A nine-year-old girl has died in a road accident at Blessington, Co Wicklow.

Bishop of Limerick Dr Donal Murray will address church-goers today as speculation intensifies that he has offered his resignation.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin tonight said he hoped justice had been served after a paedophile priest named in a damning State inquiry was jailed for sexually assaulting an altar boy.

A WOMAN is due to be charged this morning in connection with a fatal stabbing of a man over the weekend.

Work began today on the sculpting of five massive sand statues set to decorate the grounds of Dublin Castle for the month of August.

A Nigerian father of four has been convicted by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury of trafficking 12 illegal immigrants into Ireland over two years ago.

TDs across the political spectrum last night gave a broad welcome to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to refuse Roadstone Dublin Ltd a licence for a landfill site on its land in Blessington, Co Wicklow.

The double murderer Frank McCann should spend at least 20 years in prison Justice Minister Michael McDowell, said tonight.

GARDAÍ are continuing to track down two missing paintings stolen in the country’s biggest ever art heist after officers recovered another piece.