A High Court challenge aimed at seeking the removal of the person appointed as Ombudsman of the Defence Forces has been brought by the the Defence Forces representative organisation PDFORRA.

A FIRE that led to the death of an elderly woman was “most likely” caused by a candle or match which she lit during the night, an inquest has heard.

A Romanian teenager who has brought into Ireland illegally by child traffickers and later arrested for possession of two counterfeit credit cards, has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

The motorcyclist who was killed in a crash yesterday morning in Co Laois has been named.