He’s taken a lead role in developing a cultural shift for Irish football but Damien Duff won’t complain should Martin O’Neill’s old-fashioned approach propel the country to a first World Cup since 2002.

Latest: Gardai are investigating a fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the Naas Road at approximately 6.20am this morning.

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From jiving in the kitchen to fake-tanning his bum, let’s just say it was eventful.

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Fine Gael has the largest number of ministers in government than any previous administration.

After Leicester winning the English Premier League in recent weeks, our world has taken a different shape and now I’m “absolutely sure” the following will happen in the next 12 months:

RTÉ’s Morning Ireland announced that Ireland didn’t get past the Eurovision semifinals again.

You know that you’re getting old when the Minister for Health looks about 16.

Am I the only one who finds the new VHI radio ads a little unsettling?

A woman has died following a car crash in West Dublin overnight.

There are fears that rats are becoming an increasing problem in Dublin after a rodent described as being "2ft long" was caught at a house in Tallaght.

Two false pretence charges remain outstanding against Paschal Carmody after his acquittal yesterday of nine counts of obtaining monies by deception from two families of terminally-ill cancer patients.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has announced that 56 large-scale school building projects will get underway next year.

The boss of UK insurer Legal & General is to step down next year after 25 years with the company.

The Red Line Luas Stop at Connolly Station in Dublin has reopened this morning following improvement works.

JUST a half a dozen big homes, built near an apartment development, make up the Kingswood enclave, in Waterford’s Ballinakill.

JUST a half a dozen big homes, built near an apartment development, make up the Kingswood enclave, in Waterford’s Ballinakill.

A man was shot dead after he jumped from the first-floor bedroom of his home just metres from a garda station, detectives said today.

Two separate investigations have been launched into an incident that has left a 20-year-old in a critical condition in Dublin's Beaumont Hospital.

Motorists are being warned of poor driving conditions this morning, with black ice on many roads around the country.

GARDAÍ have arrested two men in the Coolock area of Dublin in connection with the death of a 28-year-old man during a car hijacking near Dublin Airport early yesterday.

Gardaí are now investigating a shooting incident in the Tallaght area of Dublin last night.

HAVING attended the wonderful occasion that was the Ireland v Slovakia match at Croke Park last Wednesday, I must protest at the shambolic Luas operation on the night.

Plans for a new Metro line for Dublin were unveiled today by Transport Minister Michael Cullen.

The owners of the Comfort Inn group have announced plans to create 240 jobs at five new Irish hotels in the coming years.

A man described as one of the top three pirate video distributors in the country has been given an 18-month suspended sentence by Judge Joseph Mathews at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 28-YEAR-OLD living at home with his parents appeared at Dublin District Court yesterday on charges related to having €400,000 worth of cocaine in his possession.

Gardai in Dublin have arrested three men and a woman in connection with a heroin seizure in Tallaght last night.