A father of one who was crushed by a tractor and trailer in a workplace accident will be laid to rest today.

A man shot dead in an early-morning attack last week had recently been trying to reconcile with people with whom he had “issues” in the past, his funeral Mass heard yesterday.

A RETIRED parish priest from Mallow was put on trial yesterday accused of indecently assaulting a teenage girl by kissing her on the lips and fondling her breasts.

TWO young men who died after being struck by a car driven by an off-duty garda were yesterday laid to rest amid a continuing investigation into the incident.

THE organiser of a national remembrance day for people who have died from MRSA has claimed hospitals are still failing to inform patients if they have been infected.

JOE SHERLOCK took five years off his age to have a better chance of winning a Dáil seat in the 2002 general election.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS and clergymen in the Holy Land have derided claims in a new documentary produced by James Cameron that contradict major Christian tenets, but the Oscar-winning director said the evidence was based on sound statistics.

DAMAGE caused by a fire in one of the country’s best-known cathedrals is more serious than was originally thought and the building is to remain closed for eight weeks.

Paul O'Hare

US First Lady Laura Bush said today she was not surprised to be met by protesters during her tour of Mideast holy sites and pledged the United States will do all it can to help resolve age-old conflicts.