Greyhound owners are feeding their dogs cocaine and illegal amphetamines to win races at tracks throughout Ireland, it emerged today.

Plans for a new Metro line for Dublin were unveiled today by Transport Minister Michael Cullen.

Two women died tonight following a horror collision in Co Tyrone.

The Socialist Workers' Party is to stage a protest tomorrow at the offices of construction giant Cement Roadstone Holdings to highlight what it deems the company's part in the building of the Israeli wall through the West Bank.