A budding singer who lost almost all of her sight in one eye after being attacked by teen bullies four years ago says the emotional hurt was worse than the physical injury.

A garda charged with harassing two women over an 18-month period has had his case adjourned after a court heard he is accessing mental health services in Sligo hospital.

A former traffic warden fought back tears when she claimed her successor tried to intimidate motorists at her mother’s funeral.

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A Dublin-based garda has been charged with harassing two women over an 18-month period.

A Dublin-based garda has appeared in court charged with harassing two women on four different occasions.

Forensic experts today carried out a detailed examination of a derelict flat once occupied by a man cleared of murdering a missing schoolgirl in Northern Ireland.

Groups working to curb alcohol abuse have welcomed a ruling by a Donegal judge which sets a minimum price on alcohol in Bundoran, Co Donegal.

New searches are under way for a missing schoolgirl feared murdered in the North, police revealed today.

An inquest into the death of a schoolgirl who was last seen with a convicted child killer may not start for two years, a court has heard.

Prostitutes have been blatantly handing out leaflets selling their services in a seaside resort.

A convicted child killer has launched a legal bid to halt an inquest into the death of a schoolgirl he was cleared of murdering.

A WOMAN who saw a teenager fall 40 feet to his death said she at first thought she was looking at a plummeting parcel.

RESCUERS who saved the lives of 11 people from near-drowning incidents were among those honoured at the annual awards ceremony of Irish Water Safety in Dublin yesterday.

One of the country’s largest trade unions will today urge a crackdown on the buy-out of companies by private equity investors.

The Taoiseach has been accused of showing contempt for the Dáil by not attending the regular leader's questions session in Leinster House this morning.

The historic agreement which saw the restoration of devolution in the North and and long term political enemies Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionists working together in government is 100 days old today.

STUDENTS may lose their right to vote because of election rules which are likely to prevent thousands of people studying away from home from participating in their local constituency ballots, it was claimed yesterday.

The search for missing schoolgirl Arlene Arkinson was called off today because of flooding.

A jury was today urged to acquit a man of murdering a schoolgirl who, it was claimed, may not be dead.

A 61-year-old man accused of murdering a schoolgirl who vanished more than 10 years ago went on trial yesterday.

UP TO 3,000 frontline gardaí fear they won’t be properly protected if rioters attack them at this weekend’s May Day events.

MINISTER for Justice Michael McDowell has been criticised for putting his promise to provide an extra 2,000 gardaí on the long finger again.

THE family of a woman whose body was found by police after a four-month search had not given up hope of her safe return.

Sean Rowley, the new president of the Irish National Teachers Organisation, has been sworn in at the union's annual conference in Bundoran, Co Donegal.

MORE than 1,500 unqualified people are teaching children in Irish schools, the INTO has warned.

The Association of Secondary Teachers has withdrawn a motion on rejoining the ICTU from the agenda at its annual conference in Bundoran, Co Donegal.

The Association of Secondary Teachers is expected to debate calls for it to rejoin the Irish Congress of Trade Unions when its annual conference resumes in Bundoran, Co Donegal today.

Secondary school teachers will continue to discuss their long-running pay dispute with the Government when the ASTI’s annual conference resumes in Bundoran, Co Donegal, later today.