A 48-year-old man has appeared in Dublin District Court charged with arson following a fire at St Catherine's Church on Meath Street yesterday.

A brother of model and TV presenter Glenda Gilson has pleaded not guilty to possessing cannabis and driving under the influence of an intoxicant.

A 43-year-old Dublin man accused of murdering his wife has entered a guilty plea on day one of his trial.

AFTER listening and watching the wall-to-wall blanket coverage on RTÉ radio and TV on the sudden and sullen departure of George Lee from Dáil Eireann and the Fine Gael party, I wonder is this a question of power (the lack of) rather than influence.

TEARS came to my flushed face as I watched reports of elderly black women, born maybe one or two generations free from slavery, in the US as they queued to vote on polling day.

More than 100 people have been arrested during a summer offensive against burglary in Belfast, it was revealed today.

A family of 15 siblings today wearily trudged their way into the record books after completing the Dublin City Marathon.

Michael O'Connor has concluded his close-season dealings by adding another three players to his 2007 Athlone Town squad.

Athlone Town boss Michael O'Connor has made his first close-season signing today.

Athlone Town boss Michael O'Connor has confirmed that he has agreed terms with two of the three Hungarians who have been on trial with the club for the past two weeks.

Athlone Town are not shirking any challenges as they prepare for the new season, as they prepare to take on two Premier Division sides this weekend.

Athlone Town boss Michael O'Connor has made two more signings ahead of the 2006 eircom League season.

New Athlone Town boss Michael O'Connor has wasted little time in moulding his team for the upcoming 2006 league campaign.

Athlone Town have announced Michael O'Connor as their new manager.

AS many as 325 family doctors and 55 pharmacists earned €240,001 or more under General Medical Services (GMS) Schemes last year.

FORENSIC experts yesterday continued the painstaking search for clues to the London bombers.

RECENT utterances by Minister for Justice Michael McDowell prompts me to write. The IRA ceasefire in 1994 created a window of opportunity for achieving a lasting solution of the situation in the Six Counties.

Leading Irish department store group Arnotts has appointed Michael Nason as its new Chief Executive Officer from next April.

I FEEL sorry for psychiatric patients who will not be permitted to smoke in the confines of their hospitals once the ban is introduced on January 1.

CONSIDERING the price of a packet of fags and a pint, how can any regular smoker afford to be a regular drinker in the first place?

HAVING just returned from a self-catering holiday in Allihies in west Cork I wish to make a few important points amid all the bashing of ‘rip-off’ Ireland.

The recommended cash offer made by NCB Corporate Finance on behalf of Nesbitt Acquisitions for the entire issued and to be issued, ordinary shares of Arnotts has closed for acceptances today, July 23, 2003.

RECENTLY I was diagnosed with diabetes. Thankfully my blood sugars have returned to near normal with changes to my diet and very good advice from my doctor.

Team Ireland has won twelve medals in the kayaking events at the Special Olympics.

HOW refreshing to listen to the new mid-morning documentaries on RTE Radio 1.

PADDY O'Leary and his wife Gertie tried to be brave as objects bobbed about in nearly two feet of water in their ruined home on Botanic Avenue, Drumcondra. They have lived there for the past 35 years.