A private investigator who used a mole in the Department of Social Protection to mine their computer system for personal information on others has been fined €4,000.

Alan King enjoyed a successful return home as he saddled Raya Star to land the Isle of Skye Blended Whisky Scottish Champion Hurdle at Ayr today.

A drug addict who slashed a man eight times with a knife after breaking into his house in Swords has been jailed for seven years by Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The horror of September 11 still haunts New York, but it is the economic fallout from the attack that now poses one of the biggest challenges to the city.