A casualty was winched to safety this morning by the Irish Coastguard helicopter on Dollymount Strand in Dublin.

Irish software for android tablets, which offers medication reminders as well as helping older people to stay in contact with family and care givers, is going down well in Australia, writes Trish Dromey

Spring water from a source on the side of a Co Clare mountain discovered by a water diviner’s coat hangar is on its way to being sold across the Middle East.

Carlsberg might not like it but pensioners yesterday rewrote the drinks’ giant’s catchy slogan to reflect their anger at the Government: “Ireland. Probably the most corrupt little country in the world.”

Pensioners are being forced to pass the day travelling from one end of the country to the other by train because they can’t afford to turn on heating at home, according to advocacy groups.

Locals in Kilkee have rebelled against Clare County Council’s decision to scrub out a mural of Che Guevara by replacing it with two more.

A consultant at the Mater Hospital in Dublin is warning that any future HSE budget cuts will result in cuts to services.

Wexford 2-11 Carlow 0-9

Clontarf 18 Cork Constitution 22

Clontarf 26 Dolphin 31

Results, teams and scorers from this afternoon's league action.

Married father of quads and chartered architect Tom Byrne is not where he wants to be, but admits “needs must”.

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A Japanese samurai sword, a set of 70 paintings to be sold without reserve and 40 items of garden furniture are among the lots to be sold at Hegarty’s in Bandon at 3pm tomorrow.

WICKLOW GAA officials admitted they are worried at the heightening levels of abuse they received from sideline mentors of participating teams this year.

THE Cuban ambassador to Ireland will formally open one of the country’s more unlikely festivals of the year at the end of this month.

Dublin: Tom Byrne has this week been appointed to the position of president of the Institute of Directors in Ireland (IoD) and will serve a two-year term. He replaces Ann Riordan who has held the position since June 2009.

TWO criminal gangs specialising in smash-and-grab raids are on the shortlist of suspects for a dramatic raid on an ATM in Tinahely, Co Wicklow.

A CLARE County Council policy of not allowing holiday homes to be built at tourist resorts “is akin to preventing the construction of a factory in an industrial estate”.

A €1.75 million cable suspension footbridge to link the historic Bishop’s Island to the Co Clare mainland “could be the ‘jewel in the crown’ of Ireland’s tourism.

A north Wicklow man who sexually abused two nieces over 30 years ago has been jailed for three years by Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill at the Central Criminal Court.

Esat BT today announced the appointment of Andrew Tackaberry as country finance manager for Ireland.

GRESHAM HOTELS will announce the result of a poll held to decide the fate of four of its directors.

ANNUAL General Meetings in Ireland are rarely fractious affairs. Save for Eircom, and lately Smurfit, very few are dominated by serious questions from the floor and very few motions are defeated.

Gresham Hotel Group PLC said it has today received a requisition from shareholders holding not less than 10% of the company's shares calling for an extraordinary general meeting to remove four directors from the board.