Fr Brian D’Arcy was born nearEnniskillen, Co Fermanagh in 1945.

Events have happened recently that makes me outraged and makes me want to speak out about it and to wonder what life is really all about.

The Taoiseach has accepted the removal of discretionary medical cards is "an issue" of concern to parents of sick and vulnerable children and has asked the HSE to take a more humane approach when examining cases.

An Angolan father of five who defrauded the State of €60,000 after he signed on the dole while working in a Dublin hotel has been given a suspended sentence on condition that he refund the money.

The first ever bus service between Ireland and Australia today set off on its mammoth expedition taking it across the world in 13 weeks.