Iarnród Éireann has apologised and offered a full refund to customers after one of its trains took almost seven hours to travel from Cork to Dublin, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

Iarnród Éireann has apologised and offered a full refund to customers after one of its trains took almost seven hours to travel from Cork to Dublin.

The family and friends of a Irish backpacker murdered in India last month have issued an international appeal to help secure justice.

A CHILDREN’S charity will today ask for the go-ahead to try to bring the US government to court in Britain for an alleged war crime in Iraq.

The British government is set to face demands by the Omagh relatives for a full public inquiry into the bombing of the town, which left 29 people dead, it emerged today.