A jury has found a man and woman not guilty of the manslaughter of a student who died on New Year’s Day 2012.

Westmeath can become Ireland’s number one bioenergy region on foot of a ‘BioRegions’ project driven by Westmeath Community Development and supported by rural and farmer groups, according to Duncan Stewart.

Three young people have today been charged with the unlawful killing of Andrew Dolan.

A MILD recovery in exports will not translate into jobs, according to reports released by the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) and National Irish Bank (NIB).

IN MANY cases, these mothers didn’t expect to be brandishing Christmas Day babies but they were all delighted after experiencing one of the most unforgettable Christmas Days of their lives.

THE Fastnet International Schools Regatta second day in Schull Harbour provided excellent, but challenging sailing conditions, particularly in the afternoon.

THE three-day Fastnet International Schools Regatta got underway in Schull Harbour yesterday under ideal weather conditions.

MORE than 180 sailors from five countries helped make the GUL Ward Topper Championships at Tralee Bay Sailing Club in Fenit a huge success.

New houses built in Ireland will be more environmentally friendly according to plans unveiled today by the government’s Green party ministers.

HOUSEHUNTERS are being urged to use their clout in an uncertain property market to insist on greener standards from their builders.

A CORONER’S inquest was told yesterday that a 73-year-old retired farmer was already dead on the road before being run-over by a car outside the north Clare town of Ennistymon last year.

A retired psychiatric nurse told a jury today that a Kerry man accused of murdering his uncle was admitted to hospital for psychiatric treatment after the killing.

A retired psychiatric nurse told a jury today that a Kerry man accused of murdering his uncle was admitted to hospital for psychiatric treatment after the killing.

A Kerry man told gardaí that his father killed his uncle because he was afraid the uncle would sell their land, a murder trial jury heard today.

A Kerry man told gardai that he threw his uncle's body down a well after his father had killed him with an iron bar, a murder trial jury heard today.

THE teenage boy who died in a jet ski accident in Youghal, Co Cork, should have been forbidden under regulations to operate the privately-owned, high-powered pleasure craft.

Gardaí in Co Cork have named the 15-year-old boy who died in a jet ski crash yesterday as Patrick Daly, from Greencloyne in Youghal.

The death of a six-year-old boy might not have happened if a construction company had heeded warnings from a security contractor about children getting on to the site.

A FATHER whose six-year-old son died in a fall on a building site welcomed a District Court judge's decision to move the case to a higher court because the maximum fine he could impose on the builders was only €1,900.

The maternal grandparents of a youth accused of murdering his mother told a murder trial jury today that they had forgiven their grandson who "was not a well boy".

The six-year-old boy who tragically died in an accident in Cork has been named as Patrick Daly.

A Co Kerry man has gone to trial accused of murdering his uncle, whose body was found dumped at the bottom of a well.