ONE of the reasons Irish crime writing took so long to develop as a body of work is Ireland lacked the kind of large, anonymous urban settings where crime fiction tends to thrive. 

A man has been remanded in custody over the weekend accused of murdering his great-uncle outside a family wedding.

A charity providing services for people with intellectual disabilities has been ordered to pay one of its managers €45,000 in compensation after the Equality Tribunal ruled she had been victimised.

THE Health Service Executive has apologised for the seven-year delay in publishing the report into child abuse at two Brothers of Charity services in Galway.

RAPE Crisis Network Ireland has expressed concern at the length of time it is taking to complete a report into claims of abuse at Brothers of Charity residential institutions in Galway.