A former soldier has described watching a terrorist gunman stand over his stricken comrade and riddle his body with bullets.

House prices may have fallen through the roof, but just over €900 for a house in Co Wexford is still a bargain.

A Dublin man who got into drugs to fit in with school peers has been given a seven-year sentence for possessing €658,000 of cannabis.

THE Pentagon said yesterday that the US wanted a UN Security Council resolution “within weeks” to tackle Iran’s nuclear programme as Iran said it had begun making higher-grade nuclear fuel.

IRISH Nationwide Building Society (INBS) members yesterday voted to accept Government funding of up to €2 billion at a special general meeting.

US President Barack Obama, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have joined forces to accuse Iran of concealing a covert nuclear plant, and to warn Iran of sanctions unless the issue is resolved.

A Belfast man has been jailed for nine years for possessing a handgun in suspicious circumstances following a garda chase last year.

UN inspectors have arrived in Iran to visit its uranium enrichment plant, as Western governments and experts expressed dismay and scepticism over Iran’s announcement that it is now enriching uranium on an industrial scale.

Two UN inspectors have arrived in Iran to visit its uranium enrichment plant, the authorities said today as Western governments and experts expressed dismay and scepticism over Iran’s announcement that it is now enriching uranium in industrial quantities.

BOXING returns to the Neptune Stadium for the first time in 21 years on Saturday night (7pm) when the Cork County Board of the IABA stage a charity show in aid of the Leukaemia Ward at the Mercy Hospital.

As part of mock drills, warships participating in a large multinational exercise took off into the Turkish Mediterranean Friday in pursuit of a cargo ship said to be carrying weapons of mass destruction.

Paddy Christie will line out at centre-back for Dublin in Sunday’s Blue Stars football clash in Kilbarrack (2pm).

Dublin 3-10, Waterford 1-7

Dublin and Galway will name their sides tonight for this weekend’s Under-21 All Ireland football final.