A DISTRICT court judge has refused to grant a licence for a commercially run bingo hall in Cork which would have given 10% of its proceeds to charities.

It’s easy to see why Z Square House in Dublin won an architectural award as it made excellent use of its space, Rose Martin reports

“A STRAIGHT arrow guy,” is how one veteran US Sinn Féin sympathiser, Maureen McCullogh, continues to describe Denis Donaldson, the central figure in what must rank as Ireland’s most unusual spy story.

WAYNE McCULLOUGH was relishing his return from the boxing wilderness last night as he prepared for his first fight on British soil in seven years.