Scouting Ireland is conducting a thorough review of protocols and procedures after two of its venture scouts were swept out to sea in Co Wexford on Sunday.

The death of John P (Jack) Phelan, solicitor, on Saturday, March 21, has removed one of the most memorable and admirable members of the legal profession in Munster.

Cocaine, obsessive love and poisonous wit all play a part in The Vortex, says Alan O’Riordan

She was the Hollywood child star who melted hearts in Depression-era America with her trademark blonde ringlets and dimpled smile.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen tonight led tributes to Vincent Doyle, the former editor of the Irish Independent who died today.

Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle is to return to the theatre, after being “distracted by film-making” for 15 years, to stage a new adaptation of 'Frankenstein', it was announced today.

Jude Law has received whistles and cheers at a production of 'Hamlet' in which he plays the title role.

AN aspiring MEP has got to know their geography and, with the wide expanse of the European constituencies, it’s easier said than done.

GERTRUDE Barrett popped into Arnott’s on the way to Government Buildings yesterday to pick up two pairs of extra-thick ski socks in the sale.

A coroner today ordered the Health Service Executive to investigate a west Dublin nursing home after the body of an elderly patient was found in a shocking state.

THE FAMILIES of the Stardust tragedy victims have called on Justice Minister Michael McDowell to establish a new tribunal of inquiry into how 48 young people died in the 1981 fire.

Jersey Girl stars Ben Affleck as Ollie Trinke, a New York PR guru whose wife, Gertrude (Jennifer Lopez), dies giving birth to their daughter Gertie (Racquel Castro).

SCHOOL children are learning to wash their hands and other hygiene tips through a play they can perform themselves in class.

Belgian prosecutors today demanded life sentences today for two Benedictine nuns convicted of genocide in Rwanda.

Two Rwandan nuns were today found guilty in a landmark Belgian trial of war crimes during the 1994 genocide in their central African nation.

A Belgian jury was today beginning its deliberations on four Rwandans - two men and two nuns - accused of war crimes in the central African homeland.

A Belgian jury was today beginning its deliberations on four Rwandans - two men and two nuns - accused of war crimes in the central African homeland.

Two nuns sat impassively in the dock today as a lawyer told how they had enthusiastically ‘‘embraced’’ genocide when it swept across Rwanda to the gates of the convent where up to 7,000 terrified people were seeking refuge.

A Dublin man already serving a life sentence for the murder of his mother has been convicted of the manslaughter of his father.

A Dublin man accused of murdering both his parents has been found not guilty of murdering his father but guilty of his manslaughter.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering his parents is returning for deliberations this morning.

The deputy state pathologist has told the Central Criminal Court at the trial of a man accused of murdering his parents, that the bodies were found in a badly decomposed state.

The Central Criminal Court heard today how a man accused of murdering both his parents told the gardai that he regretted killing his father, but stabbed his mother because she was always drunk.

The trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering his parents in 1999 is underway in the Central Criminal Court.