A Longford resident is to be sentenced later this week for possessing part of a €7.66m bank heist following the tiger kidnapping of a bank employee, his girlfriend and her family last year.

TWO directors of a building company which went into voluntary liquidation should be made personally liable for its €3.2 million debts — including €2.1m in under-declared tax liabilities — it was claimed in the High Court yesterday.

The Government today urged extreme caution to beach-goers and holidaymakers this bank holiday weekend as new figures show 131 people drowned in Ireland’s waterways last year.

Minister for Labour Affairs Tony Killeen said today's approval of a draft Open Skies agreement between the EU and the US would help Shannon Airport “go from strength to strength”.

Industrial strike action has reached its lowest level since records began, the Government revealed today.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has said that he is not surprised that Junior Minister Tony Kileen was not forced to resign over comments he made about the release of Christopher Cooney.