A leading consulting engineering company and senior project engineer have been acquitted of breaches of the Health and Safety Act arising out of a fatal accident at a construction site seven years ago.

RAY MOYLETT from Westport defeated Daniyar Yeleussino of Kazakhstan to take gold and win Ireland’s first medal at the world youth boxing championship in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday.

A Church of England clergyman who wrote that gay men should be forced to have "sodomy" warnings tattooed on their bodies issued a "full and complete" apology for his remarks today.

A Northern Ireland man arrested as part of a Garda Special Branch investigation into INLA activity in Dublin has had his bail application adjourned for a third time as the defence was not ready to proceed.

THE mother of the so-called “Scissor Sisters” Linda and Charlotte Mulhall appeared in court yesterday charged in connection with the murder of her Kenyan boyfriend.

The son of crime boss John Gilligan yesterday escaped a prison sentence after he was fined €1,100 for possessing €1,000 worth of cocaine.

A leading construction company has been fined €50,000 for negligence which led to a father of two being killed when a concrete staircase collapsed on him at a building site.

Murder suspect Joe O’Reilly was today sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court.

A 16-year-old boy, arrested in connection with the shooting of a Garda sergeant on Wednesday morning, was brought before the Dublin Children’s Court today, charged with possession of a shotgun and ammunition.

The family of John Carthy today said it was too early to decide on whether to take legal action against the state over his fatal shooting by gardai in Abbeylara in 2000.

Bank of Ireland has recruited Peter Mullen from Société Générale in the UK, where he was director of loan syndications.

AT least seven civil cases are due before the courts against the gardaí for alleged assault arising out of the Reclaim the Streets clashes in May 2002.

Irish college student Nora-Jane Noone is planning to head for Hollywood after being named as a dark horse for a best supporting actress Oscar by Entertainment Weekly magazine.