AFTER six years of fundraising, work on the building of Ireland’s first children’s hospice is under way.

Motorists are facing major delays on the south-bound stretch of Dublin's M50 motorway this morning.

Hurling enthusiasts from all over the country will flock to Stillorgan on Saturday week - September 1 - for a hurling event that will kick start this year's All-Ireland Hurling finals weekend - the AIB Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Hurling Sevens.

PLANS to run the last section of the M50 motorway through Carrickmines Castle remain in place despite an interim decision to extend and open the incomplete route without building on the archeologically important site.