It is heartening to see the spirit of that ‘Don’t Turf it Out’ campaign still endures. At least some of the 100-year-old papers, photographs and documents that might have ended up in skips have been preserved, writes Clodagh Finn.

Former billionaire Tony O’Reilly was at the centre of an insolvency case in the Bahamas last night, trying to get protection from his creditors.

Sean Hehir and Pauline Curley stole the headlines winning the national titles at the SSE Airtricity Dublin marathon as Alemu Gemechu and Nataliya Lehonkova took overall glory ahead of a record entry of more than 15,000.

 

Former West Cork residence of Anthony O’Reilly overlooking Glandore is on the money, says Tommy Barker.

ESB plans to redevelop its headquarters in Dublin have been given the green light.

The German-Irish Chamber of Commerce is based in discreet but elegant offices on Fitzwilliam Square in Dublin.

Dublin City Council isn't giving much away about a filming project that closed the city's Samuel Beckett bridge for nearly 24 hours.

David Kronn is gradually donating his invaluable, acquired photographs to the IMMA, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

Former billionaire Tony O’Reilly has had a judgment for €22.6m entered against him at the Commercial Court.

Carrying the same sort of guide price as Tony O’Reilly’s nearby summer home — Shorecliff, on six acres — the modern Marine Hotel complex in Glandore is just new to market, compete with 17 holiday units.

The multi-million euro West Cork holiday home, Shorecliffe, owned by Sir Anthony O’Reilly, in Glandore, since the 1970s, has had a number of low-key viewings, mostly from overseas parties.

Wexford author Andrew Hughes’ debut novel is set in 19th century Dublin but has themes in common with today’s society, finds Declan Burke

ON THE TV3 documentary Print And Be Damned, Anne Harris, the Sunday Independent editor, gave her account of the relationship the paper forged with Bertie Ahern prior to the 2007 election.

Detectives are hunting a man in the North who seriously assaulted a young woman.

One of Ireland's largest pizza take-out chains has been spared a criminal conviction for sending unsolicited spam emails.

A firm owned by developer Johnny Ronan has won its High Court case aimed at ensuring the annual rent for the Medical Council’s new headquarters in Dublin does not fall below €820,000 although the market rent for the property is about €374,100.

With so much happening around Dublin city centre - there are a number of traffic restrictions around the capital this weekend.

A giant inflatable snowman missing since the early hours of last Monday morning in Wicklow has been returned.

The Cork City Marathon is underway, with Dublin's Flora Women's Mini-Marathon set to kick off at 3pm.

A man who tried to hijack a car with an automatic transmission, but fled when he realised he couldn’t drive it, has today been sentenced to three years in prison.

More than 40,000 runners and walkers will take part in the biggest all-women event of its kind in the world today.

We Are Besieged

A TAXMAN turned international investment tycoon has lost control of his exclusive Dublin property portfolio as Ireland’s “bad bank” chases his debts.

A tax man turned international investment tycoon has lost control of his exclusive Dublin property portfolio as Ireland’s “bad bank” chases his debts.

A GROUP OF protesters intend to “tour” the most expensive streets in Dublin today as part of a campaign they claim highlights the discrepancy of wealth in Irish society.

Three members of the Irish Taxi Council are staging a sit-in protest at the office of the Taxi Regulator in Dublin.

A Meath man who slashed the throat of a law graduate has been found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity.

Traffic in Dublin city centre has been disrupted this morning as a result of a protest by taxi drivers from around the country.

Motorists in Dublin are expected to face traffic chaos today as thousands of taxi drivers mount two separate protests.

Motorists will face traffic chaos tomorrow as thousands of taxi drivers stage two separate protests in the capital.

WHO can say how many miles Peter Canavan has run in his life? Sixteen years of service to the Tyrone seniors were merely the tip of an iceberg that incorporated service to his club Errigal Ciarán, the many sides he represented at underage and schools levels and his country too.

The annual Flora mini marathon hits the streets of Dublin today with participants hoping to raise millions of euro for a variety of charities.

THE High Court has disqualified a man and a woman from acting as company directors for five years.

HOLLYWOOD stars Liam Neeson and his wife Natasha Richardson joined world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava in Dublin yesterday to celebrate the international launch of the Chicago Spire.

A family of 15 siblings today wearily trudged their way into the record books after completing the Dublin City Marathon.

The heads of the Belgian royal family today began a busy three-day state visit to Ireland which included several joint and separate engagements.

Up to 40,000 women are expected to take part in the Flora Women's Mini Marathon, which gets underway in Dublin at 3pm.

A bouncer who assaulted a man he had turned away at the door of Angel’s lap-dancing club for being drunk, has been fined €5,000 and given a three year suspended sentence.

A bouncer who admitted assaulting a customer he had turned away at the door of Angel’s lap-dancing club for being drunk, has had his sentence adjourned again at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

“I HAVE been split open, raped, beaten up. But I have been out here for 10 years because I am on gear.”

THERE is a misconception that street prostitution is gradually dying out in this country — that more and more women are involved in the more lucrative off-street trade.