With the release of a new range of protein bars and the signing of its first export contract, Blanchardstown snack food company Everest is scaling up.

Doulas are women who provide emotional and domestic support to expectant and new mums, like a hired friend, says Helen O’Callaghan.

A father accused of murdering his baby son told gardaí: "I did all I could," as his child was dying in his arms.

A forensic pathologist told the trial of a father accused of murdering his six-month-old son that a tear to the inside of the child's throat would usually be seen in cases involving punches, blows or severe struggle.

John Tighe (40) of Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo denies murdering Joshua Sussbier Tighe at his home on June 1, 2013.

Authorities in California's Santa Barbara County are still trying to reach new areas and dig into the destruction to find dead, injured or trapped people after a powerful mud flow swept away dozens of homes.

Detectives are investigating if the shooting dead of a gangland criminal at the weekend is linked to a local feud or was a revenge attack for a botched double murder last August.

With three of the four Goldsmiths prizes for experimental and inventive writing going to Irish writers (Kevin Barry, Mike McCormack, and Eimear McBride), perhaps we should get ready for a deluge of wannabe invention. 

Change of evidence by a garda witness in a firearms retrial was a matter of grave concern to the court, a judge has said.

Gardaí have appealed for the public’s help in tracing a woman and her one-week-old baby who have not been seen since two days after the child’s birth and who are believed to be with the woman’s boyfriend.

A 16-year-old boy has admitted being the ringleader of two breakouts from a Dublin detention centre which led to massive searches, security reviews, and a community put in fear.

University of Limerick 3-16 Dublin City University 0-9

University of Limerick 3-16

A Dublin man who stabbed his former girlfriend’s new partner after hiding in her flat to confirm his suspicions about her new relationship has been jailed for seven years.

A professional gambler from Leitrim who head-butted a garda attempting to protect him has been given a partly suspended sentence.

A pig farmer who ordered two repossession men to strip naked and get into a pen with an “agitated” boar has been jailed.

More than 550 jobs are at stake in a bitter legal dispute over alleged trespass at the Cork offices from which the Irish Examiner and Evening Echo newspapers are now operating following restructuring of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings media group.

Fund it has proved to be a lifeline for cash-strapped cultural projects, writes Alan O’Riordan

Two men working for a repossession company were told to strip and get into a pen with a wild boar after a confrontation with a farmer, a court was told yesterday.

Junior Sports Minister Michael Ring has hailed showjumper Cian O'Connor's "superlative display" as he won Ireland’s first Olympic medal with a bronze.

A highlight of Midsummer Festival was a series of plays performed in unlikely locations about Cork city, says arts editor Marc O’Sullivan

Cavan 3-13 Leitrim 2-26

Galway 2-16 Cavan 1-9

CAVAN claimed their first Ulster U21 FC title since 1996 last night after Gearoid McKiernan inspired them to a deserved win at Brewster Park.

CAVAN football received a timely pick-me-up at Brewster Park in Enniskillen when their U21s booked a place in the provincial decider for the second successive year.

Tyrone bounced back from their Ulster championship disappointment with a comprehensive victory against Leitrim in Sunday’s TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship round one qualifier at Shannon Gaels, Cavan.

A Dublin priest has been chosen by Pope Benedict to become one of the Vatican's most senior media advisors, the Catholic Church revealed today.

Bookies are taking bets on who will be Christmas number one – but banning the X-Factor winner from contention.

MUNSTER rugby players crash-tackled a Limerick radio station over a song poking fun at their Heineken Cup opponents, Leinster.

CATHOLIC bishops yesterday called for the family based on marriage not to be removed from the Constitution.

VERA TIGHE started smoking when she was 12 years of age because all the film stars did it.

TRANSPORT Minister Seamus Brennan ruled out any early moves to privatise Aer Lingus, despite its predicted profits of €40 million this year.

AER LINGUS has confirmed the airline is heading for a profit of 40m this year instead of a €27m loss previously projected.

AN Australian pro-euthanasia group said yesterday that it would begin making free plastic bags to help its members commit suicide.

The funeral is taking place in Dublin of garda Anthony Tighe. Mary McAleese is among the mourners.

The funeral of garda Anthony Tighe, who was one of two gardaí killed by a speeding stolen car on Sunday morning, takes place this morning.

The Gardai have announced details of the funerals of two officers who died in a car crash in south Dublin yesterday morning.

A 70-year-old Australian grandmother is calling for the law to be changed so she can have a dignified death with her friends and family by her side.