Gardaí say the victim of last night's shooting in Dublin was gunned down while his wife and children were in the house.

Two murder investigations are under way following a fatal beating of a dissident republican in Kildare and the death of a gangland figure in Dublin.

Buying prescription drugs online can seriously damage your health and in some instances lead to death, says Rita de Brun

THE number of motorists avoiding tolls on the country’s busiest road by tailgating has plummeted by 83% since new cameras were installed, it was revealed yesterday.

Gardaí say a post mortem will be carried out tomorrow morning on the body of a man discovered in Finglas this morning.

IRELAND’S nursing regulatory body is to monitor an investigation by Philippine health authorities into allegations of cheating in nursing exams.

TWENTY ONE-year-old Connor Doran performed the necessary heroics over the closing holes to play the lead part in yesterday’s Bulmer’s Barton Shield victory for Banbridge over Stackstown at Lisburn.

HOSPITALS face serious nursing shortages in the coming months as a freeze on nurse recruitment will prohibit hospitals from renewing contracts with foreign nurses or hiring new nursing graduates.

FILIPINO nurses recruited to ease staffing shortages are leaving the country when their contracts are up having being recruited by hospitals in Australia, Britain and America.