A north Cork former CBS school which was attended by Eamon deValera has had its listing as a protected structure reversed, to allow it be redeveloped.

POLITICS is rock ’n’ roll for the ugly, and the shucksters, bounders and bumpkins who hang about in Leinster House are a motley crew.

The Seanad and proportional representation voting were introduced by the founders of the Irish Free State to ensure the interests of Protestants-Unionists were protected.

What else can I be, all apologies?” Brian Cowen is hardly a fan of Kurt Cobain, but perhaps he empathises with the line from the Nirvana song, ‘All Apologies’.

An appeal by an Englishman against his conviction for his role in the biggest drugs haul in Irish history has been dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

WE get the politicians we deserve.

A Louth man who was jailed for life for the murder of another man on Christmas Eve 10 years ago will apply to bring a further appeal against his conviction.

Developer Michael O’Flynn told the High Court he was shocked when he heard a radio interview two years ago in which Fine Gael TD Lucinda Creighton referred to him when talking about low standards in public life.

The mother of a 38-year old woman who has brought an action for damages against her father for sexually abusing her from the ages of two to twelve years has denied she encouraged her daughter not to tell anyone about the abuse.

A High Court action by a man over alleged sexual abuse by Dr Michael Shine at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has been settled without admission of liability.

Using economics to justify closing our embassy to the Holy See prompted one Dublin mother to say stop, writes Mary E Fitzgibbon

The High Court has fixed a date in the New Year to hear extradition proceedings against a British national arrested in connection with a conspiracy to import cocaine and cannabis worth millions of pounds in to the United Kingdom.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today has reserved judgement in the case of two men appealing against their convictions for having bomb-making equipment at a Clondalkin apartment two years ago.

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has confirmed that he will not be contesting the next general election and is retiring from politics.

A man who kicked and punched his Mountjoy prison cellmate to death has failed in an attempt to overturn his sentence of life imprisonment at the Court of Criminal Appeal.

The State has failed in an attempt to review the nine-year suspended sentence handed down to a brother of Brian Meehan, the man serving life imprisonment for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin.

A Cork man who was jailed for 10 years for drug dealing has had the last 18 months of his sentence suspended by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

A Dublin man convicted of sexually abusing his partner’s daughter over an eight-year period has failed in a bid to take his case to the Supreme Court.

A six-year suspended sentence handed down to a then teenager for killing his father in Roscommon two years ago was not unduly lenient, the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled today.

The High Court has heard that a hospital denied liability for the "devastating injuries" sustained by a child at birth almost three years after its own internal investigation into the matter identified mistakes it had made.

Developer Liam Carroll was impaired due to stress when he opted to omit important information in his original petition seeking the appointment of an examiner to companies in the Zoe group, the High Court heard today.

A midlands solicitor who has been suspended from practising and had his bank accounts frozen has told the High Court that he has "never benefited from" or taken money from any of his client accounts.

A HIGH Court judge was urged yesterday to consider the contents of a woman’s will when deciding who should be given a half share of a her €450,000 Lotto win a year before her death.

The High Court has put a stay on the majority of the €900,000 damages awarded to a Sligo man who successfully sued the Sunday World Newspaper over an article that alleged he was a "drug king".

A County Cork woman who was sexually abused by her teacher in the 1970s faces a legal bill of up to €500,000 after the High Court today ruled that the State was not liable for the actions of her teacher.

PEOPLE must reflect on the role ordinary individuals played in the Nazi killing machine as ceremonies take place to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, President Mary McAleese said yesterday.