This year’s Irish Film and Television Academy awards promise to be the most exciting yet, with superstars Colin Farrell and Michael Fassbender being tipped for a gong.

A judge has turned down a prosecutor’s bid to send troubled singer Chris Brown to jail, citing his continued good behaviour and progress in a rehabilitation programme.

A has judge revoked Chris Brown’s probation after reviewing the details of an alleged hit-and-run accident involving the singer and his behaviour afterwards, but he was not sent to jail.

Wicklow County Council has expressed sincere regret for breaching safety legislation following a trial arising from the deaths of two fire fighters.

Mary Murray tells Pádraic Killeen about Fishamble’s latest short form project

Los Angeles prosecutors are asking a judge to order Chris Brown to redo his community service because of significant discrepancies in records submitted to a court.

Gardaí are trying to trace the final movements of 67-year-old Eugene Gillespie before he was “brutally murdered” by burglars at his home in Sligo town.

A judge ordered an audit of Chris Brown’s community service progress after a prosecutor handling his felony assault case cited a possible discrepancy in the amount of work he has performed.

Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Ireland project affords ordinary people the opportunity to speak their minds, writes Pádraic Killeen

A TOTAL of 22 Garda inspectors, including three women, have been promoted to the rank of superintendent and assigned to new stations.

IRISH ATHLETICS legend Sonia O’Sullivan is set for an Olympic return – but not on the track.

An inquest into the deaths of two firemen killed battling a disused factory blaze was today adjourned to allow gardaí to continue their investigations.

The families of two firefighters killed battling a blaze at a disused factory will meet Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today to reiterate their call for an independent probe into the tragedy.

THE fire service in Bray is a “ticking timebomb” following the deaths of two firefighters last year, a Dáil committee heard yesterday.

The family of two firefighters killed battling a blaze at a disused factory have employed an international team of experts to probe the tragedy, it emerged today.

“I WILL never have the words to explain to you how it feels to have the person you build your life around taken from you so needlessly.”

THE widow of fireman Brian Murray who died in a factory fire in Bray, Co Wicklow, has claimed the local county council refused to pay his final call out fee.

FAMILIES of the Bray firefighters who lost their lives two weeks ago have organised a weekend march to protest against the lack of full-time fire services in towns throughout Ireland.

THE widow of Brian Murray, who perished in the Bray factory blaze, last night criticised the lack of a full time fire service for the town.

The subject matter may be downbeat - a couple of druggie pals (played excellently by O’Halloran, who also wrote it, and Murphy) wander the Dublin streets looking for enough cash to get their fix - but this isn’t a bad local film.

I WISH to highlight for your readers the apparent lack of concern which the Government is currently displaying with regard to the needs of the intellectually disabled people.

The woman killed in an accident yesterday in south Dublin has been named.