The charities regulator was not aware of any concerns around the operation of the suicide bereavement charity Console until they were aired last week.

Former Console boss Paul Kelly and his wife and son spent almost €500,000 on designer clothes, foreign trips, groceries, and other expenses between 2012 and 2014, an RTÉ investigation has claimed.

Gardaí are considering if concerns raised in relation to suicide prevention charity Console merit a criminal investigation.

A woman found guilty of snooping at pop star Britney Spears’ house has been sentenced to three years’ probation and 240 hours of community service.

THE state pathologist told an inquest into the death of a young man who died of strychnine poisoning after collapsing at a facility for juvenile offenders that she had not dealt with a case of strychnine poisoning in three decades.

Carlow captured the first national title of the week The National Finals of the AA Insurance take place at Headfort Golf Club with a 2-1 win against Limerick.