Ten former Waterford Crystal workers have won a court battle against the Government over losses in their pensions.

Inspired by county star Niall McCarthy, 2011 Cork SHC champions Carrigtwohill got the defence of their title off to a good start in Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday evening but they were tested all the way by the 2011 Premier IHC champions Courcey Rovers.

AT present I am researching the events of Bloody Sunday at Croke Park in Dublin in 1920.

A Louth man who tried to extort €25,000 from his late brother’s friend by producing a fake handgun in a pub will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A federal judge says despite horrifying torture of US prisoners alleged to have been committed in overseas prisons during former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s tenure, his position in the government shielded him from being sued.

A judge today rejected convicted spy Jonathan Pollard’s latest attempt to fight his life sentence for selling military secrets to Israel.