Finance Minister Michael Noonan has revealed that the Coalition may hike taxes in next month’s budget to help increase Government spending.

One of the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe has been cleared of a weapons offence after a judge ruled the alleged offence did not take place in a public place.

The Government should reintroduce its ban on below-cost selling to offset the “destructive impact” of food retailers on farm incomes, said IFA presidential candidate Jer Bergin.

As always, Day Two of the Dublin Horse Show was a two-horse race between a string of elegant ladies on parade and their less-fancied four-legged counterparts.

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A Luftwaffe badge with a handwritten date of ‘20-5-42’ is for sale at Kerry Auction Rooms next Tuesday.

The first handshake last week between Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness and Queen Elizabeth II was an important moment.

SINN FÉIN has stood by its Kerry North deputy Martin Ferris after he helped spirit away two of the gang who killed Detective Jerry McCabe as they were released from prison.

The last two men serving sentences for the killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe 13 years ago have walked free from jail this morning.

The last two men serving sentences for the killing of Detective Garda Jerry Mc Cabe 13 years ago are due to walk free this morning.

AS our eating habits change, more and more of our food comes wrapped in various forms of aluminium. For instance, more than 90 million aluminium trays are used each day in Ireland, a staggering figure by any standards.

One of the four men convicted for his part in the killing of detective garda Jerry McCabe is due to be released from prison next week.

THE demand to grow miscanthus cane, otherwise known as elephant grass, has increased dramatically in Munster and Galway in the past three months, according to JHM Crops, based at Kilfinny, Adare, Co Limerick.

CALLS for a public inquiry into the first garda officer killed in the Troubles were yesterday backed by the widow of slain Garda Jerry McCabe.

Calls for a public inquiry into the first garda officer killed in the Troubles were today backed by the widow of murdered garda Jerry McCabe.

Former colleagues of detective garda Jerry McCabe were gathering in Limerick tomorrow for a private memorial to mark the 10th anniversary of his brutal killing by an IRA gang.

Former colleagues of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe will gather in Limerick tomorrow for a private memorial to mark the 10th anniversary of his brutal killing by an IRA gang.

The 10th anniversary of the killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe will be marked with a new RTE documentary.

THE widow of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe yesterday refused an offer of "immense sympathy" from Kerry's Sinn Féin mayor Toiréasa Ferris.

THE widow of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe yesterday refused an offer of ‘immense sympathy’ from Kerry mayor Toireasa Ferris of Sinn Féin.

FAMILIES of gardaí who died in the line of duty united yesterday to help each other and future survivors.

IT took an eternity to come - a full eight years and nine months after Detective Garda Jerry McCabe was shot dead as he sat in an unmarked patrol car, during an IRA armed robbery in Adare, Co Limerick.

The Garda Representative Association has welcomed the Taoiseach's vow not to grant early release to the IRA killers of Garda Jerry McCabe.

A chef charged with IRA membership as part of an investigation into a money-laundering racket once used the name of an Irish detective shot dead by paramilitaries, a court heard today.

THE widow of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe yesterday said she could not see any purpose in meeting Government representatives.

Minister for Justice Michael McDowell is expected to seek a personal meeting with the widow of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe to explain why the Government could allow the release of her husband's killers.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has told the Dáil that the IRA killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe will be freed from prison as part of a deal to restore power-sharing government in the North.

THE father of a young woman who hanged herself hours after being transferred from a private hospital to a public ward vowed last night to pursue the Department of Health though the courts until he got justice for his daughter.

THE wife of Detective Garda Gerry McCabe consented to the publication of photographs of her dead husband in order to put the subject of his killers’ possible early release to rest.

THE Mid-West region is losing out because of a lack of strong political leadership and the overall net loss of almost 2,000 jobs in the region is staggering, according to IBEC Mid-West President, Liam Ryan.

IRISH exports could be crippled by new security measures being introduced at the behest of the US Government in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

THE family of murdered detective Jerry McCabe has maintained a dignified silence at the news that garda killer Pearse McCauley is to marry today.

Generous Seiji Ebihara became the first man to make a successful defence of the AIB Irish Seniors Open title when he closed with a two under par 70 for a two-shot win over England’s Denis Durnian at Adare, Co Limerick.