Former Celtic player and coach, Irishman Sean Fallon, has died at the age of 90, the club confirmed today.

An Englishman wanted in connection with the murder of a man whose body was found in a London flat has appeared before the High Court in Dublin.

A 38 year-old man wanted in the UK for a murder in London last month has appeared in court, following his arrest in South Dublin yesterday.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has been urged to instruct all secondary schools to implement an effective and free anti-bullying programme.

The cost of bullying in schools could be over €100m a year, a campaign group believes.

A 67-year-old man wanted in the UK on charges of indecently assaulting a young girl more than 25 years ago has appeared before the High Court following his arrest by gardaí today.

A DOUBLE murderer who fled to Ireland after serving a “life” sentence in England has consented to his extradition to Britain.

The High Court has today remanded in custody a 19-year-old woman wanted in Lithuania on charges of sexually assaulting of another female.

A former Las Vegas poker dealer jailed for extortion in the elaborate hitman-for-hire 'Lying Eyes' scam faces extradition back to the US.

THE “smart economy” sought by Government is being seriously undermined by its own policies and education cutbacks.

DELEGATES at the Association of Secondary Teachers (ASTI) conference yesterday called on the union to take much tougher action on the public service pension levy.

THE no result shows a clear difference between powerful people and ordinary good people.

WE are told that one of the principal reasons why the benchmarking body recommended no pay increase to most public service workers in its review published last week was that it took into account the pension arrangements of these workers.

IT is not the fault of the nurses that there are difficulties in hospitals. It is the Government — any government — that has responsibility for delivering a working health service, not the nurses.

A heroin addict who stabbed a shop manager in the chest during a robbery has been jailed for seven years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

AS an independent trade union, the ASTI achieved more for its members than the teacher unions that are affiliated to the ICTU.

A man who fired a sawn-off shot gun at a Nigerian man he was hired to klll for a IR£15,000 fee has been given 100 hours community service by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

I WRITE as a teacher in a non-fee-paying voluntary secondary school whose three daughters aggregated 1,550 points in their Leaving Cert exams in the local community college in Firhouse, Dublin.

THE withholding by Education Minister Noel Dempsey of the benchmarking pay increase due to second level teachers raises a fundamental question — is arbitration part of the process encompassed by Sustaining Progress or not?

SECONDARY teachers have not reneged on their Sustaining Progress commitments.

IN what other job would employees willingly sign up to a deal that states: "There is potential for the jobholder to be exposed to abuse or emotionally charged situations?"