A 28-year-old woman confessed yesterday to the manslaughter of two men who died in a house fire in Mallow in north Cork almost two years ago, and she also pleaded guilty to arson.

The State has taken in €11.2bn in the first three months of the year.

A woman has been charged with two counts of manslaughter, and one of arson, following a fire in which two men died, in the Cork town of Mallow.

Wedding bells in The Bay

Gardaí are still waiting to speak to a man and woman who remain in hospital following a fire which claimed the lives of two men in a Co Cork apartment.

Gardaí obtained a court order last night allowing them to carry out forensic examinations for a further 24 hours at an apartment block where a fire killed two men in their 30s.

…literally. (And yes that is John Palmer from Home and Away in the photo)

Senior European Union officials will meet US President George Bush in Washington today amid uncertainty about the impact that the crisis gripping the 25-nation bloc could have on transatlantic relations.

Voters in France faced an historic choice today as they cast ballots in a referendum on the European Union’s first constitution.

Europe’s landmark new constitution faces a make-or-break referendum in France tomorrow, when a polarised nation decides whether to boost or block the next giant leap forward in a half-century of efforts to unite the continent.

Three Britons were among those arrested with a man who is said to have helped finance Mideast terror groups with profits from ripping off tourists in Canary Island timeshare scams.

Internet retailer LetsBuyIt.com is to resume trading after resolving a financial crisis that had threatened the future of the website.