Catherine Nevin, known as the ‘Black Widow’, has died, taking the secret as to who she hired to murder her husband to her grave.

Drinking water supplies at one of the country’s most popular bathing spots had potentially dangerous levels of a carcinogenic substance at the height of the summer, according to the environmental regulator.

Convicted murderer Catherine Nevin has been granted temporary full-time release from prison.

As Warrenpoint’s Jamie Fletcher celebrates his win in the Irish Close last weekend, a new date for the blue riband event in Irish domestic golf means the championship is more accessible than ever for Ireland’s leading amateurs.

Specially trained gardaí are to help interview four young children rushed to hospital following an attack at their home over the weekend.

Kilmacurragh’s gardeners champion native meadow and hedgerow in one of our most important repositories. Michèle Browne reports.

The pub may be associated with one of the country’s most notorious murders in recent memory, but profits at Jack White’s Inn in Co Wicklow leaped past the €250,000 mark last year.

A bid by Catherine Nevin to take an appeal against her conviction for murdering her husband to the Supreme Court has been dismissed on the basis that it contains “absolutely no points of any merit whatsoever”.

"What’s the chances of the headline being, ‘I want to loaf the rest of my team-mates?"

A bid by Catherine Nevin to take an appeal against her conviction for murder to the Supreme Court will be heard in July.

Something you will probably never see Rosscarbery's Warren beach, Skerries, Dollymount strand, Inch Strand or Brittas Bay.

It may be nearly five years since Pádraig Harrington last won a Major, but his reception yesterday in the local McDonald’s in Inverness indicated he had lost none of his popularity.

Protests outside, purchasers inside, bargains to be had and businesses gone, some €14 million back in the bank or in the pockets of vendors, and Chinese buyers making a mark — yesterday’s Allsop auction of 125 Irish property lots spanned a range of human emotions.

A programme to reintroduce protected red kites to Ireland has received a setback with the poisoning of one of the birds, which was found in Wicklow Town. It died despite the efforts of local vets to save it.

A young red kite has died from poisoning in a similar manner to its mother.

Catherine Nevin’s conviction for the murder of her husband Tom can be used as evidence in a civil action aimed at stopping her from inheriting any of his assets.

The High Court has ruled that Catherine Nevin's murder conviction can be admitted as evidence in a civil action by her husband's family who are trying to stop her inheriting his assets.

A €800,000 settlement of a court action by a mother-of-two against insurance giant Axa over water damage to her South Dublin home broke down at the last minute yesterday.

With the director Stephen Spielberg ending up in a bidding war with his wife for one of the items at the charity auction, it was no wonder the event raised more than €250,000 towards the building of a hospice in Wicklow — and they are still counting.

While Hollywood star Daniel Day-Lewis, 55, claimed he had no idea how much last night’s charity premiere and party for his Lincoln movie would raise for the Wicklow Hospice Foundation, insiders said they believe it will generate a six-figure sum.

The High Court is being asked to rule if Catherine Nevin's conviction for murdering her husband can be used against her - in a legal row about their joint assets.

Dublin Housewives star Lisa Murphy and high-profile fiancé Gerald Keane have spilt up after almost four years together, RSVP magazine reports.

The family of a young boy buried in a sand dune for over 10 minutes are arranging to meet the four men who saved the 10-year-old’s life.

ONE half of the pair of murderous drifters who terrified Ireland in 1976 has died, but for almost an hour yesterday the crimes of Geoffrey Evans sent a further chill down the spine.

A ninth red kite has been found dead from illegal poisoning in Wicklow, park rangers have said.

A ninth red kite has been found dead from illegal poisoning, park rangers have said.

An Englishman who "struck it lucky" when he stole a gun safe containing €17,000 worth of gold jewellery after breaking into a Co Wicklow house has been jailed for 18 months.

Motorists are being asked to be extra vigilant on the roads today as people head home after the Bank Holiday weekend.

Jewellery worth hundreds of thousands of euro has been stolen from the home of celebrity solicitor Gerald Keane, after his fiancee Lisa Murphy was robbed at knifepoint.

GARDAÍ are following up reports that two vans were seen around the home of celebrity lawyer Gerald Kean and his fiancee Lisa Murphy in the days before a burglary at the property.

Gardaí are searching for four masked men who stole jewellery during a burglary at a home of celebrity solicitor Gerald Keane in Co Wicklow at around 8pm last night.

Gardaí are searching for four masked men who stole jewellery during a burglary at a house in Co Wicklow last night.

THE Irish tourism sector has suffered another major body blow after a new survey claimed this country is one of the least popular destinations for European holidaymakers.

BILLIONAIRE Donald Trump is considering adding an Irish golf course to his portfolio of 10 courses in the US, Europe, and the Caribbean.

Catherine Nevin’s solicitor has indicated she will take her murder appeal all the way to Europe.

Catherine Nevin has lost her bid to overturn her ten-year-old conviction for the murder of her husband as a miscarriage of justice.

Gardai have launched an investigation after a woman in her 20s was assaulted in Co Wicklow.

THEY are known as the One-o-clock Nudes – bare-arsed aficionados of nude bathing who descend on Irish beaches during the summer to let it all hang out.

Ireland is one of the best spots in the world for nudists, according to a study compiled in the UK.

Garda files relating to two key witnesses in Catherine Nevin’s trial for the murder of her husband were ordered to be disclosured by the Court of Criminal Appeal today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today refused to grant the disclosure of information related to the 1974 Dublin Monaghan bombings, sought by Catherine Nevin as part of her attempt to have her murder conviction declared a miscarriage of justice.

A “suspect” Garda file on a key witness in the trial of Catherine Nevin for the murder of her husband was a “worthless” document, the principle investigating officer in the case told the Court of Criminal Appeal today.

The hearing of an application by Catherine Nevin as part of her attempt to have her murder conviction declared a miscarriage of justice resumed before the Court of Criminal Appeal today.