A boy left brain-damaged after he was knocked down by a motorbike as he attempted to cross a dual carriageway five years ago has settled his High Court action for €3.5m.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has accused the IRA and Sinn Féin of covering up child sexual abuse and moving those accused of offences from Northern Ireland to the Republic.

A YOUNG Cork woman with a rare disease who is receiving treatment in the UK was told by her doctor that a drug administered to her during a diagnostic test in Ireland could have caused a stroke.

A MOTHER who was fatally stabbed at her home last month is to be cremated tomorrow.