Having sold out not one but two Live at the Marquee gigs, it was safe to assume Picture This would draw a very excited crowd to Monahan Road last night.

They may rail against the Donegal jokes, but Little Hours are proud to be spoken of as their home county’s next big thing in the music world, writes Ed Power.

n elderly woman developed a deadly skin condition and died after she was admitted to hospital for pneumonia. 

The winter selling season for Irish art continues apace next week with major sales by Morgan O’Driscoll at the RHA Gallery in Dublin next Monday at 6pm and by James Adam on Wednesday at 6pm.

Parents have spoken of their joy after moving into new social homes, developed by Nama and a housing agency, in what was formerly an unfinished estate.

Sotheby’s is an important springboard to showcase Irish art like The Disasters of War says Des O’Sullivan.

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Des O’Sullivan looks at a number of different art works on offer through three auction houses in the capital.

Des O’Sullivan says a 1936 oil by Jack B Yeats, ‘Hearing The Nightingale’, is exciting featured lot.

Officers at the State’s maximum security jail have won their claim to hold onto a special allowance for dealing with some of the country’s most dangerous criminals.

In 2013 there were buyers available, but a shortage of work at the top end of the market, writes Des O’Sullivan.

A social welfare inspector said he found it incredible that a director of a taxi company believed he was entitled to receive jobseeker’s allowance payments while running a company.

One garda was used as a “human shield” from a hatchet-wielding 16-year-old while gardaí were powerless to prevent another man slashing his victim 11 times across the face and back with a Stanley knife in broad daylight.

Two children, aged 3 and 4 when they suffered needlestick injuries while playing in a rubbish-strewn park, have each lost €38,000 damages claims against a local authority.

A 20-year-old man appeared in court yesterday charged in connection with slashing another man on the face with a Stanley knife as part of an ongoing Traveller feud.

Jack B Yeats, Leo Whelan, Roderic O’Conor, Tony O’Malley, Patrick Scott, Harry Kernoff and Gerald Dillon are among a roll call of leading Irish artists whose work will feature at Whyte’s sale of Irish and British art at the RDS in Dublin next Monday (Oct 1) at 6pm.

At the Cottage Door, an 1875 watercolour by Cork born artist William Magrath (1838-1918) is at Adams in Dublin next Wednesday. The estimate is €1,000-€2,000.

With a freezer full of sausages and steaks, Michael Neary and Joe O’Grady yesterday set out on what must be one of the longest campervan trips from Ireland to Poland.

Four children, who were injured while travelling in their father’s car, were awarded a total of €34,000 damages today against his insurance company.

Former Vita Cortex workers have urged company boss Jack Ronan to accept new recommendations to end their four-month sit-in and let them “go home to their families”.

Attempts to mediate a dispute in the redundancy row at the Vita Cortex plant in Cork have failed, it was announced this afternoon.

PLANS for a private day care hospital have been given the green light by Limerick City Council.

Dublin: Alex Chisholm has been appointed chairman of the Commission for Communication Regulation (ComReg) – the communications sector’s chief regulation body – with effect from Monday.

THE Commission for Communication Regulation (ComReg) has claimed Irish consumers can expect e100m in savings on their telephone bills, thanks to a reduction in mobile termination rates.

A YOUNG Clareman, John McGovern, yesterday began a six-year jail sentence for the manslaughter of Michael Doherty who, at 14 years of age, was little more than a child when he was stabbed to death outside a chip shop on a June evening in 2007.

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has today directed eircom to reduce the current monthly wholesale price for Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) Line Share charged to other operators from €8.41 to €2.94 - a reduction of 65%.

RURAL internet users are finally in line for accessible high-speed broadband after part of the country’s under-used radio spectrum was opened up.

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ALISTAIR CRAGG wants to spearhead the Irish challenge at next month’s European cross-country championships and the European indoor championships in Birmingham in early March when he will defend his 3,000m title — his big priority.

THE Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has named as October 24 the date on which it will receive market requirement determination (MRD) from Eircom.

Limerick host Waterford in the tie of the round in the Division 1 National Hurling League relegation section today.

Limerick travel to face Wexford today in Division 1B of the National Hurling League, hoping for more league points after picking up their first win of the campaign last weekend.

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) today published a consultation on the pricing of Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) line share.

VODAFONE has admitted to another incident of overcharging customers.

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) today issued a direction to fix eircom’s charge for full Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) at €14.65 per month, a reduction of 13%.

SINCE the end of June, 50,000 customers have left Eircom as a result of competition in the fixed line telephone market.

New consumer website www.askcomreg.ie was launched today by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Noel Dempsey, at ComReg’s National Conference, “Serving the e-consumer”.

ComReg chairman John Doherty today responded to the suspension of ntl’s direct telephone service to over 2,000 customers, mainly in the Tallaght area of Dublin.

THE Communications regulator yesterday launched an attempt to crackdown on internet dialling scams.

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) quarterly report, released today, shows that over 17,000 consumers have taken up "single billing" since it was launched on June 1, 2004.

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has agreed with eircom reductions of 45% in charges for operators who use eircom exchanges.