The madcap annual clamber up the sides of a fast-eroding mountain, which to outsiders must seem slightly bonkers, claimed its usual list of casualties, from heart attacks to head injuries, writes Catherine Shanahan. 

THE Taoiseach has announced the litany of far-flung destinations to which his Cabinet will be flying for St Patrick’s Day this year – but he warned like last year that costs are to be kept to a minimum.

NEW plans to overhaul homeless services in Dublin were announced yesterday, using surplus housing stock to provide 1,000 additional tenancies by the end of this year.