Politicians of all hues paid their respects to Albert the peacemaker as thousands gathered to say their final goodbye to the former taoiseach.

Businessman Breifne O’Brien has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of multi-million euro theft and deception totalling over €10m between 2003 and 2008.

“Don’t be afraid” were the last the poet ever used, sending them in a text message to his wife Marie from his hospital bed, just minutes before his death on Friday.

Relatives of the 28 people killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel faced the heartbreaking task of identifying the bodies ahead of their repatriation. Most of the dead were children.

MOSNEY asylum seekers have been told they must leave the centre by tomorrow.

THERE was an “oh my god” moment for Tipperary town woman, Yvonne Ellard, when she won the top fashion prize at the Blossom Hill Ladies’ Day at the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show yesterday.

GERRY RYAN once used the home of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey to produce an irreverent schoolboys’ magazine, Fianna Fáil TD Sean Haughey fondly recalled yesterday.

ARCHITECTS Scott Tallon Walker (STW) delivered a 8.8% increase in pre-tax profits in 2008 and the company expects “a reasonably strong year in 2009”.

TWO Irish volunteers who rescued a severely disabled young boy from certain death are now sponsoring him to live at a home for children with special needs in Kampala, Uganda’s capital.

GARDAÍ said yesterday that no decision had been made not to prosecute a man — who enjoys diplomatic immunity — for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman.

The world’s longest running television chat show was tonight interrupted after a security scare during the live broadcast.

IT’S the cheesiest programme on the box with laughable lyrics, garish outfits and camp-as-Christmas dance routines.

Two of the men convicted in connection with the death of teenager Brian Murphy are to learn the results of their appeal today.

Elsa Ó Riain put up a brave fight against Ireland’s number one player, Yvonne Doyle, before going down 6-1 4-6 6-4 in the final of the the Danone-sponsored National Tennis Championships at Donnybrook, Dublin on Saturday.

It has emerged that the Director of Public Prosecutions has begun criminal proceedings against an American Reverend who assisted in the suicide of a Dublin woman.

PRISON officers took an average of 19 sick days last year, claiming €8.6 million for days missed.

Leinster booked a home quarter-final berth in the Celtic League last