A Fermoy company has been crowned the country’s top amateur drama group at the 63rd RTÉ All-Ireland Drama Festival.

A 23-year-old man has been remanded in custody in connection with an alleged stabbing of a father and son in Tralee shortly before 6am last Tuesday.

To misquote lunar astronaut, Neil Armstrong.... Royal de Luxe’s giant gran took another small step in her global travels yesterday, delivering a giant boost to Limerick’s City of Culture celebrations.

A Cork nursing home, which closed earlier this year, has been sharply criticised by the Employment Appeals Tribunal for its bullying of a worker who was fired after allegedly stealing a mug.

If success in business is knowing which ingredients produce the best results, then the Healys have the recipe.

The brother of a 62-year-old murder victim described his anger yesterday at having unknowingly called to the murderer’s home for directions to the flat where his brother lay dead in a pool of blood.

A 39-year-old man has been convicted of the murder of a 62-year-old taxi driver in Cork two years ago.

STEPHEN CLUXTON’S participation in the International Rules series looks increasingly questionable after Parnells qualified for the Dublin SFC quarter-finals following yesterday’s 1-18 to 2-9 extra-time win over St Sylvester’s in Swords.

THE Aviva Stadium and more than 30 other architectural wonders have been toppled by a tent-like structure which shelters Limerick’s historic Milk Market.

A FORMER part of the big Ballyneale estate lands, near Limerick’s Ballingarry, goes under the auction hammer in mid-November – complete with a carp lake and fishing lodge.

INDEPENDENT planning experts have welcomed a move to open up dialogue with architects and others involved in house design.

A man accused of murdering a taxi driver was remanded in custody for fortnight today at Cork District Court.

NOBODY deserves to die in the way murdered taxi driver Michael Healy did, but this is not the time for anger, mourners were told at his funeral Mass.

The 62-year-old taxi driver who was found dead in Cork last week is to be buried today.

A 37-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with the murder of a taxi driver in Cork city.

A 38-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged wth the murder of a taxi driver in Cork earlier this week

A man arrested connection with the murder of Cork taxi driver Michael Healy will appear in court this afternoon.

A SUSPECT was still being questioned last night about the murder of a taxi driver in Cork city.

Gardaí in Cork arrested a man in connection with the death of taxi driver Michael Healy yesterday evening.

A MAN in his 30s was arrested in Co Cork last night in connection with the murder of a taxi driver in the city.

GARDAÍ believe it is possible that a taxi driver bludgeoned to death may have been murdered by somebody who stole his day’s takings.

PEOPLE living in “the village within a city” have expressed their shock at the murder of a 62-year-old taxi driver described as a “nice, quiet man who wouldn’t harm a fly”.

A well-known city taxi driver who was murdered when he was beaten over the head may have lain dead in his flat for several days, it was revealed tonight.

Gardaí investigating the murder of a father of two in Cork are trying to establish his last known movements.

Gardai have launched a murder investigation into the death of a 62-year-old man in Cork.

GARDAÍ will today review the results of a postmortem on the body of a 62-year-old Cork man before deciding whether to launch a murder investigation.

A NEW €2 million city centre market, which will open in Limerick within a year, will be on a scale not seen in this country before, it was predicted yesterday.

A NUMBER of people were remanded at Limerick City Court yesterday arising out of recent disturbances in Moyross.

THE Staker Wallace junior GAA club in Co Limerick hasn’t much of a profile. There is little or no silver in the trophy cabinet.

A TOP architect yesterday defended a proposed new studio/office building that’s been designed for Limerick’s Georgian Pery Square.

A PLANNING controversy is erupting over the proposed development of a four-storey glass building in the heart of Georgian Limerick.

A LIMERICK GAA club has clinched a super property swap with millionaire race horse owner JP McManus.

PLANS are being drawn up for a major development on a site adjacent to a historic church in Limerick.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese was the first VIP visitor to view JP McManus’s new mansion when she called for lunch during a visit to Co Limerick on Tuesday.

Leinster champions Enniscorthy Golf Club won the Irish Mixed Foursomes title for the first time in its history at Clandeboye Golf Club today.

Online travel agency ebookers showed signs it had recovered from the impact of Euro 2004 today after reporting an “encouraging” pick-up in sales.

ESB investigators have ruled out human error in the explosion which killed two workers at the Tarbert generating station last month. But initial investigations have failed to establish the cause of the fire and explosion in the Co Kerry station.

THE explosion and fire at the Tarbert Power Station claimed a second life with the death, last night, of a 49-year-old Co Kerry father-of-four.

THE Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is investigating an explosion that killed a 38-year old man and injured two others at an ESB power plant.

PROP Pieter De Villiers has not been ruled out of international rugby union indefinitely after testing positive for ecstasy and cocaine, French coach Bernard Laporte insisted yesterday.