This month saw the opening of three Educate Together national schools in Dublin, Wexford and Galway; and one second-level school in Kildare.

David Glynn was the top Leaving Certificate student of 2015 — with an amazing nine higher-level A1s.

Parents in an East Cork community are to be asked, for the second time in two years, for their preferred patron for a new primary school

An appeal has been lodged in relation to the recent grant of permission for changes to the Douglas Court Shopping Centre on Cork’s southside.

Ivor Callely is on his way to a prison in west Dublin and could end up in a double cell — sharing a toilet and living space with another inmate.

One of the country’s best known publicans said yesterday he can’t afford to retire and that his Orchard Inn pub in south Dublin — bought for a record €22m nine years ago — is probably worth half of that today.

Mystery remains as to why a 17-year-old boy had a massive heart attack and died the morning after attending a pre-debs party, the Dublin coroner has found.

Doctors are unable to explain why a 17-year-old boy died of a massive heart attack, an inquest has heard.

Developer Niall Mellon did not hold a licence to sell drinks when proprietor of the Three Rocks Bar in Dec 2009, a court has heard.

First there was Mrs Brown's Boys on the BBC, now this.

Notorious armed robber Frank Ward, who received two life sentences for the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery, has succeeded in having his sentence reduced to one of 20 years on appeal.

CONVICTED armed robber Frank Ward, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting publican Charlie Chawke in a robbery over eight years ago, has failed in a bid to take his case to the Supreme Court.

LEATHER reception couches, executive board room tables, office desks and fax machines are among the items start-up businesses are scooping up from firms in liquidation.

A Dublin man has failed in his appeal against his conviction for the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery.

A man convicted in connection with an infamous armed robbery on a Dublin publican eight years ago will today find out if his appeal has been successful.

The Court of Criminal Appeal reserved judgement today on an attempt by convicted murderer Brian Kearney to have his case heard by the country’s highest court.

A Dublin man sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery has lost his High Court challenge into the legality of his detention.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today rejected claims made on behalf of convicted murderer Brian Kearney that the quality of the circumstantial evidence in the case against him was insufficient to exclude the possibility that someone else murdered his wife Siobhan.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed Brian Kearney's appeal against his conviction for killing his wife Siobhan at their Dublin home.

An appeal brought by Brian Kearney against his conviction for the murder of his wife Siobhán at their family home will be heard by the Court of Criminal Appeal later this year.

BRIAN KEARNEY has lodged the grounds for his appeal against his conviction for the murder of his wife Siobhan at their family home in south Dublin two years ago.

THE IMF recently projected that Irish economic growth will fall from 5.3% to 1.8%.

SENATOR Terry Leyden (Letters, March 28) said I failed to “appreciate the importance of protecting parliamentary privilege” (Letters, March 12). Nothing could be further from the truth.

BRIAN KEARNEY has lodged an appeal against his conviction for the murder of his wife at their family home in south Dublin two years ago.

A chronic alcoholic and drug addict has been given a consecutive six-and-a-half years sentence to start at the end of a recently imposed two years term.

An electrical contractor was jailed for life today for strangling his wife to death with the flex of a vacuum cleaner and staging the scene to look like a suicide.

The jury in the trial of an electrical contractor accused of strangling his wife with a vacuum cleaner flex resumed its deliberations for a second day today.

THE jurors in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering his wife two years ago were yesterday told to be cold, analytical and dispassionate when reaching a verdict.

The jurors in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering his wife two years ago were today told to be cold, analytical, and dispassionate when reaching a verdict.

A JURY hearing the trial of Brian Kearney were told by his defence counsel to be particularly cautious of scientific and forensic evidence when deciding if his client is guilty.

AS the trial of businessman Brian Kearney for the murder of his wife Siobhán enters its final stage, the focus of the case switched perceptibly yesterday to the eight women and four men who constitute the jury.

THE jury hearing the trial of Brian Kearney, who is charged with murdering his wife Siobhán has been sent home for the weekend with a warning not to draw any early conclusions about what went on in the family’s home two years ago yesterday.

The jury hearing the trial of Brian Kearney who is charged with murdering his wife Siobhan has been sent home for the weekend with a warning not to draw any early conclusions about what went on in the family’s home two-years ago yesterday.

A JURY at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin has heard how a forensic scientist found no evidence of DNA from murder accused Brian Kearney on a vacuum cleaner flex found near the body of his wife, Siobhán.

The night before Siobhan Kearney was found dead in her home she emailed her brother’s partner in Italy ending her letter by asking her to, “say a prayer for me”, a court has heard.

A RARE but unsettling light into the private world of a couple’s relationship was shone yesterday as a jury in a murder trial was given an anatomy of the marriage of Brian and Siobhan Kearney.

A woman, whose husband is on trial for her murder, was seeking advice on marital separation the day before her death, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

THE family of a woman whose husband’s trial for her murder opened at the Central Criminal Court yesterday have told the jury that the deceased was not suicidal at the time of her death.

The family of a woman whose husband's trial for her murder opened at the Central Criminal Court today have told the jury that the deceased was not suicidal at the time of her death.

Dublin electrical contractor Brian Kearney strangled his wife Siobhan with a vacuum cleaner flex and staged the scene to look like suicide, it was claimed in court today

The jury selected to hear the trial of a Dublin man charged with murdering his wife has been discharged after it emerged one of the jurors worked for an alarm company who installed a security alarm in the victim’s home.

A 50-year-old man accused of murdering of his wife in their south Dublin home almost two years ago will go on trial today.

A jury has been selected at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin to hear the trial of a man charged with murdering his wife on his 49th birthday in 2006.