The decisions by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis to shed 320 of the 550 jobs at its Cork campus over the next three years and by Koch Industries to close its Molex manufacturing facility in Shannon, with the loss of 500 jobs, may be the tip of the manufacturing industry closures’ iceberg in Ireland.

Meat processors continued legal efforts to stop protests at their facilities, with Meat Industry Ireland admitting that some export markets have not be served in recent days due to the blockages at processing facilities.

Peadar Toibin, the Meath West TD, stood up in the public gallery during the call-over of cases and said he wished to inform the court that some named defendants had not been served with and had no knowledge of the proceedings against them

A man who threatened two detectives executing a search warrant at his house that they would meet the same fate as a murdered garda colleague has been jailed for three years.

Update: The body of Paul McKenna has been located.

A post room worker the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) accused of disclosing sensitive information told gardaí he raised security concerns about people reading files in work, a trial has heard.

A service officer in the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) office admitted to gardaí that he had a peek in a Peter Butterly murder suspect's file and took pictures of parts of other files, a trial has heard.

Jonathan Lennon, aged 35, from Clonee, Dublin 15 was charged with breaking the Official Secrets Act in relation to criminal proceedings resulting from the murder of Peter Butterly.

Gardaí are to step up armed patrols over the coming days following the murder of Eric Fowler in west Dublin on Saturday night, write Cate McCurry and Stephen Rogers.

The man, in his mid-thirties, was shot in the head.

A number of violent robberies against taxi drivers in Dublin have led Gardaí to set up a dedicated unit to tackle the problem.

The operators of the M3 Motorway toll generated over €315,000 per week in operating profits last year.

Courtmacsherry Bay is one of only two coastal areas in the whole of Ireland to fail to meet water quality standards.

Only 21 sites achieved the highest EU quality rating from 2013 to 2015, compared to over 500 water sources in the late 1980s.

The two creche owners behind the Dublin firm that was at the centre of an RTÉ investigation alleging mistreatment of children have paid themselves a total of €350,000 over the past two years.

A lawyer who suffered an acquired brain injury when he failed to regain consciousness after he got an anaesthetic for a routine back procedure has settled his High Court action for €7.1m.

Facebook has brought forward construction plans for a second building at its €200m data centre in Clonee, Co Meath, which will be the social media giant’s first in Ireland.

Secret Garden is a family-owned stone cottage right next to a beautiful park on the Beara Peninsula, says Trish Dromey.

Ireland’s reputation as a leading data storage centre has been enhanced with the opening of Telecity’s Blanchardstown facility in Dublin. The data centre adds to existing facilities here such as Google’s €75m investment in Dublin and a string of others in the pipeline from other multinationals.

A disgraced garda and former GAA star has been fined €2,000 but was spared jail for defrauding a bank out of €450 in an ATM scam.

IDA head Martin Shanahan talks to the Irish Examiner about his belief that recent investments will deliver significant economic benefits to regional towns.

The planning application has only just been lodged but already Facebook’s plan to build a facility in Co Meath is clocking up plenty of ‘likes’.

The Government has denied that Dublin grabs the biggest share of the huge amounts of foreign direct investment flowing into Ireland at the expense of the rest of the country.

Gardaí have appealed to the public to help find missing man Greg Sheehan from Clonee, Co Meath.

The jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a Dublin man accused of attempted murder.

Members of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) are taking part in a 48-hour demonstration, which began yesterday, at 14 plants around the country.

Angry beef farmers have begun a 48-hour protest outside every meat factory in Ireland in a row over low prices for cattle.

The operators of one of the most controversial road schemes ever built in the country generated over €370,000 per week in operating profits from the route last year.

"There are happy endings," says the mother of a girl aged five, who has beaten a rare form of cancer thanks to a life-saving bone-marrow transplant.

A Traveller couple who were refused service in a Co Dublin hotel on the day of their daughter's wedding were successful in a discrimination case they took against the hotel at Swords District Court today.

Tests are being carried out today on a possible human skull found in a field in Co. Meath.

Gardaí were last night investigating the discovery of a human skull in Co Meath, with the remains thought to be those of convicted drug dealer Christopher Gaffney.

A human skull has been found close to where dismembered parts of a murdered drug dealer were dumped.

There was mixed news on the jobs front yesterday with 220 jobs created by two Dublin-based firms, but 80 jobs lost in Mayo.

Gardaí have said they are satisfied they have found all of the body parts of convicted drug dealer Christopher Gaffney.

Detectives probing the murder of a convicted criminal whose body was chopped up and dumped in a stream have issued a fresh appeal for information.

Searches are continuing for more body parts following the discovery of chopped up remains in Co Meath.

Garda forensics experts have identified the human remains found in Co. Meath yesterday as that of a 37-year-old man from the Blanchardstown area.

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of a human body part in Co Meath.

A man has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today for his alleged role in a €29m drug operation last year.

An entrepreneur and Trinity College graduate who organised the importation of €29m worth of cocaine into the country will be sentenced next month.