Residents of a Cork city apartment block facing eviction by a vulture fund have called on Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy to introduce legislation to block mass evictions.

O'Riordan impressed Sydney’s staff with the determination he approached his rehab with and was presented with a two-year contract extension at the end of last year.

Latest: Dolores O'Riordan will be laid to rest on Tuesday in her native Limerick.

Your lunchtime news bulletin.

"She was allowed to be herself here."

Welcome to your Tuesday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Dolores O'Riordan has been discharged from hospital and released without charge from garda custody following an alleged air rage incident.

Singer Dolores O'Riordan has been taken to the Mid-West Regional Hospital in Limerick after being arrested at Shannon Airport.

The former lead singer with rock group The Cranberries has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an air hostess.

The Taoiseach says his new Minister for the Gaeltacht will take a "refresher course" in Irish.

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Limerick will swiftly begin their search for a new senior hurling manager after Corkman John Allen decided to step down from the position following a two-year stint in charge.

An Irish teenager born without limbs has been given a €50,000 donation from the United Nations.

Two Labour TDs who publically voiced their opposition to planned cuts in the Health Service have today given their backing to the Health Minister James Reilly.

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has said that politicians cannot be above the law.

The Government has been forced into an embarrassing Budget U-turn over plans to slash disability benefits for young people.

The Junior Finance Minister with responsibility for the OPW, Brian Hayes, has said he has been liaising with the insurance industry federation to discuss the provision of home insurance for those affected by flooding.

Limerick senior football manager Maurice Horan has revealed that a meeting in the aftermath of their exit from the Munster Championship got their campaign back on track.

Dual player Mark O'Riordan and recent debutant Richie McCarthy will start for Limerick against Antrim in tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC third phase qualifier at Parnell Park (throw-in 7pm).

Labour's Aodhán O'Riordán has taken the second seat in Dublin North Central.

Labour's Aodhan O'Riordan has been elected in Dublin North Central.

A 23-year-old man who killed another man in an unprovoked attack during which he was dragged under a car after being attacked with a machete, has been jailed for nine years at the Central Criminal Court.

The High Court extended protection to the troubled McInerney building group until November 2.

The High Court has confirmed the appointment of an examiner to housebuilding firm McInerney Homes and a number of related companies.

The High Court has this evening appointed an interim examiner to house building firm McInerney Homes and several realted companies after being informed that an independent accountant's report revealed that firms have a reasonable prospect of survival.

A 23-year-old father-of-one has admitted killing a man, who was attacked with a machete before being dragged along the road by a car, following a three-week trial at the Central Criminal Court.

The jury in an ongoing murder trial has heard that the partner of the accused man told gardaí he came home late and upset one night in December 2006, and told her “something bad had happened”.

A 23-year-old on trial for murder told gardaí he couldn't explain why there were phone calls between his mobile and that of the man he is accused of killing, during the time the man was dying in hospital.

An eye witness has described for a murder trial how he saw a car being rammed and “shoved on top” of a man who was lying in the middle of a road, and screaming in pain.

Defence lawyers for a man on trial for murder, assault and hijack, have argued that the prosecution's main witness has lied in his statements to gardai and in his evidence to the court.

A senior Garda has told a murder trial that the main witness in the case, who told gardaí of an alleged “confession” the accused man made to him, may have been under the impression that he was suspected of involvement.

A Garda forensic expert has told the trial of a man accused of murder, assault and hijacking, that he found a meat cleavers in a burnt out car which was allegedly involved in the events.

The main witness in the case of a man on trial for murder, hijacking and assault has told the jury that he broke his silence on the events, because he wanted the victim's family to “know what he knew”.

The central witness and friend of a man on trial for murder has denied that he himself was present at the alleged murder scene, and that he fabricated a story for the Gardaí to get himself out of trouble.

The Central Criminal Court has heard evidence about a conversation during which a man on trial for murder told his friend that he was out hijacking cars when he “knocked down” a man.

The Central Criminal Court has heard evidence of a series of attempted hijackings and a serious assault in Dundalk town, in the minutes leading up to the alleged murder of Aidan Myers in 2006.

Witnesses in the case of a man on trial for murder, assault and hijacking have described how they saw a man driving a car repeatedly up and down their street, ram it into a parked car and reverse it at speed towards people.

Limerick GAA Secretary Mike O'Riordan has distanced himself from the comments made by former Limerick senior hurling captain Mark Foley in a weekend interview as the Limerick hurling crisis continues.

Justin McCarthy's position as Limerick Senior Hurling manager has once again come under fire after the required number of five clubs have submitted letters to request a special County Board meeting.

SIPTU has accused the Government of using spin to muddy the atmosphere of public sector demands.

Gareth MacHale, driving a Ford Focus WRC, dominated today's nine stages of the opening leg of the Cork "20" International Rally, the final and deciding round of the Irish Tarmac Championship.

Dual player Mark O'Riordan has been named in the Limerick team for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final tussle with Dublin in Thurles (throw-in 2pm).

Derry's Eugene Donnelly and co-driver Paddy Toner (Skoda Fabia) have won the Circuit of Ireland Rally today.

Cork 2-10 Galway 1-08