Parental Leave will offer fathers a chance to spend more time at home with their newborns. But it comes at an expense for many, says Helen O’Callaghan.

Mark Smyth is a senior clinical psychologist at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

An early deluge didn’t prevent some outstanding performances at the Irish Life Health All Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore on Saturday.

Tullamore will witness a rare family feat on Saturday.

Parents are being urged to talk to children openly and realistically about the dangers of the internet.

She almost got caught red-handed, the messer.

Plans will be lodged today for what developers hope will be Dublin's tallest office building.

This Christmas again, it’s all about the phone, tablet and console. But many parents remain uncertain about whether these games are good for their kids. We asked three experts their opinion on some of the most popular apps and games on the market.

With school holidays looming, Conor Power wonders how long he should allow his son to be online during the summer. It’s a constant battle, experts admit, and you can’t compare it with TV ‘in our day’

A Dublin man has today lost his appeal against his conviction for killing a taxi driver, who he stabbed over 40 times in full view of his girlfriend and young son.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today reserved judgment in the application of a Dublin man for leave to appeal against his conviction for killing a taxi driver by stabbing him more than 40 times in full view of his girlfriend and young son.

The Court of Criminal Appeal, Mrs Justice Susan Denham presiding, was told today that an appeal by Carlos Byrne (aged 24) against his conviction for murder was “ready to go on” and would be heard before the three-judge court on Thursday of next week.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has set aside the sentence handed down to a young mother of two for her role in the fatal stabbing of a Dublin man two years ago, on the grounds that the “totality” of the term imposed was unduly lenient.

A Dublin woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison, with three years suspended, for the manslaughter of taxi driver Mark Smyth, who she stabbed in the face before her former partner Carlos Byrne stabbed him to death 40 times in March 2008.

A man who killed a taxi driver by stabbing him over 40 times in front of his girlfriend and young son has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court.

A man accused of murdering a taxi driver by stabbing him 43 times in front of his girlfriend and young child has been found guilty at the Central Criminal Court.

The jury in the trial of a man and woman accused of murdering a taxi driver in Blanchardstown last year began its deliberations at the Central Criminal Court tonight on day 12 of the trial.

The jury in the trial of a man and woman accused of murdering a taxi driver in Blanchardstown last year has now heard all prosecution evidence.

A Central Criminal Court jury has heard that DNA matching a taxi driver who was fatally stabbed in Blanchardstown last year was found on the clothes of a man and a woman accused of murdering him.

A man accused of murdering a taxi driver last year by stabbing him more than 40 times in a frenzied attack told gardaí that the deceased had pulled out a gun before he stabbed him in the neck in a row over drug money.

A woman accused of murdering a taxi driver last year in Blanchardstown told gardaí that the deceased pointed a gun at her and her boyfriend in a row over drug money.

The jury in the trial of a man and woman accused of murdering a taxi driver in Blanchardstown last year has heard that the man replied “I’m sorry” when arrested for the offence.

A man and woman accused of murdering a taxi driver in Blanchardstown earlier this year will go on trial next March at the Central Criminal Court.

A 22-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a taxi driver in Dublin on Tuesday night.

A man in his twenties is due in court this morning, charged in connection with the death of an off-duty taxi driver in Dublin on Tuesday night.

A couple in their 20s remain in garda custody this morning in connection with the murder of an off-duty taxi driver in west Dublin earlier this week.

A couple in their 20s were arrested tonight over the knife murder of an off-duty taxi driver.

Gardaí are appealing for a couple being sought in connection with the murder of a taxi driver to come forward voluntarily.

A young Catholic man bludgeoned to death by loyalist killers had escaped an earlier attack by diving into a river as gunmen opened fire, an inquest heard today.

MUCKRIDGE House is a landmark Youghal period residence that, as well as carrying a heritage listing, comes with a 100-acre farm on the outskirts of the ancient town.

One of two men accused of murdering a Vietnamese man and assaulting a Chinese man, gave a “Kung Foo kick” to the Chinese man during an assault in Temple Bar two years ago, a jury at the Central Criminal court heard today.

ALASTAIR CRAGG, who has recently declared for Ireland and made himself available for selection for next month's European cross-country championships, finished second in yesterday's American national collegiate cross-country championships at Indiana State University.