THE king of Italian cheese, Parmigiano Reggiano is also known as Parmesan, which it was called until 1951 when a small number of artisan producers worked to protect their product.

Middle-aged men are the highest suicide risk group, according to a leading emotional support centre.

As Jan O’Sullivan takes over at education, she will do well to bookmark her predecessor’s travails, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

The new education minister has worked in the classroom, but will rely on lessons learned in the political arena, writes Education Correspondent Niall Murray

Wreaths have been laid at the site of one of three bombs which exploded 40 years ago today in the single worst day of atrocities in the Troubles.

Motorists in Dublin city centre can expect some disruption when the first major roadworks to link up the Luas lines start this week.

Dublin city centre has been given a clean bill of health for the first time in the 18 years of a national litter survey.

The New Year won’t bring any let-up in the stormy weather in the south of the country as flood alerts have been issued in Cork city and county.

Dublin's newest bridge has been named after the trade unionist and Irish Citizen army activist Rosie Hackett.

An Offaly man who mugged and knocked unconscious an 83-year-old woman has been sentenced to five years with the final year suspended.

The overall vote turnout to elect Ireland's ninth president is understood to have been just under 50% when polls closed tonight.

Polling stations across the country are reporting a "steady flow of voters", but turnout is so far down on the General Election earlier this year.

A security guard for a fast food outlet lost his job in a dispute over sick leave after he was attacked by a gang of youths, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

BEN DUNNE and Michael Lowry sought to double the rent paid by the state for a property owned by Mr Dunne in a deal that would have doubled the value of the premises while leaving the taxpayer more than €3 million out of pocket.

CONTINGENCY plans by the Health Service Executive to deal with yesterday’s industrial action by the public sector trade unions worked well, the health authority claimed last night.

More than 5,000 teachers angered by possible budget cuts staged a protest outside the Department of Education during today's national strike.

A CAMPAIGN highlighting the growing plight of suicide in the taxi industry and the general public is set to be launched over the coming days.

The Pro-Cathedral in Dublin is calling on people to donate unwanted gifts.

The Pro-Cathedral in Dublin is calling on people to donate unwanted gifts.

Four suspected Real IRA men were arrested following a tip-off that the dissident republican terror group put on a show of strength for TV cameras, a court heard today.

A new €15m bridge will be built over Dublin’s River Liffey to carry busses and Luas trams across the city centre waterway.

A convicted armed robber who left his fingerprint on a bettng docket in a bookie's office has been jailed for six years by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

WE now have a three-tier ministerial system. At the bottom are the soon-to -be-announced ministers of state. At the top are finance, health, education, justice and transport. In the middle are the others, widely interpreted, since Brian Cowen announced his cabinet, as of minor importance, offering damn-all potential advancement to their holders, and awarded either as punishments or consolation prizes.

MOTORISTS could be banned from driving through the heart of Dublin under radical new plans, it emerged yesterday.

TÁNAISTE Brian Cowen has said it was “a great honour” to be asked by the family of the late Patrick Hillery to give the graveside oration at his funeral.

Former President of Ireland Dr Patrick Hillery will be given a full state funeral on Wednesday, the Government announced today.

Four men charged over alleged dissident republican activity were tonight remanded in custody at Dublin’s special criminal court.

eTrip Services Ireland Ltd has announced the signing of a €5m contract with Ireland’s leading car parking organisation, the Q-Park Group.

A NEW leaflet designed to help parents ensure their children receive a proper education has been printed in 18 languages to reflect the widening diversity of pupils in the country’s schools.

A STANDOFF between two of Dublin’s largest transport agencies over a small stretch of track is stalling plans to connect the city’s Luas lines.

THEY came in their hundreds to mourn a woman who was universally loved and liked for her caring nature.

Up to 500 mourners are attending the funeral today of the woman killed when her car was struck by a stolen bus on the Naas Road last Sunday.

THE funeral of the victim of last Sunday’s stolen bus rampage through Dublin is to take place in the parish where she taught among the children she loved.

MÁIRE BUCKLEY, the retired teacher who was killed in Sunday’s bus tragedy, dedicated herself to helping children in some of Dublin’s most disadvantaged inner city communities for almost four decades.

Communities across north inner city Dublin were left devastated today following the killing of retired teacher Maire Buckley who died saving her daughter from the path of a stolen bus in the west of the city.

A 36-year-old man appeared in court today charged with causing death by dangerous driving in connection with the death of a woman who was killed in the course of a series of incidents involving a bus in Dublin yesterday.

A man who denies unlawfully killing another outside Sopranos, a Kilbarrack, Dublin, take-away, denied using a fist to hit the victim and said he knew himself enough to know he did not need to punch anyone.

HEARING-impaired telephone operators are considering legal action against Eircom.

PUBLICANS have been warned they face hefty penalties for allowing people to get drunk on their premises.

A 20-year-old Dublin man was today found guilty of the murder of Patrick Costello, aged 31, at the Central Criminal Court.

A jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murder at the Central Criminal Court were sent to a hotel tonight and will tomorrow morning resume their deliberations.