Two men charged in connection with a robbery and kidnapping in Dublin have been remanded in custody.

A man who sought to play peacemaker between his father and uncle ended up slapping the latter across the face, a court has heard.

Health Minister Simon Harris expects 600 people awaiting orthopaedics, spinal, and scoliosis procedures to be removed from waiting lists by the end of the year.

The gently undulating landscape lying to the north of Cork city has a mix of farm and industrial life.

A woman who claimed she was accused at a post office of trying to pass counterfeit notes has lost a €38,000 damages claim for defamation in the Circuit Civil Court.

Politicians have been explaining why, for the first time in my life, I walked in protest against the Government.

Workers at a recycling centre in Dublin have found a tidy sum.

Tommy Barker is impressed by the history and style of Clonkerdin House near Dungarvan.

Punters experienced marginally the better of the exchanges at yesterday’s Dungarvan Harriers point-to-point fixture, which took place at Affane as opposed to the normal Kilossera venue, and the well-supported 6/4 favourite Davy From Milan provided them with plenty of cause for cheer by triumphing in the eight-runner open lightweight.

Tommy Barker reports on a lakeside land and houses lot in a scenic Killarney setting.

Dave Malone refused to allow disability prevent him from becoming a world class swimmer. And now he is bringing his message to a new generation of Irish youngsters hungry for success.

LIMERICK CITY €225,000

We scan a selection of trading up homes across the country

As a supporter of Gaelic games, I was disappointed to see several GAA personalities march in support of the Quinn family.

A section of motorway was closed for a number of hours yesterday after a man was killed when he was hit by a truck.

Cavan’s Paul Brady and Michael Finnegan won their eighth O’Neill’s All Ireland 40x20 Senior Doubles title on Saturday in Cappagh, Co Limerick.

The Brian Lordan-trained newcomer Outlawed Tunes hinted that a bright track career lies in wait by destroying the opposition in the five-year-old geldings’ maiden at yesterday’s Waterford Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Lisselan outside Tramore.

Kinsale-based trainer/breeder Finbarr Tierney seems to have a genuinely nice prospect on his hands in the form of Ardkilly Witness who had little difficulty in gaining a second career success in the winners of one at yesterday’s well-attended Cloyne Harriers point-to-point fixture which took place at Dromahane.

JOHN McGRATH has been appointed Racing and Commercial Manager at Youghal with effect from Monday, December 19.

FOURTEEN casualties of the Libyan conflict have arrived in Ireland to undergo treatment for injuries they sustained during the fight to overthrow Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

IT may be hard to believe, but the aerial photos of this farm were taken only last week. Unseasonally fine weather resulted in clear images, from which it can seen that the crop of winter barley is off to a good start on the land, at Knockanemore, Ovens, Co Cork.

THIS 81-acre farm at Coolavokig, Macroom, Co Cork, was placed on the market in July of 2008, and was withdrawn because it didn’t reach the guide price of €850,000.

A MILE from Ballyvourney village, a 70-acre farm holding has just been listed with Killian Lynch Auctioneers, and the non-residential holding is for sale by private treaty.

A NUMBER of Irish-trained medical personnel unlawfully detained in Bahrain are not among 143 prisoners granted a royal pardon, despite pressure from Irish human rights activists.

A FOUR-PERSON committee has been set up to investigate the serious violence which marred the end of last Friday night’s Tyrone Ladies senior football final.

A LEADING medic has resigned his fellowship of the country’s largest postgraduate medical institution in protest at its failure to condemn the detention and torture of nurses and doctors in Bahrain.

The number of Irish beaches securing coveted Blue Flag status has hit an all-time high.

HE may be the country’s latest Lotto millionaire, but Kinsale postman Pat Broderick turned up for work as usual yesterday to deal with the mail for the homes he has been serving for the last 25 years.

AN elderly woman is recovering from a horrific and brutal ordeal where she was beaten and locked in a bathroom while a three-man gang ransacked and robbed her home.

ARDMORE has very much moved with the times. The new Cliff House Hotel and its Michelin-starred chef, Dutchman Martijn Kajuiter, has put it on a far more sweeping radar for visitors than heretofore.

AN investigation is underway in Galway after a minor footballer was allegedly assaulted by an adult supporter during a match.

ALLIED Irish Banks is seeking €43 million judgment orders against a building company and three of its directors over unpaid loans issued for developments in Co Kerry, including a nursing home and 81 associated residential units.

ENSURING that farmers are treated as equal partners with government, processors and retailers must dominate the Irish Farmers’ Association agenda over the coming years.

A plan to ease cancellations of surgery in hospitals in the greater Dublin area has been revealed.

MICHELLE GILDERNEW has praised farmers’ resilience and initiative in livestock and bloodstock breeding despite economic downturn.

OUR LADY’S Hospital for Sick Children last night confirmed that it had contacted the HSE in January with an initiative to cut waiting times for children who need urgent spinal surgery.

PARENTS of children seeking urgent scoliosis operations have been told the National Treatment Purchase Fund will not pay for them, despite assurances from Health Minister Mary Harney three weeks ago.

Gardaí in north Dublin have arrested two men have been following the discovery of a loaded shotgun in a car in Finglas last night.