Socialite and businessman Breifne O’Brien is to stand trial accused of deception and theft of about €11m in an alleged investment fraud.

Socialite and businessman Breifne O'Brien is to stand trial accused of deception and theft of about €11m in an alleged investment fraud.

A former senior executive at Tesco Ireland has been accused of conning over €116,000 from the supermarket chain.

A former senior Tesco Ireland executive has been accused of conning €116,470 out of the supermarket chain.

A homeless man pleading not guilty to murdering a Dublin pensioner told gardaí he “lost the head” and “hit the old fella in the chest twice” a court heard.

A FIREFIGHTER told how he was knocked to the ground by the body of a colleague which had been hurled violently through the air when a car smashed into emergency services personnel as they were attending a road traffic accident in Co Limerick.

A MERE four years in GAA existence, and Dripsey find themselves within touching distance of the honour they crave.

The body of a man was recovered off the coast of Co Clare this evening.

A coastguard team searching for two men missing off the coast of Co Clare has recovered a body washed up on the shore.

The search for two men feared drowned when their jeep plunged from cliffs into the Atlantic on the Clare coast in the early hours of Monday is resuming at first light today.