Car sales in 2015 will top 120,000, dealers have predicted, with new registrations in the first few weeks of January well ahead of this time last year.

A HUGE crowd turned out last week for the official announcement by Fiat Group Automobiles Ireland of the appointment of Dan Seaman Motors as sales and after sales partner in the south of Ireland.

It started with a suit fit for a queen. It ended with a donation which has helped to almost double the number of palliative care beds at a leading hospice.

British journalist Peter Hounam was released from Israeli custody tonight after a day in custody on suspicions linked to freed nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu.

Journalist Mohammed Daraghmeh, who reports on events in the West Bank for The Associated Press, was released late today after being detained by Israeli troops earlier in the day