The head of the IRA has given permission for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombers to be named at an inquest, jurors have been told.

WEXFORD netminder Anthony Masterson put his recent Croke Park controversy behind him as he steered reigning champions Castletown to a 0-16 to 2-7 victory over Starlights.

A new freight rail service to Dublin Port is on track to take up to 4,000 trucks off the country’s roads, it was claimed today.

The Special Criminal Court has begun the trial of three men arrested after gardai discovered a large quantity of explosives in a disused fish shop in North Dublin.