With a gay marriage referendum due in spring, are gay quarters a relic of the past? asks Kay Cairns

Three omissions from the minister’s Dáil speech raise serious questions, writes Deputy Political Editor Mary Regan

The emigrant dollar prevented Irish sportswear firm O’Neills going into the red last year.

A convicted brothel-keeper has been fined €1,500 and given a suspended sentence for having dangerous unregistered Viagra-like pills on sale at a sex shop in Dublin.

Unregistered Viagra-like pills which carry serious health risks were on sale at a sex shop, a court heard.

The operators of a Dublin sex shop are being prosecuted for selling a Viagra-like anti-impotence drug without authorisation.

BUSINESSES leaders have hit back at a survey which found that parts of Dublin were a litter blackspot.

MOTORISTS who travel across Dublin city centre via Dame Street are facing major disruption to their travel plans from next week with the introduction of a ban on cars using College Green during peak morning and evening rush hours.

There has been a crash on Dublin's north quays at Capel St bridge this morning.

Colm Murphy whose conviction for an offence connected with the Omagh bombing in 1998 was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal last week walked free on bail from the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A man has been hospitalised following a collision between a car and a Luas tram in Dublin city centre this morning.

Almost 500,000 people have begun to gather in Dublin's city centre ahead of tonight's Skyfest fireworks display to mark the St Patrick's festival.