A 14-year-old girl is missing from Glencullen in Dublin 18.

Most of the country's new Councillors are now elected, and a battle is underway between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to be the largest party on local authorities.

The results of an autopsy carried out yesterday by Dr Michael Curtis, the deputy state pathologist, on the partial remains discovered near Killakee Mountain, indicate that the victim was more than likely female.

Two leading GP groups are seeking meetings with the HSE over fears that seriously ill patients are not receiving help under the discretionary medical card scheme.

The country’s highest village is preparing to get its name into the Guinness Book of Records for hosting the biggest hurling match in the world.

A coroner is to write to a town council telling it to erect a barrier between a popular walkway and a major river to prevent any more late night revellers falling in and drowning.

An avid and talented footballer who smashed a vodka glass in a man’s face after the victim mistook a girl in a nightclub for someone he knew has been given a suspended sentence.

Dubliners were today encouraged to take to the hills with the long-awaited opening of a 43km trail for serious strollers and fair-weather walkers.

Lawyers for a 45-year-old man have begun challenging his conviction for harassing his former girlfriend over four years at various locations in the south of the country.

A man who harassed a teacher for four years by following her, sneering and laughing at her and even buying a house with a bird’s eye view of hers was jailed for five years today with the last three years suspended.

STUDENTS in western counties are most likely to go to university or an institute of technology, ESRI research has found.

A man is due to appear before Tallaght District Court later this morning following the seizure of guns and ammunition in the Dublin mountains on Monday.

Mícheál Lehane looks at victims of crime who have to suffer the justice system to get justice.