The Abbey’s touring production of Sive underlines its timeless themes of greed and lust, says Colette Sheridan.

Simon Callow is on a nine-week run of one-night stands with his one-man play. He talks to Colette Sheridan

An inquest jury has been told to return either a narrative verdict or medical misadventure over the death of a first-time mother from multi-organ failure days after an emergency caesarean section.

A man was confrontational and angry when he sought answers over why his seriously ill wife was not in intensive care six days before she died, a senior doctor told the inquest into her death.

A three month old baby girl has died in hospital hours after her father appeared in court charged with causing her grievous bodily harm.

Geoffrey Ndungu of Kenya retained his Dublin Marathon title yesterday, finishing in 2:11.09, well outside last year’s course record time of 2:08.33.

Management from Northern Ireland’s first private abortion clinic will be summoned to Stormont to explain how they are complying with the criminal law, it has been revealed.

The rugby star killed in a farming tragedy alongside his brother and his father was hailed by teammates as a wonderful sportsman and person.

The death of a young rugby star, his brother and their father in a farming tragedy in Northern Ireland has caused deep shock and disbelief, community leaders said tonight.

AS an island nation, energy costs and energy sources for transport matter more to us than to most other countries: being competitive while keeping the wheels of motion and transport oiled means considering alternatives to oil and fossil-based fuels.

DEFENDING champion, Patrick Maher (Leevale AC) will be among the stars in action at the Woodies DIY AAI national junior indoor championships in Nenagh tomorrow.

The new leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) faced his first resignation today after he was accused of snubbing gaelic games.

CARDINAL Cahal Daly was best known during his time in office as an outspoken critic of the IRA.

Nearly 50,000 schoolchildren across the North were today swapping the school run for the school walk.

Belfast-based BMW dealership Bavarian Garages was on top of the world today.

Reports that a triple-killer may be extradited from a Dublin prison to the North is disturbing relatives of his victims, Justice Minister Michael McDowell said tonight.

Hollywood star Matthew Broderick broke his collarbone in a horseriding accident while on holiday with his wife Sarah Jessica Parker in Ireland.

Ulster Bank has installed its one thousandth automatic teller machine (ATM) on the island of Ireland, and has today announced that a further 100 ATMs will be installed this year.

BELFAST-BASED priest, Fr Alex Reid, who witnessed IRA arms being decommissioned last year, was last night named Tipperary Person of the Year.

Mo Mowlam, Gerry Adams, a Brazilian nun and a millionaire builder have been nominated by the public for the 2005 Tipperary Peace Prize, it emerged today.

Republicans demanding the release from jail of IRA bomber Sean Kelly staged a protest at a jobs centre in west Belfast today ahead of a visit by British Works and Pensions Secretary David Blunkett David Blunkett and European employment ministers.

A young Irish director will get the chance of a lifetime to have a short film screened at an international movie festival if it scoops the top prize in a competition in Belfast next month.

Detectives were today stepping up the hunt to catch up to 20 raiders who pulled off one of the world's biggest ever bank robberies.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair revealed today how agonisingly close he came to striking the political deal of a lifetime in Northern Ireland.

A Chinese woman murdered in north Belfast has finally been identified two months after she was killed, police confirmed today.

PJ Harvey will perform a third show in Ireland due to the phenomenal demand for tickets for her shows at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin.

Sinn Féin was today preparing to capture its first-ever European Parliament seat in Northern Ireland.

The counting of votes cast in the European election in Northern Ireland gets underway this morning with the Irish and British government anxiously awaiting the results to assess the impact on efforts to revive devolution.

Heads must roll over a money-spinning car-park at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital which is lining financiers’ pockets, it was claimed today.

More than 2,000 people have been questioned about the murder of a loyalist paramilitary chief in Belfast a year ago, police said tonight.

DISSIDENT republicans who left a huge van bomb near the centre of Belfast have attempted to undermine the Northern Ireland peace process just hours before party leaders met President Bush in the White House, it was claimed yesterday.

GANGLAND battles for supremacy among rival terror organisations who control Protestant areas of the city have left 14 men dead in the last two-and-a-half years.

The most famous bridge across Dublin’s River Liffey was reopening today after a multi-million pound restoration.