An independent review has been ordered into the death of an Irish army private and the disappearance of his colleague while on duty with the UN in Lebanon 33 years ago.

Enda Kenny has refused to comment on allegations by a minister that the Taoiseach effectively misled the Dáil.

A 31-year-old Galway woman has been jailed for seven years at the Central Criminal Court for stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death at her apartment.

The best and worst of Irish life were seen in the Central Criminal Court yesterday in a case involving a 31-year-old woman found guilty of the manslaughter of her former partner.

A passenger was paralysed for life after being catapulted through a rear window of a vehicle travelling at 160km/h in what a judge describe as an “insane” act of driving.

A woman accused of the murder of a man, who died following a stabbing in Galway, today consented to being remanded in custody for another two weeks pending completion of a book of evidence.

A woman accused of the murder of a man who died following a stabbing in Galway has been granted bail.

A woman is due in court in Dublin today charged with the murder of a man in Galway over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

A 30-YEAR-OLD woman has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a man in Galway over the bank holiday weekend.

A 30-year-old woman has appeared in court in Galway charged with the murder of a man in Salthill over the weekend.

In a report on 2 August 2011, the Irish Examiner carried a report in relation to the murder on July 31 of Kevin Kenny, 30, of O’Hogan Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin. In the article it was stated that Mr Kenny had previously been prosecuted for assaulting a tourist. We wish to clarify that Mr Kenny was not, in fact, prosecuted in relation to an assault.

A new family is set to make its first appearance on ‘Fair City’ in the coming week.

TEARS flowed at the weekend as a memorial was unveiled to honour all Irish soldiers who have died on UN overseas missions.

The Minister for Defence, Michael Smith, is due to arrive at Camp Shamrock to supervise the latest stage in the withdrawal of Irish forces from the Lebanon.

Irish peacekeepers today celebrated their last St Patrick’s Day in south Lebanon, where they had been stationed for more than two decades.