Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar has been accused of massively overstating the amounts saved by the State in anti-fraud measures.

Housing Minister Simon Coveney is being urged to ensure €148m in unspent funds for water meter installations instead goes towards fixing urban pipes and drainage systems.

A DVD to help breast cancer patients facing reconstructive surgery was launched yesterday.

One of the country’s best loved seafood connoisseurs, Martin Shanahan, has launched the 58th Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival.

Independent monitors must be placed at sectarian flashpoints across Belfast in a bid to identify ringleaders orchestrating street violence, republicans demanded today.

Sinn Fein is claiming that an army vehicle deliberately struck a young man in the North last night.