Council staff or private contractors are to be permitted to remove bonfire materials from sites in Belfast.

A mother of four who claimed she slipped on a chip on the floor of a shopping centre food court has sued in the High Court, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

The safety of helicopter operations at Haulbowline Naval Base will not be curtailed, constrained or affected by the nearby construction of an incinerator, according to the company proposing to build it.

Two fishermen were cleared yesterday of charges to bring illegal migrant workers into Ireland to work on trawlers in what the State claimed was a “calculated scam”.

Two men went on trial at Cork District Court yesterday on charges arising from an investigation of alleged use of illegal migrant workers in the fishing industry.

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Fast-roping special forces onto a ship as part of marine counter-terrorism training; cargo-slinging large loads and how low is too low when flying above a chimney stack — these issues all formed part of a robust Department of Defence rebuttal of claims that building an incinerator in Ringaskiddy would pose no threat to Air Corps operations.

A farmer faces the possibility this week of losing his 100-acre dairy holding after challenging the grant of planning for the construction, against his wishes, of a road across his land by a wind power company.

Cobh Ramblers 1 Avondale United 2 (After extra-time)

A legal challenge has been launched against An Bord Pleanála’s decision to grant planning permission for an electricity generating windfarm in Co Tipperary.

Waterford United 2 Cobh Ramblers 1

Cork City 0 Celtic XI 2

Gemma Arterton is in line to star in a biopic about Jeff Buckley.

TWO second-half goals from John Rock saw non-league Sheriff YC dump Salthill Devon out of the FAI Ford Cup in their own backyard at Drom last night.

Waterford 1-17 UCC 2-13, Ardmore

Gardaí in Waterford have named the two teenagers who died when their car collided with a lorry in Waterford yesterday evening.