A judge has strongly criticised the "behaviour and attitude" of the parties involved.

A judge who said he does not like presiding over assault cases involving bottles or glasses has refused to hear a case of a woman who was allegedly glassed in the face by another woman at a night-club.

Emergency accommodation has been secured for two homeless men in Co Clare, who have been sleeping rough in public toilet buildings in the town of Ennis.

Two men held in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old man at a family wedding in Co. Clare have had their periods of detention extended.

A construction company is creating 150 jobs as a result of the Government’s home insulation scheme, it was announced today.