarney after “something” was brought to his attention, he told a meeting of the county’s joint policing committee in Tralee.

An innocent mother-of-three has been awarded almost €5,000 after Gardaí smashed in her doorway during a raid which proved fruitless.

Kerry senator Paul Coghlan has called for “repulsive sprays” to be used against problem seagulls in Dublin city centre, as they “wreak havoc with their beaks” ripping rubbish bags.

Kerry Senator Paul Coghlan has called for action on the problem of seagulls in Dublin city centre, who he said " wreak havoc with their breaks” ripping rubbish bags, writes Jack Power of the Irish Examiner.

Disgraced former politician Ivor Callely has dodged another stint in jail after finally settling a long-running debt.

After failing to turn up for a court action to have him jailed, former politician Ivor Callely has handed himself in, more than week after judge issued a warrant for his arrest.

A lawyer for an accountancy firm which sought to jail former politician Ivor Callely over an unpaid debt has rejected a statement that the case had been already settled by the time a court issued an arrest warrant.

A judge has ordered the arrest of former TD Ivor Callely, who failed to turn up to court to face an action to have him jailed for non-payment of a debt.

Veteran Fine Gael senator Paul Coghlan celebrated his last-gasp late-night re-election to the Upper House with “tea and toast”.

A former Irish captain, who demanded high standards and wasn’t content for things to be run in a haphazard fashion — Roy Keane wasn’t the only panellist to fit this description at the Bord Gáis Energy ‘Winning in Business’ forum.

Rita de Brún tries to catch up with Eamon Coghlan and the senior athletes featured on his TV series

One in five cars sold here needs to be electric by 2020 if Ireland is to hit its renewable energy targets and avoid fines of up to €130m.

ARTS and crafts — three little words that strike fear into the hearts of parents everywhere.