The Irish Congress of Trade Unions expects that, despite Thursday’s promissory note deal, tens of thousands of people will still turn out for today’s anti-austerity march because of the anger that Ireland is still burdened with a €64bn banking debt.

DEAR David and Jack, I hope you don’t mind if I take the liberty of writing you an open letter.

A jury at the trial of a Latvian man accused of raping and threatening to kill a newly arrived fellow national has been shown CCTV footage of the area where the alleged attack took place.

Iarnród Éireann has announced further details of its planned new underground DART line linking Heuston Station to the Dublin docklands.

THE day had gone off largely without incident right up to the violent clashes at Phoenix Park.