Radie Peat is a musician and singer from Artane, Dublin. 

The Taoiseach’s department wanted to wash its hands of compensation claims for victims of the Stardust fire disaster over fears it would be chaotic and controversial, State papers have revealed.

Members of the Stardust Victims Committee are meeting with the Department of Justice today to try to progress their long-running campaign for a fresh investigation into the fatal fire.

A 42-year old man who was sexually abused by a Christian Brother over a five-year period, starting when he was aged 8, has been awarded €370,000 by a High Court judge.

A 42-year-old man who was sexually abused by a Christian Brother over a five-year period starting when he was aged 8, has been awarded €370,000 by a High Court judge.

A High Court judge yesterday said this country is operating an outdated, unjust and ineffective system of awarding lump sum damages to those who have suffered catastrophic injuries.

An action for damages by a man who claims he was assaulted by US actor Woody Harrelson in a Dublin city centre nightclub may not now go ahead.

A DOCTOR is before a Medical Council fitness to practise inquiry over the care he gave to a man who died of cancer 15 months after a mole was surgically removed from his back.

GERTRUDE Barrett popped into Arnott’s on the way to Government Buildings yesterday to pick up two pairs of extra-thick ski socks in the sale.

The Taoiseach is being called on to confirm that a new examiner is being appointed to review evidence into the Stardust fire.

A teenager, who knocked a 63-year-old man from his bicycle, then viciously beat him leaving him permanently scarred, has been given an eight-month suspended sentence by Judge Bryan Smyth at the Dublin Children’s Court.

Since the start of 2006, 67 (check) people have met violent deaths — more than a killing every week.

FAMILIES who lost loved ones in the Stardust disaster are stepping up efforts to raise funds to take their fight for a fresh examination of the tragedy to the courts.

IT has been called the Belgian Congo, the Congo, Zaire and more recently the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Two men have appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin charged with membership of the IRA.