Gangland criminal Alan Wilson has pleaded guilty at the non-jury Special Criminal Court to conspiring to murder Gary Hanley.

The Joe Show, that most popular one-man production which has been enthralling crowds since the middle of the last decade, ain’t running these next two months.

I see that Wembley is up for sale, writes Michael Moynihan.

The Rolling Stones might have to wait a while to see if they get any satisfaction over their proposed May 17 concert at Croke Park, with residents of nearby residential areas signalling they will likely lodge an objection.

‘If I send him to prison, taxpayer will have to pay for his upkeep’

A tournament that has already captivated, thanks largely to Japan’s heroics, will hope to plug into the ultimate feelgood sporting event in modern English history when France and Romania meet in the Olympic Stadium’s first pool match this evening.

Here’s the scenario that you didn’t want to see if you were a Galway camogie fan yesterday in Croke Park.

Homeless activists have criticised a local authority’s plans to house people in prefabricated units.

Seven food businesses, among them an award-winning cake stall in Cork’s English Market, were served with closure orders last month for various breaches of food safety legislation.

April 2014 is a very special time for the Irish people, but particularly the people of Clontarf, as it is the celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of The Battle of Clontarf.

On Sunday, they will rut. Aidan and Sean. Sean and Aidan. The two best midfielders in the country as things stand. The stand-out performers across the four All-Ireland quarter-finals.

During the Meath by-election, politicians spoke of making tough decisions, which is an insult to those affected.

North Dublin City home has doubled in size but cost of elegant interior meant external savings had to be made, writes Rose Martin

A suspected chlorine gas leak on Dublin's northside has been brought under control.

Tom Cooper’s support (Jul 28) for the inclusion of former residents of the Magdalene laundries and the Bethany Home within the redress scheme is admirable.

Kilkenny hurling star Henry Shefflin reflected on 'an amazing experience' after he held the Olympic torch on high at the Etihad Skyline in Croke Park this morning.

A market research centre designed to support Irish companies in developing their stake in the export market has opened at Enterprise Ireland.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for information about a double murder which took place in Co Louth last week.

A District Court judge claimed she was not guilty today when charged by fraud squad detectives with false accounting and theft.

Mr Cooper rightly points out (Letters, Feb 15) the failure of the State re the Bethany House victims, but makes mischevious and caustic comment by comparing the experiences of alleged deserters to these children.

A judge has lifted a bail condition restricting the movement of Dublin pub owner John Stokes who is accused of assault, possession of stun guns and threatening another publican to stop trading.

The Army bomb disposal team has been called out to investigate three separate incidents in counties Dublin and Clare.

An investigation has been launched in Dublin after an explosive device detonated under a car in the early hours of this morning.

IF you’d like to know what it feels like to start the most controversial minute’s music in Irish sporting history, there’s someone you can ask in the Phoenix Park.

JOHN MALLON asks where the “undertakings” and “safeguards” contained in the Lisbon Treaty on our corporation tax rate have gone (March 17).

I FAIL to see what all the fuss over the ECHR ruling is about, especially on the part of pro-abortion campaigners. While it does indeed call for legislation on abortion on the basis of the 1992 X case, in the real world the X case does not allow for abortion.

Monday lunchtime, September 6

JUST LAST week Tony Blair visited Ireland to publicise his autobiography.

AT Wimbledon, they eat their strawberries and cream and quaff their glasses of Pimm’s and ice.

A FAMILIAR script.

Gardaí are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a young Dublin man.

JOE REA once antagonised Dubliners with his jibe at people living in ‘trendy cottages’ on the Dodder.

JAMES KIRWAN (Farming, May 17) advocates that “payment should be provided to the farmer over and above the single payment to allow him to pay firstly the consultants to take care of his paper work, and secondly to compensate him for his own time and labour in collecting and keeping information.”

Ireland’s first dedicated diagnostic and assessment centre for children and families affected by autism was officially opened today.

TWO POINTS is no longer the most dangerous lead when time is running out in Croke Park. Ireland were four up with time nearly up in yesterday’s historic Six Nations clash with France only to see Vincent Clerc score a sensational match-winning try.

WE chose 12 stores at random, asking them their price for a dozen red roses last month, and repeating the exercise yesterday.

Decentralisation, Cork-style: nearly all the Euro heavy-hitters in Munster are based in or near the ‘second city’.

REMEMBER Comical Ali?

SECOND- HAND house prices in Dublin have risen by a staggering 166% over the past six years, with the average house in the city costing €370,000.

There are reports this afternoon that Logica is to close its Eastpoint facility in Dublin 3, with a total loss of over 100 jobs around the country.