A 35-year-old man has appeared before Carlow District Court today, charged in connection with the robbery of an 86-year-old woman in Kilkenny earlier this week.

HOPES that Shelbourne Park could resume this week have been dashed following the announcement yesterday that the meetings planned for tomorrow and Saturday have been called off.

ROCKCHAPEL in north Cork, at the border of counties Cork, Kerry and Limerick, near the Mullaghareirk Mountains, is one of the highest villages in Ireland.

NERVOUS fathers-to-be are pushing their partners into hospital at the first sign of labour, when they would be better off at home, according to a new study.

ANGRY residents and business people in Newcastle West claimed they are being “fobbed” off by Limerick County Council over the reason behind the flooding that devastated the town.

A DECISION not to activate Co Limerick’s major emergency plan to tackle huge floods will be raised at a meeting at council headquarters today.

THE elderly woman plucked from the Newcastle West floods by a rescue helicopter early yesterday morning has revealed how her barking terrier “Speedy” saved her life.