Two brothers charged in connection with the seizure of €50,000 worth of heroin in Limerick have been refused bail after a court was told of Garda fears they might leave the jurisdiction.

McDonald’s has claimed that fast-food rival Supermac’s has failed to submit any convincing arguments that the two brands would not cause confusion amongst the public in the EU.

The rural setting didn’t stop people putting on the gladrags at the Ploughing Championships. Caroline Allen checked out the chic on show at the popular event

THE Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 will eat up the miles on the motorway almost as quickly as it gulps down all known superlatives.

Shore crews probably got wetter in one afternoon than sailors did in the entire 550-mile final sprint from Lorient in France to Galway.

HELP with shoe buying, jam making and breast enlargement surgery are among the bizarre requests made by travellers to British embassies worldwide, it has been revealed.

SPORTS Minister Martin Cullen has spoken of the ‘comfortableness of the relationship’ between Ireland and China, a country long criticised for its human rights violations and policies.

Hollywood actor Colin Farrell will star in the latest epic from Oscar winning film maker Danis Tanovic, it was announced today.

Record prize money of £8.8m (€12.2m) will be on offer on the 2008 Ladies European Tour, it was announced today.

LIVING in the heart of horse breeding and training country in the green plains to the west of the Wicklow mountains, the Sleator family were themselves connected with horseracing for many years.

The daughter of convicted drug dealer John Gilligan has forfeited nearly €19,000 to the State under legislation which allows seizure of the proceeds of criminal activity.

GARDAÍ believe the execution-style murder of criminal Andrew “Madser” Gilligan may trigger a round of revenge killings by drugs gangs battling for supremacy in west Dublin.

French cosmetics giant L’Oreal failed to overturn a European Union trade mark ruling that favoured its US rival Revlon.

Three men caught with drugs worth nearly €3m have been sentenced to a combined total of 21 years in prison by Judge Yvonne Murphy at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

More than 3.2 million smuggled cigarettes were seized at Dublin Port today by customs officers.

The family of abducted Westies crime boss Shane Coates has reported his disappearance to the gardaí.

DOZENS of couples who bought apartments in Spain and claim they were deceived into paying an extra €5,700 on the purchase price will have to sue in the Spanish courts if they are to recover their money.