Friends and loved ones of those who died in the US balcony collapse have begun paying emotional tributes.

GLAMOUR is in short supply when you’ve been in a band for 25 years, says Kila’s Rossa Ó Snodaigh. 

A schoolgirl from Nenagh, Co Tipperary, will represent Ireland at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.

A woman has been found not guilty of the theft of over €102,000 from a retired chef’s bank account after a judge said the evidence was confused and inconclusive.

A man has told a court he never gave permission to a woman to take over €102,000 from his bank account.

Gardaí have arrested two people in connection with a number of robberies and burglaries in the Dublin region.

Financial services group, IFG has said it has no immediate plans to de-list its shares from the Irish Stock Exchange, nor move from its Dublin headquarters, despite shifting its entire operating focus towards Britain.

Financial services group IFG has announced the sale of its Irish operations, but intends to keep its primary share listing in Dublin and remain headquartered in Booterstown.

Escaped slave Frederick Douglass was made welcome in Cork, but he later fell out with our own Apostle of Temperance, writes Laurence Fenton

One man has been arrested after detectives chased armed robbers who held up a bank.

One man has been arrested after detectives chased armed robbers who held up a bank.

The Irish Hockey League breaks more new ground this weekend as each side will play back-to-back fixtures for the first time.

If you know the White family in Booterstown, Dublin, you had better watch your Ps and Qs because they have connections to the British royal family.

Shoppers and commuters have been warned to take extra care when using credit and debit cards during the pre-Christmas period after criminals began targeting ticket vending machines at railway stations.

Dzogchen Beara is a welcoming retreat centre for anyone needing some direction in life, says Siobhán Cronin.

Fee-paying schools continue to dominate the league tables, according to The Sunday Times.

Irish Rail has is to increase its car-parking charges at train stations across the country, it was announced today.

My first memory is of rain.

The convicted rapist whose arm was found washed up on a Dublin beach was due before the courts only last week for breaching his post release conditions.

Gonzaga College in Ranelagh in Dublin has been listed as Ireland's top school for progression to university, according to the Sunday Times' Parent Power Survey.

THE number of people whose lives were saved by the late cardiologist, Maurice Neligan, could have filled the church in Dublin where his funeral Mass was held many times over.

A SIX-YEAR-OLD schoolboy was flying high yesterday after meeting the air ambulance crew that helped save his life.

IT’S not often you hear the words Bear Grylls, James Bond and metro-sexual in the same sentence, but then again being an escort at the Rose of Tralee is no regular event.

Best friends Gabrielle O'Donoghue and Roisin Ryan plan to celebrate in style after both got eight A1s and two other friends achieved the maximum 600 points as Leaving Cert results were announced today.

A promotions firm once headed by legendary showband singer Joe Dolan has been slapped with a €3.8m bill for unpaid tax, it emerged today.

THE Park Academy Childcare Group in north Wicklow has invested €4 million into developing a childcare and after-school facility in Eden Gate, Delgany.

A SETTLEMENT was reached in the High Court in a dispute between the Department of Education and four private Protestant schools over a teachers’ redeployment scheme which they claimed adversely affects their right to choose who they employ.

A SETTLEMENT was reached in the High Court in a dispute between the Department of Education and four private Protestant schools over a teachers’ redeployment scheme which they claimed adversely affects their right to choose who they employ.

A dispute over new work practices has disrupted postal deliveries in several affluent areas of south Dublin today.

A leading childcare provider has announced plans to create 70 new jobs at its facilities in Dublin and Wicklow.

The future of single faith schools will come under the spotlight today at a conference in Dublin.

A judge today hit out at the parents of a teenage Roma girl found guilty of an attempted house break-in, saying they had deprived the child of an education for nine years and were “living in the 19th century.”

DAVID HOBBS will celebrate his 100th Irish cap this weekend, and become the youngest player in Irish Hockey history to do so.

DUN LAOGHAIRE Rathdown County Council, in its wisdom, has seen fit to propose a change in the by-laws regarding the coastline stretching from Booterstown to Bray, prohibiting “fishing for pleasure” in all but two very small areas — Bullock and Collimore harbours.

Iarnród Eireann has advised customers of changes to its DART, Commuter and Rosslare services over the bank holiday weekend.

THE quarter-finals of the ESB Irish Senior Women’s Cup this weekend sees all the top sides in the country in action, but both Cork Church of Ireland and Cork Harlequins facing extremely difficult away games.

A MAN jumped to his death from the sixth floor window of his Dublin hotel room after finding his partner dead in bed from a drugs overdose.

I HAVE just become aware that Iarnród Eireann intends to charge commuters approximately €2 per day to park at Mallow rail station from next week.

A conference on managing change is being held by the Irish Property & Facility Management Association (IPFMA) at the Radisson SAS St Helen’s Hotel, Booterstown, Dublin this month.

WATERFORD City Council is to implement a roads programme that will see almost €32 million invested in the current year on the city’s road and transport infrastructure.

Irish tenor, John McCormack, will be commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque next Monday in London.

Niall Murray, Education Correspondent

Human dignity must be at the heart of the state’s treatment of immigrant workers as the country’s population heads towards 4.5 million, it was claimed today.