Holders Dundalk have been drawn away to First Division Cobh Ramblers in the first round of the FAI Cup.

Planning permission is being sought for more than 1,200 housing units in Dublin and Kildare.

Dublin's dining scene seems to be having a bit of a boom, by Christmas we will have had 35 new restaurant openings since summer and I’m told the Christmas dining rush has come early.

Holders Cork City will host non-league Maynooth University Town in the second round of the FAI Cup.

People who choose not to share information on missing persons cases prolong the “misery and agony” of their families, a campaigning priest has said.

Storm Emma has begun sinking her teeth into the world of sport.

All five Premier Division matches have been re-fixed for the St Patrick's weekend bank holiday.

A car testing centre inspector who was rear-ended while carrying out an inspection of a vehicle has been awarded €65,000 by the High Court for injuries he suffered in the accident.

A company of developer John O'Flynn has brought a legal challenge against An Bord Pleanala's refusal to grant planning permission for 34 houses and a roadway in South County Dublin.

Eight of the very best Leaving Certificate grades would be the pinnacle of any young person’s achievement, but it doesn’t beat an All-Ireland camogie medal for one Limerick student.

Dublin schools have cleaned up with seven out of 13 students receiving eight H1's in today's Leaving Cert results.

Manager Pete Mahon reckons that Bohemians’ shock defeat of Cork City will have done his embattled Drogheda United team no favours as top plays bottom at United Park this evening.

He was continuing this journey down the coast of Spain and Portugal when he died, writes Victoria White.

But you have to be quick.

A decision on the modifications proposed to part of the Brewery Quarter events centre complex in Cork’s inner city is due within weeks.

Dozens of South Americans and Eastern Europeans are unlawfully being rented “living space” in a single Co Dublin house in dangerous, unhealthy, and cramped conditions, a court has heard.

Gardai are awaiting instructions from the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the death of an elderly woman struck by a car on the N11 last May. 

As a young garda on his first assignment stationed in Cabinteely in south Dublin, Tony Golden had all the attractions of big city night life and entertainment on his doorstep, but nothing could beat for him the thrill of the hurling pitch in his native Ballina.

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s refusal to grant planning permission to build 164 houses in South County Dublin is to be challenged in the High Court.

A major housing development planned by Cork developer Michael O’Flynn has been blocked amid concerns over flooding risks.

A stonemason who carried out two unprovoked serious assaults, one of which was on a friend, has been jailed for three and a half years.

Documents released to the Irish Examiner under the Freedom of Information Act have shown that private developers and house hunters were not alone in buying into the property bubble, writes Joe Leogue.

An apartment block in Dublin has been evacuated after a fire broke out in the underground car park.

IT’S not unusual for top Irish model Rosanna Davison to wake up in the morning to find two males in her bed — her husband Wesley Quirke and their pet dog Ted.

A golfer who suffered a stroke after having been hit on the head by a golf ball, has been awarded just under €275,000 damages in the High Court.

A Dublin woman has been awarded €274,000 in damages after she was hit in the head by a stray golf ball.

A Dublin priest is recovering after being targeted by men armed with a gun in his home.

Gardaí in Ronanstown are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 37-year-old John Murray who is missing from the Neilstown area of Dublin.

RSA Insurance Group, the UK’s biggest non-life insurer, tumbled after suspending its Irish unit’s management, probing losses and warning it will miss targets for the second time in a week.

Shorter days put children at greater risk when travelling to and from school. It’s vital to increase visibility, says Helen O’Callaghan.

A Melbourne man has been jailed for at least 15 years for stomping a Dublin backpacker to death.

An Australian man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the murder of an Irish backpacker-Dublin man David Greene in Melbourne last year.

Irishman David Greene had promised his return from Australia would be a special surprise for his mother.

Heavy rain and strong winds continue to batter the country this morning, but road conditions are improving.

Surface water and spot floods are causing problems for motorists this morning.

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If the Duffy family are forced to sell their home to pay €500,000 in legal costs after losing a case against the National Maternity Hospital, it could cost the State €2m to care for their severely disabled son, Mark, for the rest of his life.

Homicide detectives have taken over the investigation into the disappearance of an Irishwoman in Australia, police have said.

It has emerged that missing Irish woman Jill Meagher, who disappeared in Melbourne, Australia over the weekend, made a worried telephone call to her brother in the early hours of Saturday morning.

“I just wish I knew where she was, or that she’s safe.”

A sobbing Luke James Wentholt has been remanded in custody until Dec 18 for the murder of Dublin backpacker David Greene and for a vicious assault on David Byas at a Melbourne boarding house on Aug 26.

A man has been charged with the murder of an Irish backpacker who died in Melbourne following an alleged hammer attack.

IT was the week before Christmas.