Community employment supervisors have protested outside the Department of Finance over a 10-year dispute over pensions.

The brother of a cystic fibrosis boy who died on his fifth birthday is to run the New York City marathon to raise funds for a much needed inpatient facility for children with the condition.

A mayor struck by lightning while on his way to feed his animals has hailed his pet dog after it led him back to his house to raise the alarm and get medical treatment.

THE death of a customer at a DIY store in Dublin at the weekend is being treated as a tragic accident but the circumstances are still being probed.