The trial of seven people charged with murdering a man, who was beaten to death, has heard that another man seen punching and kicking him repeatedly was charged with assault causing harm.

The trial of seven people charged with murder has heard that two of them had blood on their clothing shortly after a group was seen fleeing the bridge where Dale Creighton was found unconscious.

A crowd of more than 15,000 observed a minute’s silence at the Foynes Air Show at 1pm yesterday in memory of Howard Cox, a pilot who was due to take part in the show but died in a plane crash on Saturday night.

Beaches and marinas across the country are bathing in the warm waters of European approval — 86 of them have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag status.

Restaurateurs Derry Clarke and Sallyanne Parker-Clarke have urged vulnerable young people to seek help following the inquest into the death of their teenage son.

Two people have died in road accidents in Dublin overnight.

Developer Jim Mansfield, who made his fortune selling scrap metal from the Falklands War, was laid to rest yesterday in his home town of Saggart, Dublin, surrounded by his family and a wide circle of friends.

Highlights includethe return of Anne Doyle, and Simon Reeve's new show on pilgrimages

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: Niall Kearney has slipped snugly into the favourites’ seat for the Cassidy Golf PGA Irish Region Championship title this week, at Roganstown.

The quality of the entry for tomorrow’s Carrick on Suir based Willie Loughman Forest Rally, the second round of the Valvoline Forest National Rally Championship bodes well for the series that earlier this week wrapped up a television deal.

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

A nursing home in south Dublin is to close over the next three months with the loss of 90 beds.

Field technicians in Wexford, Carlow and Wicklow are almost completely grounded today due to road conditions, eircom said today.

A serial sex offender who anally raped a woman in the ladies toilet of a Nenagh fast food shop two years ago has been jailed for life by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

A convicted sex offender who raped a woman in the ladies toilet of a Nenagh fast food restaurant two years ago has been remanded in custody for sentence by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

Richard Collins on the possibility that the great spotted has bred in Ireland

A SECURITY guard fell asleep at the wheel of his car after a night shift and suffered devastating head injuries in a crash, an inquest heard yesterday.

A 41-year-old man has died following a crash in Co Tipperary yesterday.

BRIAN KENNEALLY (MyHome.ie/BDBC) won Rás Mumhan in a pulsating finish in Killorglin yesterday.

FIVE people - three women and two men - were killed on the nation's roads over the weekend and a teenager was fighting for his life last night after being knocked down.

The Government’s attempt to deny legal rights to a same-sex couple married in Canada is shameful, it was claimed today.

A lesbian couple were granted leave today to challenge the Government in the courts for refusing to recognise their same-sex marriage.

DID the Riders to the Sea leave from the stables at Glanmore?

Four Irish beaches, including two in Brittas Bay, Co Wicklow, have lost their blue flag status after failing to meet water quality standards.

A Thurles man has been jailed for three years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court for an aggravated sexual assault on a prostitute in Cork city in June 2000.

A 23-year-old motorcyclist has died after colliding with a tractor in Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath, last night.

Seven men have been arrested in connection with two ramming incidents in counties Galway and Wicklow overnight.

The killing of an 18-month infant was "bizarre in the extreme" but the guilt of the accused man depended on whether or not the act was voluntary, a murder trial jury heard today.

DNA samples taken from a man accused of murdering an 18-month-old infant matched that of the infant, a forensic expert told a murder trial jury today.

A former UN sanctions inspector and ex Irish Army Ranger, charged with the murder of an 18-month-old infant, seemed unaware that he was sleeping beside the dead baby's body, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Two people killed on the roads within the last 24 hours have been named.

Two men have been arrested in connection with a cocaine seizure that was found in Co Wicklow.