Noeleen Diskin didn’t think twice about donating her kidney to her identical twin sister, Helen Keogh.

An Irishwoman caught up in the terrorist attack in Tunisia said she and others, also there, believe more than one gunman was involved in the massacre which claimed 38 lives.

Two off-duty gardaí stationed in Dublin seemed to get angry when they couldn’t find prostitutes on a Christmas party night out in Limerick, a court heard.

A woman has asked the Circuit Court to grant her protection from the Revenue Commissioners for a 70-day period in which to possibly negotiate a reduction of a €613,000 demand.

The Chief Justice has called for improvements to the way court cases are dealt with following the dismissal of an appeal over an amateur golfer’s claim that he had been falsely accused of cheating about his handicap that lasted 83 days.

A DOCTOR has been found guilty of professional misconduct and poor professional performance by a Medical Council fitness to practise committee over the care he gave to a woman who underwent a gastric banding procedure in Hungary.

PIETA House, the suicide and self-harm charity, opened a new purpose-built facility in Limerick.

A father-of-one has been charged with money laundering in connection with last week's €300,000 tiger kidnapping in Dublin.

FOUR men have appeared in court in connection with an attempted robbery of a cash-in-transit van last year, during which one man was fatally shot by gardaí.

AN investigation into whether gardaí were within their rights to shoot a man dead during a foiled bank robbery will not be completed until March at the earliest.

A HIGH COURT decision yesterday means the Mahon tribunal cannot pursue claims against the late Liam Lawlor’s home and lands in Lucan, Co Dublin, in order to meet legal costs of more than €430,000 due to it by the late TD.

THE widow of TD Liam Lawlor is to ask the High Court to determine what effect his death has had on legal proceedings in which the Mahon planning tribunal is seeking orders relating to the couple’s home and lands in Lucan, Co Dublin, to satisfy debts of €575,000 in legal costs.

THE interdenominational schools group Educate Together plans to open second-level schools for the first time within two or three years to cater for the thousands of pupils being taught in its primary schools.

TRIBUTES were paid to the life’s work of renowned psychiatrist and broadcaster Anthony Clare, who died suddenly over the weekend.

The Labour Party is calling on the Garda Ombudsman to formally investigate the death of Derek O'Toole in Lucan, Co Dublin, earlier this month.

A GRIM warning awaits relatives who travel to Thailand in search of loved ones caught up in last week’s tsunami disaster.

The parents of a desperately ill toddler who needs a life-saving double liver and bowel transplant have issued a plea for organ donors.

Gardaí have released the names of two victims in separate road accidents today.

Former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor has revealed details of how he faked an invoice to hide a £100,000 cash payment he received in connection with the sale of an acre of land attached to his home in Lucan, west Dublin.

SUPERQUINN has launched Ireland’s first drive-in shopping facility from its internet shopping site, Superquinn.ie.