One of the last surviving Irish soldiers granted a pardon after fighting against Nazi Germany has laid a wreath to remember his comrades.

A 58-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to five years in jail for sexually assaulting two of his nieces in 2007.

A jeweller who sold a solitaire diamond for the wife of a developer in debt to Nama has been ordered to hand over his 5% commission.

The outrageous inconsistency of judicial sentencing in sexual offence cases, particularly in a country where sex abuse is endemic, has again been underlined by the latest in a growing litany of shocking decisions by judges.

A judge who controversially jailed a businessman for six years for a garlic import scam has let a sex attacker walk free from court.

A car dealer who sexually assaulted two of his adult nieces has avoided a jail term after the judge said publication of his name will be punishment in itself.

A new adaptation of James Joyce’s short story collection premieres at Dublin Theatre Festival, Alan O’Riordan reports

The search for a plane carrying 10 people from a US skydiving company was focused on the rugged central Washington Cascades where a hunter reported hearing a crash.

AFTER two unsuccessful attempts requesting outline planning permission for a super-hospital complex, the company behind the proposal can expect a decision next month.

THE hospital which controversially withdrew from plans for a new children’s hospital is prepared to re-enter talks if health authorities agree to consider a fresh proposal from a private developer on a new site.

The skipper of the crippled destroyer HMS Nottingham flew on board his £300m (€467m) only three minutes before it crashed into rocks off Australia, it was reported tonight.