The main representative body for pharmacies has urged the Government to take decisive action on high business costs, in a bid to safeguard against closures and job losses.

As many as three quarters of Irish pharmacies were victims of crime last year, a new study shows.

Irish women are in the top 10% in Europe for traffic accidents caused by alcohol.

A man accused of murdering his son frantically tried to resuscitate him during a 40-minute wait for an ambulance, an eyewitness told a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal court today.