Two of 2017’s ‘Operation Transformation’ leaders tell Ruth O’Connor their stories and share their hopes for this season’s show

A woman, whose daughter lived for 10 seconds after been born, has today praised a charity behind an initiative which allows parents and families of deceased newborns invaluable time to spend with their baby, writes David Raleigh.

The treasurer and accountant of a state-funded charity providing education and support for teenagers is to meet with other members of the charity over allegations he misappropriated up to €161,000 of its funds, the High Court heard.

A man who began taking ecstasy tablets and sniffing petrol at the age of six has been jailed for three years for carrying out a violent attempted handbag snatch.

A fisherman who fractured his ankle after climbing a makeshift gate when his way from a river path was blocked was yesterday awarded €60,000 by the High Court.

The High Court has dismissed a mail sorter’s claims she was subjected to a campaign of bullying and harassment which left her “terrified” about returning to her job in a Dublin sorting centre, the High Court heard.

A judge has warned warring members and former members of the Church of Scientology to “sit down and be reasonable” with each other if they want to avoid a massive legal costs bill.

May I through the medium of your newspaper offer my full support to all secondary teachers who went on strike this week.

It was the end of another day which had, up to that point, been uneventful for the lifeguards. Just after 7pm, they were routinely taking down the flag at a popular strand in the south-west.

A man has been arrested after cocaine worth an estimated €35,000 was seized in Clondalkin, Dublin.

The family of a man who died in Tallaght Hospital after becoming increasingly dehydrated, even as his wife begged nurses to give him water, believe the circumstances of his death have been “covered up”.

The state body charged with resolving disputes involving private tenancies has said the rate of complaints linked to antisocial behaviour has fallen.

As well as the Eurovision, highlights include the return of The Good Wife to RTÉ

Chat show host Graham Norton has branded plans to erect a statue of him in his Co Cork hometown for The Gathering as “a waste of money”.

A Chinese couple living and working here are challenging the minister for justice’s refusal to allow their Irish-born 3-year-old daughter return here to live with them after staying with her grandparents in China.

A date has been set for the trial of a Clondalkin, Dublin, man accused of stabbing a concert-goer during last Summer's Swedish House Mafia gig.

A High Court judge has ordered a sworn “yes or no” answer must be provided by an official of the former Anglo Irish Bank as to whether or not it was solvent during 2009 when it allegedly issued loan facilities to a developer being pursued for €88m.

Gardaí at Clondalkin, Dublin are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 16 year old Mark O’ Brien who has been missing since the 14th of August 2012.

A 22-year-old Dublin man has appeared in court charged in connection with a stabbing at the Swedish House Mafia concert in the Phoenix Park last Saturday night.

Bernard Brogan: The 28-year-old Dublin forward won his first All-Ireland last year and will add to his sporting achievements by carrying the torch.

A 28-year-old man is due in court this evening charged in connection with a drugs seizure in Clondalkin, Dublin on Monday.

AN interim examiner has been appointed by the High Court to 11 companies in the McSweeney pharmacy group, which employs 95 people and has debts of over €17 million.

Two people have been arrested and Gardaí have seized a handgun, silencer and a number of rounds of ammunition following a search in Clondalkin, Dublin, yesterday.

Gardaí were today searching for the parents of a two-year-old boy found wandering alone yesterday morning.

A 31-year-old man charged in connection with a fatal assault on a woman outside the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin city-centre last month has been remanded on continuing bail pending directions from the DPP.

THE Head of Lending with IIB Bank has told the High Court of concerns about title documents to a number of properties, including residential properties, in relation to which solicitor Thomas A Byrne had dealings.

BIOFUEL technology developed in Ireland is to be supplied to two industrial areas in China in a €20 million joint venture.

A major biotechnology plant was officially opened today in Dublin by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the Tanaiste Mary Harney.

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Three men caught with drugs worth nearly €3m have been sentenced to a combined total of 21 years in prison by Judge Yvonne Murphy at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

One man has been arrested in Clondalkin, Dublin, following the seizure of cocaine worth £15,000.