The treatment trial saw participants go from allergic reactions such as immediate vomiting, swelling of the throat, blisters on tongue and stomach pain to being able to safely ingest up to four peanuts.

The coastguard has repeated its safety warnings after two men died in diving accidents over the weekend.

Gardaí are investigating claims that a 16-year-old girl was raped by a number of men on either side of the Cork-Limerick border.

The number of people killed on the Republic’s roads this year topped 100 today.

EDWARD O'GRADY, absent at his uncle the legendary P P Hogan's funeral, missed seeing Kentucky Charm land the GPT Handicap at the first stage of the Galway Festival last night.