Sleet is forecast to fall over much of the country today as local authorities warn that many reservoirs are at an extremely low level.

Disinfectants designed to keep bacteria out of homes and hospitals could be fuelling the growth of superbugs, a study suggests.

Ireland’s Kenny Egan had to settle for a silver medal at the Workers’ Gymnasium today.

THE year is about to come to a wet and windy end with severe storms set to batter the country.

WEATHER forecaster Joan Blackburn was told her diction was a problem after being dropped from the panel of television broadcasters last summer, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) heard yesterday.