A 48-year-old woman has been convicted of careless driving causing the death of a woman cyclist on the outskirts of Tralee in what the judge described as “a tragic accident” last January.

Kilkenny passed a test of stamina to take back their second Tony Forristal U14 title in three years at Walsh Park on Saturday evening.

With water charges coming down the line, Erica Doyle Higgins meets one group of residents who have reached boiling point.

Fears are growing that hundreds of Irish patients who received faulty hip replacements from a global medical device giant may lose out on six-figure compensation packages because they are unaware of the looming deadline for claims.

LIMERICK County Council paid out €1.38 million in legal expenses last year, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.