A couple who claimed their teacup Yorkshire terrier was attacked and injured by a husky in a dog run have been awarded €1,633 medical fees in the Dublin District Court.

A BOY has been awarded €8,000 in compensation after he was asked to drop his trousers in a shop to prove he had not stolen a bottle of coke.

I NOTE the new set of traffic lights on Merrion Road in Dublin to facilitate a right turn into the gigantic new Elm Park development.

I FEEL uneasy travelling around my local community, finding many local politicians using the Lisbon Treaty referendum for self-promotion in advance of next year’s European and local elections.

REPORTS have been circulating in certain newspapers and websites that the PDs will cease to exist following the party’s general council meeting next month.