Four of the country’s most popular bathing spots have failed to pass basic water cleanliness tests.

Four of the country’s most popular bathing spots have failed to pass basic water cleanliness tests.

LIVES could have been put at risk after thieves stole an inflatable rescue boat and engine from a lifeguard station in Howth, it was claimed yesterday.

It has emerged that an Irishwoman was killed in South Africa last week.

Some areas of Galway continue to be without water today, particularly on the West side of the city.

Disruption to water supplies in parts of Galway City are continuing today because of the big freeze.

Gardaí have named the young man found dead in the boot of a car in the Finglas area of Dublin on Sunday night.

BARACK Obama, the Democratic frontrunner told an overflow crowd: “You’re the wave and I’m riding it.”

Bradley Murdoch, who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, is being investigated in connection with several unsolved killings and disappearances of women in Western Australia, police said today.

BRITISH police investigating the apparent serial killings of three women have raided the home of a former taxi driver, seizing evidence that includes two cars.

A second group of residents forced to flee their houses by Southern California’s wildfires were being allowed to return home today.

Powerful winds drove two ferocious firestorms that had already burned more than 200 homes into dozens more houses in California today.

The ex-wife of golfer Fred Couples has died after apparently jumping from a chapel roof.