THIS is a big modern house, an American barn with floors you could eat your dinner from and 25 pristine acres with primed, paddock fencing.

THE Placenames Commission has washed its hands of responsibility for the erratic spelling of English-language locations around the country.

IRISH RAIL has ruled out the reopening of the Crusheen railway station, within the planned Western Rail Corridor, as the population of the area does not support such a move.

Minister for Transport Martin Cullen has officially opened the new Ennis bypass in Co Clare today.

Another of the country’s traffic bottlenecks will be finally cleared today as the new Ennis bypass in Co Clare opens ahead of schedule.

UP to 30 whale species, a string of bats, the Kerry slug, otters and the natterjack toad should have a better chance of survival after the European Court of Justice ruled Ireland must take better care of them in future.

HECTIC viewings and up to 18 prospective purchasers within the first week, took auctioneer Helen Gallery by surprise, despite the quality of her product.

IBEC’s Mid-West president Damien Clancy last night called on Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin to support a graduate-entry medical school for the University of Limerick.

A report into a Turkish construction firm which underpaid migrant workers is to be handed to the Government in the coming days, it emerged tonight.

IN THE Honeywell estate (aka Moneywell), one of the more salubrious areas of Ennis, No 2 is for sale.

The Taoiseach officially opened the M1 Northern motorway at Dublin airport this afternoon.