An 89-year-old sister-in-law of the late well-known Limerick solicitor, Gordon Holmes, is distressed over her son-in-law taking her to court in a dispute over a property in the holiday resort of Kilkee.

Contrary to the natural assumption that more female jurors would find in favour of the victim, Irish academic research shows that female-dominated juries are less likely to convict a rapist.

BACKED by €400,000 in angel funding, Dublin company Soopa is aiming to take a sizable bite out the £420 million (€540m) pet treat market in the UK.

Leading Irish sports retailer Elverys has acquired the landmark Maher’s Sports business in the heart of Cork city.

Brenda Sexton opened her women’s shop on Saturday morning, as she has for 60 years. But that day it changed, sadly.

Last week, an old friend of mine (not in the sense of seriously elderly, although he’s no stripling), Mr Kevin Hanly, a man with a great eye for the workings of nature and natural things, was abroad alone on his boat in Courtmacsherry Bay in West Cork, (something a seriously old person would not do), fishing for bass, writes Damien Enright

Growing up in Granagh, Co Limerick, theatre director Joan Sheehy, was always fascinated with the story of Ellen Hanly, known as ’The Colleen Bawn’, from Granagh, who was immortalised in literature, drama, film and opera.

EBay "coerced" an Irish employee into signing an "incriminating" statement which was then used to dismiss him, a Rights Commissioner has found.

Irish troops serving in Syria were 200 metres from a firefight between Government and anti-government forces.

The otter that rose from the waters of the River Suir at Kilsheelan, Co. Tipperary, made my wife jump.

An Irish company that had signed up to a deal with ESB in 2010 to develop 50 megawatts of geothermal electricity in Ireland has abandoned its plans — and the country — because the Government has not yet legislated to support the clean energy technology.

The head of a private ambulance firm involved in all of the State’s organ transport missions has called on HIQA to probe what he said has become a “chaotic” organ transport co-ordination system.

A man who attempted to abduct a teenage girl intended to sexually assault her, a court in the Midlands has heard.

MANY residents of my West Cork village consider it a rare privilege to have ravens nesting close by.

Holders PBC retained the Barry Cup as they came from behind to defeat arch rivals CBC in yesterday’s decider at Lansdowne.

THE company that operates the five-star hotel where Brian O’Driscoll and Amy Huberman celebrated their wedding reception has submitted a business plan to the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), new documents show.

The High Court has approved the appointment of a provisional liquidator to a quarrying firm with 45 employees which is part of the Hanly group of companies.

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IRELAND may soon be harnessing the power of the earth to fuel our energy needs after a planning application was lodged for the country’s first geothermal electricity plant.

LOCALS have told a sky adventure company to take “a run and jump” over a planned airfield expansion in north Tipperary.

IRELAND’S favourite alarm call Morning Ireland yesterday stood with the great shows in the history of Irish broadcasting as it celebrated 25 years on air.

YOU report (August 22) that Taoiseach Brian Cowen is looking to the diaspora for ideas on how to resuscitate the economy.

A number of trade creditors of house builders Laragan Developments have told the High Court their anger over the manner they were treated by the company and during the examinership process.

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Britain and Ireland share legal codes that justify the persecution of women in rape trials. But Ireland is worse in that it has no law to guide juries on the issue of consent, writes Conor Ryan.

The final inmate in a group of six who took part in a St. Stephen's Day riot at St Patrick's Institution in which four prison officers were injured has received a three-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Five inmates who took part in a St. Stephen's Day riot at St. Patrick's Institution in which four prison officers were injured have received two and three year sentences in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

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TEARS flowed freely among mourners yesterday at the funeral mass of the young Kildare couple killed tragically in a house fire in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

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The Health Service Executive is reportedly planning to press ahead with the implementation of the controversial Hanly Report, despite speculation to the contrary.

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The Government is reportedly set to shelve the recommendations contained in the contentious Hanly Report on hospital reform.

RECENTLY I received a refusal from Mary Harney, Minister for Health, to meet with a deputation from the Ennis General Hospital Development Committee who are endeavouring to retain 24-hour accident and emergency services at Ennis.

LOBBYISTS campaigning against the downgrading of small hospitals are considering entering an alliance with new patients’ group Patients Together.

THE group opposed to the Hanly report and plans to downgrade 26 acute hospitals nationwide vowed yesterday to continue their fight, even though the plan has been put on hold.

Reform of the health service is on shaky ground following the departure of managerial expert David Hanly, it was claimed tonight.

Morning Ireland, RTÉ’s flagship current affairs show, is celebrating it 20th anniversary. Political Editor Harry McGee, who worked on the programme, reports: