THE pedestrian who was killed by a falling tree in Dublin on Thursday evening was a mother of three who was looking forward to her 46th birthday.

State-owned ESB today insisted it cannot reveal shortlisted designs for the redevelopment of its controversially-sited headquarters.

WHAT amadán advised the ESB in drawing up the parameters for an international architectural competition which includes an entry threshold based on turnover and an adjudication process which totally misunderstands the fundamentals of the design process?

IN the run-up to the general election it’s perhaps timely to consider the appalling lack of respect for our heritage which has been continually displayed by the Government, in particular since 2002 when Martin Cullen and his successor Dick Roche held the Environment portfolio.

Police in the North have said they are no longer treating the death of an American backpacker in Belfast on Sunday night as murder.

A woman was being questioned tonight about the murder of an American backpacker outside a Belfast hostel.

Police in the North have launched a murder inquiry following the death of an American woman near Queen's University in Belfast last night.

Hundreds of thousands of people will gather along the quays for Europe's largest fireworks display which begins at 8pm this evening.

THE day had gone off largely without incident right up to the violent clashes at Phoenix Park.