Young people are risking their lives by taking part in a social media drinking game linked to two deaths over the weekend, say mental health experts and youth representatives.

Eoghan Cormican takes a look at each county ahead of the club championship.

Two soldiers involved in a violent drink-fuelled fight have been given a chance to stay in the Defence Forces after a judge gave them non-custodial sentences.

Single errors for both Denis Lynch and tyro Bertram Allen kept the Irish duo out of the shake-up in the grand prix in Lyon, France, yesterday.

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Ireland and the rest of Europe is facing a rising threat from the return of radicalised fighters from Syria and North Africa, according to a former top Irish garda heading the EU police agency in the US.

A Cork Institute of Technology student has won a prestigious engineering award for preventing bottlenecks in a manufacturing process, while a student from IT Carlow was also recognised for his work to allow straw quality and moisture to be constantly evaluated.

There has been a sharp increase in Irish people seeking bankruptcy in Britain, according to latest figures released by Britain’s Insolvency Service.

Relatives of an Irish tourist killed in an aircraft accident in New Zealand have joined others in writing to the country’s prime minister to urge him to bring in stronger safety enforcement.

A Dublin boxing club which counts Olympian Darren O' Neill as a member is in the High Court after it was locked out of its premises last week.

A BANK has been allowed to chase a Co Kildare man for a €10 million debt by dropping a letter in the post.

Efforts are underway to bring home the body of the young Irish man who died in a plane crash in New Zealand over the weekend.

An Irish man is among nine people who died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand’s Southern Alps today.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance to the family of a 26-year-old Irishman who was killed in a New Zealand plane crash.

GARDA militancy has a long pedigree with the force’s industrial activists tracing their ancestry back to a meeting in the Macushla Ballroom in south Dublin on November 4, 1961.

Three Coolock brothers, whose mother reported them to gardaí after she saw them rob a Chinese food delivery man, have been sentenced to a total of 13 years for various crimes, including robberies.

A former senior manager with National Irish Bank has been disqualified by the High Court for a period of four years from involvement in the management of a company on grounds of unfitness.

TWO former senior managers with National Irish Bank have been disqualified from involvement in the management of a company on grounds of unfitness arising from the investigation into the 1990s tax evasion scandal.

Two former senior managers with National Irish Bank has been disqualified by the High Court from involvement in the management of a company on grounds of unfitness arising from the findings of the investigation into the 1990s tax evasion scandal in the bank.

CITYJET, the Dublin-based airline owned by Air France-KLM, saw its profits rise by 8% last year.

A FORMER head of finance with National Irish Bank is opposing an application by the director of corporate enforcement for a court order disqualifying him from involvement in the management of any company on unfitness grounds.

COMMUNITY activists yesterday expressed delight following the seizure of a massive heroin haul in Dublin and the arrest red-handed of a wholesale drugs supplier.

The fifth edition of the annual Purple and Gold Star matches, which see the cream of Wexford GAA talent on show, will take place at Wexford Park tomorrow (first throw-in 1pm).

THE Director of Corporate Enforcement is seeking documents from the inspectors who investigated the National Irish Bank tax evasion scandal of the 1990s.

GARDAÍ failed to pursue the prime suspects in the sectarian murder of Seamus Ludlow for fear it would set a precedent for RUC inquiries in the Republic.

A FORMER executive with National Irish Bank has been disqualified from acting as company director.

THE High Court will today rule on whether a report into the affairs of National Irish Bank (NIB) can be published.

A drug addict who threatened two doctors at Beaumont Hospital with a blood-filled syringe has been jailed for four years by Judge Des Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

The former Dublin City and County Assistant Manager, Mr George Redmond, told gardaí he got a cheque for Ir£5,000 "out of the blue" from car salesman Brendan Fassnidge in 1988.

A verdict is expected next Tuesday morning in the case of a former Irish soldier accused of membership of an illegal organisation.

A former Army Corporal who served 26 years in the Defence Forces today denied membership of an illegal organisation styling itself the IRA at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

A Dublin businessman lived through a “nightmare” over the past few months because of intimidation and threats made before and during the trial of two men accused of membership of an illegal organisation, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

A Dublin man dramatically changed his plea and admitted membership of an illegal organisation during the fourth day of his trial at the Special Criminal Court today.

THE insurance and investment company Acorn Life saw profits nearly double last year, but says new business growth will be difficult following the departure of its reinsurers in March.