Developer and Independent TD Mick Wallace has said that the appointment of a receiver to certain of his assets “does not affect the standing” of his construction company.

THE trial of two Lithuanian men charged with murdering a 30-year-old woman in Wexford last year has been told that one of them hit her over the head with a golf club while the other stamped on her ribs.

The trial opened today of two Lithuanian men accused of murdering a mother-of-two whose body was found in the boot of her own burnt-out car in Co Wexford.

It won't be easy - that's the verdict of Irish international Kevin Doyle ahead of his side's trip to the Brittania Stadium this weekend.

The latest victim of gangland warfare was gunned down in a hail of bullets as he fled several armed men, it emerged tonight.

Fears were growing today that a feud between rival factions in Dublin would escalate after a member of a criminal gang was shot dead.

ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC manager Johnny McDonnell has expressed his delight at drawing Hertha Berlin in the first round proper of the UEFA Cup.

Defending champions Cork City travel to Jackman Park to take on Limerick 37 in the FAI Ford Cup third round tonight (kick-off 7.45pm).

Gardaí in Wexford are investigating the cause of two overnight fires at a well-known pub and an old granary building currently being developed into apartments.

SEAMUS MURPHY knew exactly what to expect when he replaced his Rathnure team-mate John Conran as manager of the Wexford senior hurlers.