A priest at the funeral of David Byrne has pleaded for an end to the bloodshed that has left communities gripped with fear amid the latest escalation in gangland violence.

A Supreme Court judge has said it is “dispiriting”, despite difficulties with the defence of provocation in Irish law being identified several times over at least 15 years, there has been no “legislative response”.

An instruction by an Aldi store manager to a security guard “to keep an eye on the tinkers in aisle three” yesterday cost the German retailer €7,500.

Limerick will be the centre of the Irish antiques trade next weekend. More than 100 dealers, antique shops and galleries will be represented at the National Antiques Art and Vintage Fair at the South Court Hotel on June 20 and 21.

An autopsy will this morning seek to determine the cause of death of a man whose body was found in Waterford City.

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A liquidator has been appointed to the firm behind Irish Psychics Live.

It was in the stars... the firm behind Irish Psychics Live, founded by space buff Tom Higgins, has crashed back to earth and gone out of business.

An elderly man is recovering in hospital after being knocked down in Ennis.

Chaos broke out at a children’s variety show at the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin following a suspected pepper spray attack on audience members, a court has heard.

Des O’Sullivan reports how fairs have grown in importance and what's in store in Silver Springs Hotel.

HE started by hiding under a blanket in a lorry and hopes one day to wield a dentist’s drill. It’s not the screenplay of Marathon Man, but the adventurous life of Mustafa, an Afghan who has become a Dubliner.

GARDAÍ were last night still questioning a man thought to be a leading suspect in a pub murder in Dublin just over a fortnight ago.