Thousands marched through Dublin city centre earlier today calling for better working conditions for workers at Dunnes Stores.

A judge has adjourned a case for a Dunnes Stores representative to explain why the time and expense of a Garda prosecution was necessary where a man stole Paracetamol priced €1.99 from one of their shops.

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Hopes of renaming Dublin’s Millennium Spire after Nelson Mandela have been dashed after councillors unanimously rejected the idea.

Hundreds of farmers swarmed into supermarkets around the country, bought up the all the heavily discounted vegetables on sale and then gave them away for free to the public outside.

A young mother who stabbed her friend 22 times in an Ennis playground was yesterday jailed for five years, with the final year suspended.

A woman who spearheaded a landmark workers’ strike at Dunnes Stores over South African apartheid in the 1980s has described Nelson Mandela as an inspiration.

Gardaí in West Cork are appealing for information after sheep were killed and injured by dogs.

IRISH RAIL yesterday urged Munster fans travelling to Limerick for next Saturday’s big Heineken Cup game against Clermont Auvergne to avail of train services from Cork and Dublin to ensure getting there on time.

THE majority of residents who live near the location of a proposed new town, west of Cork city, firmly oppose the plan — and must lobby their politicians, a newly formed action group strongly advised.

A plaque commemorating a group of supermarket workers who staged a two-and-a-half year anti-apartheid strike in the 1980s will be unveiled in central Dublin today.

THE founder of the famous Blackrock Clinic last night suffered a major setback to his proposals to build a multi-million euro private hospital in Cork when it emerged he has been refused planning permission.

Gardaí in Co Dublin are searching for two men following a botched armed robbery attempt at a supermarket in Balbriggan early today.

More than 2,000 Sinn Féin delegates gather in Dublin today to debate 500 motions at the party’s annual Ard Fheis.

A Corkman accused of murder allegedly admitted to gardaí to killing a man with an axe after the victim attempted to have sex with him, a jury heard today at the Central Criminal Court.

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