CELEBRATING 25 years, the Backwater Artists Group (BAG) in Cork has plenty to shout about. It is one of the largest artists’ studio groups in Ireland. But a technical glitch in the application for funding has resulted in zero money from the Arts Council this year.

Church bells rang out in a quiet Wexford village today to mark the 70th anniversary of a deadly German bomb attack.

A new memorial garden will be officially opened on Saturday, August 28, in Campile Village, County Wexford to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the bombing of the village.

THREE Irish college students who developed revolutionary medical devices swept the boards at an international competition yesterday.

AN ELECTRIC blanket fault is believed be the likely cause of a house fire that claimed the lives of an elderly woman and her son yesterday.