The population has risen since 2008. Immigrants love our character and way of life, says Conor Power

More than 100 second-level students have ended their summer holidays on a high by reaching the top of one of the world’s most famous mountain peaks.

A Clare doctor who was struck off the Register of Medical Practitioners after he was convicted of supplying a prescription-only drug by mail order succesfully appealed a three-month suspended jail sentence today.

GARDAÍ have seized more than €200,000 worth of illegal drugs in two hauls in counties Clare and Meath.

Limerick has a higher proportion of murders coming before the Central Criminal Court than all other counties except Dublin, a leading High Court judge said today.