A woman charged with murdering her colleague by driving him into a harbour, where he drowned, told gardaí she couldn’t take it any more when he got into her car after spending two years following her, texting her, and telling her he loved her.

As the sky dimmed over the West Cork town of Skibbereen, the smell of peat smoke was in the air.

It’s the country’s most internationally renowned celebration, and everybody knows it. All across the world, people with itchy feet are making bucket lists — Brazil for Carnivale, India for Holi, and Ireland for St Patrick’s Day.

There was heartbreak for many businesses around Midleton after torrential thunderstorms caused flash flooding for the second summer in a row.

It is reported that children have received letters from Revenue demanding payment of the property tax.

Tommy Barker reports on the appeal of No 7 O’Brien’s Terrace, a short walk from Midleton

Fears for the safety of a missing Co Wicklow teenager have intensified after the third day of a major search operation failed to obtain any fresh trace of his whereabouts.

A candle flickered and a green and gold Kerry flag billowed gently in the breeze as people came to pay their respects at Con Houlihan’s monument in his native Castleisland.

FURTHER courthouse closures are likely in 2012 as the Courts Service aims to consolidate services.

Officials in the historic Old West US town of Deadwood have turned down a proposal to hold a festival modelled on the running of the bulls in Pamplona - but with bison chasing people down Main St.

Two men have been taken to Mullingar General hospital following a serious assualt in the town overnight.

THE TV advertisements in the run-up to World AIDS Day early last month portrayed the huge social and personal tragedy associated with HIV/AIDS in the Third World.