I believe you get what you work for — luck doesn’t come into it. I was a very sporty kid, and competitive by nature. I trained in boxing clubs from the age of five and all my life I dreamt of being World Champion. Fulfilling that dream was something special.

Gardaí in the Dublin area this morning advised motorists to avoid all unnecessary travel due to severe flooding last night but also said flood waters had started to recede.

RENOWNED baby food Liga is being urgently recalled from the Irish market amid fears that biscuits could pose a choking danger if fed dry to young babies.

A RECEIVER is to seek a High Court injunction to restrain a businessman from impeding him from taking possession of a hotel, pub and nightclub in Tallaght, Dublin.

THE Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints about 11 adverts promoting products and services ranging from vitamins to windscreen chip repairs.

Two inbound lanes of the N7 Naas Road in Dublin have been closed at Newlands Cross due to a crash.

A PROVISIONAL liquidator has been appointed by the High Court to the Tallaght-based Belgard Motors group, one of the oldest and biggest car dealerships in the country employing 82 people, having laid off another 37 earlier this year. The group is insolvent with debts of more than €17 million.

Drugs supplier Uniphar is laying off around 140 of its Dublin-based staff.

A woman whose then boyfriend was storing €5m worth of heroin in their home has been given a four-year suspended sentence for allowing him to hide the drugs there.

THE death of a customer at a DIY store in Dublin at the weekend is being treated as a tragic accident but the circumstances are still being probed.

A customer has died in a freak accident at a DIY store, it was confirmed today.

A cocaine addict who bit part of a man’s ear off after chasing him from a chip shop has been sentenced to two years in prison today at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Healthcare distribution company UniPhar has today reported profits before tax of €21.6m for the year ended December 25, 2007.

As the weekend death toll on the roads reached nine, safety chiefs today reiterated warnings that July is the deadliest month for collisions.

A fourth man has died overnight following an accident in Co Louth.

One man has died after a two-car crash in Tallaght in Dublin.

BROADCASTER Gay Byrne will give evidence in the High Court this week in a case before the Commercial Court involving a multi-million euro claim over planning permission and proposed redevelopment of a site in Tallaght.

Plans for a new Metro line for Dublin were unveiled today by Transport Minister Michael Cullen.

Gardaí have begun an investigation into a fatal crash in Tallaght this morning where a man died after he was hit by a truck.

THE cheque, to the tune of €107 million, is in An Post for a site by Dublin’s Red Cow Roundabout.

UniPhar Plc, a distributor of healthcare products to community and hospital pharmacies, has reported a 41% increase in profits before tax and to €15.6m for 2005.

Forty jobs are to go at the Jacobs Biscuit factory on the Belgard Road in Tallaght, Co Dublin.

UNITED DRUG has boosted its war chest for future acquisitions by raising $102 million (€83m) in new borrowing.

PROFITS at healthcare distributor UniPhar jumped 21% to €9.3 million last year, the company said yesterday. Sales were up 17% to €408m as the company succeeded in growing its share of what it called a "very competitive market".

Healthcare distributor UniPhar has seen a 21% increase in pre-tax profits to €9.3m for the year ended December 25, 2003.

DIY retailer B&Q has opened its second Irish store today on the Belgard Road, Tallaght generating 165 new jobs - and plans eight more Irish stores.