A major row erupted yesterday at the Garda Representative Association conference when members of its central executive were accused of being “out of touch” with the members they represent.

A two-month makeover has transformed No 3 into an affordable, comfortable home close to Blackrock village, says Trish Dromey.

Aoife Beary, one of the survivors of the Berkeley balcony collapse, has made significant improvements in her recovery. She has just been moved to a new facility so she can start her rehabilitation.

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As ideal for traders-down as for starters-out is the ground floor apartment at 1 Pinecourt, on Cork’s Church Road, Blackrock and just off the Skehard Road.

Four teenagers were hospitalised, one with a serious brain injury, after their motor boat slammed into the pillar of a bridge on the River Shannon.

Keep colds and the flu at bay with a daily dose of the sunshine vitamin, says Rachel Borrill.

A man ordered to pay €4.7m in damages for sexual abuse of two girls is to appeal the awards to the Supreme Court.

A retired company director has succeeded in getting a stay placed on an order directing him to pay €4.7m compensation to two women he raped as children.

A man at the centre of a landmark €4.7m sex abuse award case has undergone a brain scan to help determine whether he is suffering from dementia which could lead to the award being set aside.

A retired company director at the centre of a landmark €4.7m sex abuse award may be suffering from dementia, the High Court heard yesterday.

The Government of 1936 was warned not to make martyrs out of the Irishmen and women who fought and died in the Spanish civil war, State papers show.

We scan a selection of trading up homes around the country.

A property developer was found not guilty today of criminal damage and dangerous driving charges in connection with an incident in which a concrete mixer truck was driven at the gates of Leinster House last September.

MEN’S formal wear retailer Blacktie is understood to be sizing up opportunities for expansion into the British market, with London believed to be its primary focus.

TV3 could lose the sponsor of its high-profile breakfast show, Ireland AM, following a recent decision by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission over the promotion of fortune-telling services.

REGULARLY seen at top social events on the arm of her partner, Kilkenny hurling legend DJ Carey, Sarah Newman has millions of reasons to smile broadly.

Up to 100 new jobs are to be created by a marketing consultancy firm at its customer services centre at Blackrock, Co Cork.

RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary will abandon his no-frills policy today when he walks down the aisle with Anita Farrell in the parish church at Killulagh, Co Westmeath.

TWO students have been given backstage passes to Slane by Lord Henry Mountcharles after completing a 200-mile charity walk.

A detective saw alleged Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt in the company of the FBI spy testifying against him, a court heard today.

The FBI agent testifying against alleged Real IRA mastermind Michael McKevitt today rejected claims that he was a fantasist.

Associates of alleged Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt would hunt down star witness David Rupert’s lawyer if his identity was disclosed, a court heard today.

RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary will wake up a happy man this morning.

The organisers of the EPS Bison/Red Mills 2002 Killarney Historic Stages Rally, the Killarney & District Motor Club, have attracted entries from the leading exponents of Historic and Classic rallying from Ireland and further afield for the event which will take place on Sunday, December 1.