While few would argue Dublin has been hardest hit by the recession, retailers there have endured a period of stagnation similar to that of their regional counterparts — and it’s only now beginning to lift.

The French government has shown its appreciation to a businesswoman who for 30 years has remained a pillar of strength for the French community in Cork.

WITH Cork to Dublin flights axed, there are only three ways to make it between the two cities in a reasonable time — by car, bus or rail. We decided to put the options to the test and last week, three intrepid journalists headed off from Parnell Place bus station and Kent Train Station in Cork, all with one objective: to get to the Spire on Dublin’s O’Connell Street as quickly as possible...

Retail giant Penneys has unveiled phase one of a major refurbishment of its Mary Street store in Dublin.

Marks and Spencers today launched its Irish-specific website enabling customers here to have online purchases with the retailer delivered to their homes.

Defence lawyers for a man on trial for murder, assault and hijack, have argued that the prosecution's main witness has lied in his statements to gardai and in his evidence to the court.

The Central Criminal Court has heard evidence of a series of attempted hijackings and a serious assault in Dundalk town, in the minutes leading up to the alleged murder of Aidan Myers in 2006.

Witnesses in the case of a man on trial for murder, assault and hijacking have described how they saw a man driving a car repeatedly up and down their street, ram it into a parked car and reverse it at speed towards people.

AFTER two years of planning, Headstrong’s Jigsaw programme opened in Galway’s Mary St on December 1 last.

Gardaí believe a cooker was the cause of a fire in Drogheda this morning which killed one man and critically injured another.

Anti-war campaigners are understood to be behind the daubing of slogans on the Limerick constituency office of junior Justice Minister Willie O'Dea.

The Tánaiste Mary Harney has officially opened a new €40m Guinness factory in Waterford.

RED ABBEY looms over the rear courtyard of this spacious townhouse just a minute from Cork’s city centre.