Des O’Sullivan notices some low estimates on pieces of art by famous Irish artists in Whyte’s online-only auction.

One of Ireland’s top golf courses, Druids Glen in Co Wicklow, has successfully exited examinership, following agreement between the parties involved.

The owner of a private nursing home has denied he "harassed" a nurse under his watch or suggested she cool down on a hot summer day by "opening the top buttons of your blouse".

A former nursing home director is no longer facing claims she was drunk at work, but is continuing to be questioned over allegations she dumped pain relief and heart drugs instead of giving them to elderly patients.

A former nursing home director of care is facing charges of being drunk while in work and secretly dumping drugs instead of giving them to vulnerable, elderly residents.

Leonard Cohen celebrates his milestone birthday by releasing a new album today, writes Ed Power

A patient who developed a cancerous tumour on his jaw has described his doctor’s version of events leading up to his diagnosis as “absolutely outrageous” and “a fabrication”.

HOTELIER Jim Mansfield has been ordered to repay €214 million to Bank of Scotland.

HOTELIER Jim Mansfield is opposing Bank of Scotland’s claim for summary judgment orders for €206m against him on grounds including that the bank’s failure to honour an alleged agreement to loan more money to complete the Citywest convention centre lead to the collapse of the Mansfield group.

THE Law Society has secured further orders against a Co Cork solicitor who is alleged to have withdrawn large sums of money from his firm’s client account for his own benefit.

A PHARMACIST was brought before a fitness to practise inquiry after his pharmacy sold a cough medicine that was two years out of date.

A MEDICAL inquiry into two surgeons responsible for the removal of the wrong kidney from a young boy at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin was dramatically halted yesterday after the committee invoked a new piece of legislation to terminate proceedings.

A JUNIOR surgeon at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin fought back tears yesterday as he described how he had removed the wrong kidney from a six-year-old boy.

THE Medical Council is facing a substantial bill after the High Court yesterday directed it to pay the legal costs of two consultant obstetricians who successfully challenged findings of professional misconduct against them by the council over their 1998 reports on the work of Dr Michael Neary at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

THE man who found a 1,200-year-old manuscript discovered in a Midland bog was yesterday reunited with the national treasure.

The exact location of the discovery of what has been dubbed ‘Ireland’s Dead Sea Scrolls’ has been revealed by the National Museum of Ireland.