Sales at Mothercare Ireland in the first quarter of this year “have shown the first consistent positive trend for a number of years”.

Don’t be afraid to ask for help said indie queen, Amanda Palmer in her phenomenally successful Ted Talk. Ellie O’Byrne says reach out and you will be rewarded.

A look at the quirkier side of life as we bring you the most viewed content from the ExamViral section of IrishExaminer.com.

Dublin resident Tom filmed these seagulls being a total nuisance at his Jervis Street apartment.

We've all seen so many of them over the years but have you ever thought about just how complicated it is to shoot an action scene?

More than 5,000 vehicles were clamped in Dublin in September, while Friday before lunch is the most likely time to get caught.

Protestors gathered outside a Smyths Toy shop in Dublin over the sale of products from Israel today.

Smyths toy store has told staff at a Dublin branch to take down a sign on the door informing members of the public they had removed products made in Israel from their shelves.

A luas safety campaign is planned for later this month.

The family of a woman who was knocked down and killed while out shopping with her sister has asked the driver not to get behind the wheel again.

Red Luas services have resumed following this morning's fatal accident in Dublin city centre.

A woman in her thirties has been killed in a crash in Dublin city centre this morning.

The number of people sleeping rough on the streets of inner city Dublin has increased by 88% since last year, a new report has revealed.

The jury has gone out in the trial of an Internet cafe owner charged with murdering a customer in a row over 70 cents.

The Deputy State Pathologist has told a Dublin murder trial that the alleged victim had significant bleeding to his brain when he conducted an autopsy on him.

An eyewitness has told a murder trial that he saw the accused throw the victim out of a shop onto the pavement before kicking him at least six times in the head and back.

A number of eye witnesses have given evidence in a murder trial of seeing an internet café owner chase a man out of his shop and kick him as he lay on the ground.

A 36-year-old Chinese man has gone on trial accused of kicking a man to death outside a Dublin city internet cafe.

When, last May, Drogheda woman Geraldine Kelly contacted The Tubridy Show about organising a reunion of hairdressers she’d worked with in a Dublin salon in the sixties, she did so more in hope than expectation.

Supermarket giant Aldi has taken on Tesco in a legal battle over in-store price comparisons.

A Chinese national is to go on trial accused of the murder of a man in Dublin city centre in May.

Images of Dublin will be beamed across Britain tomorrow when the capital is featured on ITV’s popular 'Daybreak' programme.

THE closure of Waterstone’s branches in Jervis Street and Dawson Street is a major blow to Ireland’s book industry, Publishing Ireland, the association of Irish publishers, has said.

DOZENS of jobs are threatened as Waterstones booksellers closes two shops in Dublin.

Dozens of jobs were threatened today as Waterstones announced it would close two stores in Dublin.

THE economy has hits the skids but there is at least one area where productivity is as high as ever — car-clamping.

UP to 250 new jobs are expected to be created with the opening of a US clothing chain store next month.

Some 250 retail jobs for Dublin will be announced later.

DUBLIN’S chewing-gum black- spots have been named and shamed as the city council seeks a contractor to clean up the capital’s sticky problem.

Around two hundred Dublin car owners failed to reclaim their cars after getting clamped last year.

IT seems at least one profession is recession-proof: the number of cars clamped in Dublin city this year is likely to match the figure for 2008.

A man who stabbed his pregnant ex-partner in front of her infant daughter has been sentenced to four years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 13-year-old girl, who is facing 19 charges mostly for thefts, is to remain banned from Dublin city centre for a further six weeks.

THE Irish operations of babywear and nursery retailer Mothercare returned to profit in its last financial year, according to updated accounts filed with the Companies Registration Office.

HERE’S hoping that your child isn’t looking for a Fisher-Price toy kitchen this Christmas as it’s the latest toy to be pulled off shelves due to health and safety fears.

Embattled Taoiseach Bertie Ahern started his General Election fightback from the steps of Dublin’s GPO today.

Fans of fashion will descend on Topshop stores in Dublin today for the release of the chain’s Kate Moss Collection.

The Boots outlet in Dublin's Liffey Valley shopping centre delivered the second highest sales across the entire Boots retail chain of more than 3,000 stores for the Christmas period, the company said today.

The red Luas line has been shut down in Dublin City Centre following a car crash.

Victims and relatives of those who were killed in the Stardust disaster are gathering on Dublin's northside for a special memorial mass today.

AFTER splurging €4 billion in the run-up to Christmas, shoppers were out in force yesterday for the traditional winter sales.

A man has been remanded by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court for sentence on June 20 for raping three women in Dublin last year.