A Dublin man was jailed for life by the Special Criminal Court yesterday for the murder of veteran criminal Eamon Kelly two years ago.

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton failed to be selected as a candidate for the Dublin Bay North in the 2016 general election last night.

HAVE you ever wondered what it might have been like when banquets were held in fairytale castles, and the mead flowed freely for ladies and lords of the manor? 

I got into show business purely by chance.

AN Irish gilt and gesso side table made €90,000 to become the top lot at the James Adam’s Country House Collection sale in Slane Castle last Sunday and Monday.

An 18th century portrait, believed to be Anthony Denny of Tralee; a newly discovered work by William van der Hagen and the only recorded Irish view by Turner, are among the delights at the annual James Adam’s Country House Collection sale at Slane Castle on Sunday and Monday, October 13 and 14 next.

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A well-known criminal was shot this afternoon in the Clontarf area of north Dublin, gardaí have confirmed.

IT was fitting that Bertie Ahern’s confused political career should end at a gathering of the O’Donovan Rossa Fianna Fáil cumann — whose mythical past and fundraising techniques helped define him.

THE then German ambassador to Ireland, Christian Pauls, made the mistake of laughing at our folly when addressing a group of German businessmen in Clontarf Castle more than three years ago, almost exactly a year before the banking crisis in the US became world news.

Italy boss Marcello Lippi has warned the Republic of Ireland he intends to wrap up automatic qualification for next summer’s World Cup finals in Dublin tonight.

WITH his Italian side top of Group 8, and needing just one point from their last two games to secure qualification for next year’s World Cup finals, you would think Marcello Lippi would be full of the joys of life right now. You would be wrong.

BROADCASTER Gerry Ryan and his wife Morah are to separate after 26 years of marriage, their solicitor confirmed yesterday.

FOURTH-QUARTER figures on the mortgage market provided further evidence the housing market here is in the grip of a serious slowdown.

FIANNA Fáil spent a staggering €3.65 million, or €4.25 on each and every one of the 858,600 votes it got, in general election 2007, a report from the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) shows.

INEPT translation was the cause of anti-Irish remarks attributed to the German Ambassador, the diplomat claimed yesterday.

THE modern Irish bride and groom invite, on average, 158 guests to their wedding and they spend an average €8,500 on their reception.

Irish property website daft.ie has been recognised as one of the five best e-Business Websites in the world at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), currently taking place in Tunisia.

Eastern European gangs are using new technology to skim bank cards at ATM machines around the country.

A group set up to solve Dublin’s chaotic traffic congestion will have real power to achieve change, it was claimed tonight.

Forensic experts and senior police officers from around the world are gathering in Dublin today for a conference on tackling serious crime.

JUST seconds after they laid eyes on one another, two strangers took the plunge and became husband and wife in Dublin yesterday.

THE old superstition that a groom shouldn’t see his bride until she steps up the aisle doesn’t apply to one couple due to wed today - they’ve never laid eyes on each other.

The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) today announced that its annual President’s Awards will this year be dedicated to honouring corporate social responsibility (CSR).

THE controversial topic of sports supplements came into focus again yesterday with the launch of Pro-Performance, a company bidding to provide elite athletes with the products, training and education to maximise their sporting potential.

A FULL and transparent drug testing policy will benefit the GAA for years to come, according to the Chief Executive of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), David Howman

GEORGE REDMOND, who is serving a 12-month prison sentence on corruption charges, could face further criminal prosecutions for the same offence after the latest interim report by the Planning Tribunal found he had received bribes from two businessmen in the late 1980s.

FORMER assistant Dublin city and county manager George Redmond lodged sums of money equivalent to the value of “a substantial house” each year since the early 1960s to his bank accounts, according to the Planning Tribunal.

Ireland is to host an education, technology and entertainment conference in Dublin’s Clontarf Castle from October 24-26.