A charity that supports adults with Down syndrome hopes to break new ground with a special market garden project.

Workers at Dunnes Stores may escalate their campaign of industrial action in its row with management of the supermarket chain.

The chairman of Aer Lingus has appealed to trade unions at the airline to reconsider their opposition to the proposed sale of the company.

William Kelly, 24, continued a growing family tradition in the protection of the State yesterday.

A small ante room in the Westbury Hotel yesterday morning is the setting.

When the investigation into the death of Hannah Comber at a north Cork hospital got under way seven years ago, the HSE promised to publish its findings “in the interests of her family, public confidence in their services, as well as openness and transparency”.

The chief executive of the ERC has admitted the dispute over the Heineken Cup, which is threatening the tournament’s future, is unlikely to be resolved by the time the domestic rugby season kicks off in September.

The mayor of a Co Cork town fears traffic gridlock will ensue during the second phase of its €38m flood alleviation works unless its bypass toll is axed.

The Government has said it will not be doing a u-turn on the nomination of senior Department of Finance official Kevin Cardiff to a post on the EU Court of Auditors.

THE Government has denied that there has been an unreasonable delay in holding a by-election in Donegal South West, the High Court heard yesterday.

A new memorial garden will be officially opened on Saturday, August 28, in Campile Village, County Wexford to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the bombing of the village.

A RESEARCH partnership has been launched in Limerick Institute of Technology to prove the benefits of organic milk.

ST PATRICK’S day in Brussels is unavoidable.

Minister for State Billy Kelleher was in China today for the start of a week-long trade visit involving 13 Irish companies and high-level political and business meettings in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian and Cengdu.

Minister for State Billy Kelleher has defended the Tánaiste Mary Coughlan’s handling of the Rody Molloy issue.

PEOPLE living on a peninsula in West Cork were celebrating yesterday as they were officially awarded the title of European Destination of Excellence.

A DRAFT report into the death of a 75-year-old patient at a north Cork hospital has been completed by an independent investigation team.

MOVES to open a new unit for very sick children at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital are still deadlocked, the HSE confirmed last night.

GARDAÍ are investigating a fire which started at St David’s School in Artane last evening.

A €454 MILLION section of road, which will form part of a complete motorway between Dublin and Cork, has been opened to traffic.

HIV infections among gay and bisexual men are on the increase in Ireland, new research showed today.

WOMEN’S groups have expressed disappointment at the limited remit of a long-awaited domestic violence office, details of which were announced yesterday.

THE Steering Committee on violence against women has expressed disappointment at being kept in the dark about the announcement of a new national domestic violence office.

THE following are reviews of key reports on mental health services in the past six years.

AN agreement between UCC and Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU) was signed yesterday, witnessed by Minister for State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Noel Ahern.

A NATIONAL conference, the first of its type held in Ireland, opens in Cork today to address the quality of our lakes and rivers.

THE vice-premier of China is set to visit Cork next week and ties between the city and Shanghai are to be further strengthened next month.

A SECURITY firm which breeds dogs trained by the British police to sniff out explosives claims Irish authorities are not taking the al-Qaida threat seriously.

ONE of the biggest threats to the Mallow sugar factory being converted into an ethanol production plant is the fact that it is much cheaper to produce ethanol from wheat rather than sugar beet, officials from the Department of the Marine and Natural Resources have indicated.

The country’s ports add €5.5bn to the economy a year but are in dire need of substantial investment, leading consultants revealed today.

MEANINGFUL targets for reducing inequalities in healthcare must be set to prevent people in poverty becoming ill more often and dying early, a conference heard yesterday.

A former Government junior minister who last year circulated bogus election letters from the Taoiseach, aims to run for Fianna Fáil in the next general election.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern last night said the country had been shocked by the tragic loss of life in Meath.

FISHERMEN opposed to the sale and development of a key stretch of quay in Waterford are today seeking a High Court injunction to prevent their eviction from the site.

TRAWLER owners at Waterford port say they face “eviction” within weeks as the port authority presses ahead with plans to sell and develop lands in the area.

MORE people could die in house fires because smokers are choosing to socialise at home since the smoking ban was introduced, the National Safety Council warned yesterday.

HAULIERS have given up on trying to have the height of the Dublin Port Tunnel raised to accommodate super trucks carrying goods from Britain.

John Browne, Minister for State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, has welcomed moves to develop short sea transport corridors which could offer Ireland significant advantages.

Psychiatric services for people with intellectual disabilities in the Irish Republic are greatly under-resourced and underdeveloped, it was claimed today.

An editorial on Monday, May 31, stated that the Minister for State at the Department of Health Tim O’Malley declined to be interviewed for an article on suicide and Ireland’s mental health services, and that his department had not bothered to deliver a promised reply.