During the first half of the last century, 163 people were officially executed throughout the island — 149 in the 26 counties, and 14 in the North.

A multiple stab victim stopped breathing within seconds of emergency services arriving at the scene, a Dublin murder trial has heard.

THE Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday about a businessman who believed he quit a property company in the mid-1990s only to find he was still listed as a director six years later.

America’s Universal Studios will develop a £1.1bn (€1.6bn) theme park – modelled after those in Florida, California and Japan – in Dubai, a government firm has announced.