A grieving father has paid emotional tribute to his deceased daughter killed by her boyfriend during a drink-fuelled row in which she was punched and struck on the head with beer cans.

Nearly €3m in Lotto winnings is yet to be claimed in the west of Ireland, and the winner has just hours to cash in their prize.

A man has been awarded €315,000 damages at the High Court over being “systematically” sexually abused by a former Marist Brother over three years while a pupil at St John’s National School, Sligo.

A review of the weather in 2011 has found no shortage of warmth, but not when it was most needed.

ALMOST €16 million worth of property was sold at yesterday’s distressed properties auction at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin.

Spring ended in style with parts of the country basking in the highest May temperatures for up to 11 years, it was revealed today.

THE race is on to find the successor to Catherine Buckley as national president of Macra na Feirme.

The Irish Farmers Association is holding the first in a series of public meetings tonight to discuss its concerns cutbacks announced in last week's Budget.

THE Government said it is ahead of target for plans to create an extra 50,000 childcare places by 2010.

PERHAPS some of your readers may be able to help me. My brother is working on a book about Irish Victoria Cross winners.

A minibus driver was killed and several of his passengers injured today in the continuing carnage on Irish roads.

A €16m fund-raising drive will be launched today to train 16,000 disabled athletes for the next Special Olympics.

A woman in her 80s has died in a house fire near Claremorris, Co Mayo.

A US dental benefits firm is to create 210 jobs at a new factory in Crossmolina and its existing plant in Claremorris, Co Mayo.