A bathing ban remains in place at Dollymount Beach.

The bans were lifted at all beaches in the Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown area last night after tests found the water quality had returned to normal.

A swimming ban at three Dublin beaches has been extended.

Ireland’s beaches and lakes benefitted from the scorching sunshine last summer, as record heat killed off bacteria and other harmful growths that can contaminate bathing waters.

Concerned locals held a meeting last night over two of the proposed new corridors from Ballsbridge to the city centre and from Blackrock to Merrion.

EPA classifies 102 of 142 bathing waters as ‘excellent’ and 18 as ‘good’ but warns about bacterial contamination caused by bird droppings

Ireland host Pakistan in their first ever five-day match in a contest at Malahide that begins on May 11.

The Irish Farmers Association and employers’ group, Ibec, are the country’s most prolific lobbyists according to the first official record of political lobbying activities.

Tony Clayton-Lea says we take Dublin for granted – it’s time to revisit the city and see it through the eyes of a tourist.

Despite piles of rubbish being collected on beaches across Dublin, no litter fines were issued by two Councils.

Two Magdalene orders which have refused to contribute to the laundry redress scheme are one step closer to multi-million euro windfalls thanks to a land zoning change.

Dublin City Council will have to await the outcome of a major legal challenge to its proposed €270m Ringsend scheme to pipe the waste products of about 1.8 million people into the heart of Dublin Bay.

Mary Smith met Enda Kenny in 2009. He was “practically crying” when he heard her story of being dumped in the Magdalene Laundry in Sunday’s Well, Cork by the “cruelty man”.

A religious order which amassed a €233m property portfolio has said it cannot afford to release €3m it promised to put into a trust fund for the victims of institutional child abuse.

Stalled negotiations have left religious orders €400m short of the compensation target set by the Government for abuse redress contributions.

THE nuns who made hundreds of millions of euro by selling property during the Celtic Tiger had made plans to use the money.

SOME 28 people have made official complaints to the Garda Ombudsman Commission following clashes between gardaí and students last week.

THE Catholic Church handed over properties worth €28.6 million, including a three-acre site in Dublin 4 and St Colman’s Home in Cobh, Co Cork, as part of its deal to compensate abuse victims.

Ultra-fast broadband has become a reality for many throughout the country with the news that BT Ireland claiming that it is now successfully rolling out up to 8Mb broadband service.

The draw has been made for the opening round of the 2008 Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup.

Five months of works on water pipes in the Merrion and Sandymount areas of Dublin begin today.

A foreign national whose identity remains uncertain has been jailed for two years for burglary at a top Dublin hotel and use of a stolen credit card to buy luxury items at city centre jewellers.

In advance of the Ireland/England match on February 27, inspectors from the Office of Consumer Affairs carried out a survey last week of 19 licensed premises near Lansdowne Road to establish the prices displayed in the bar areas, in respect of nine different drinks.

A man has died after he was struck by a train at the Merrion level crossing gate near Sandymount this morning.

A person has been struck by a train at the Merrion level crossing, in Sandymount, Dublin, this morning.

BREAST cancer screening will be in place for women in Carlow, Kilkenny and Waterford by next year and for women nationwide by the end of 2005.

A new waste-water management scheme to improve water quality in Dublin Bay is due to be officially opened in Ringsend later today.

WATER quality has taken a dip at Irish beaches with fewer bathing areas meeting standards of cleanliness.

HIGH flying Waterpark could be set to move up a division if their current run continues.

Nineteen Irish beaches and two lakes have tested positive for a deadly bacteria which comes from sewage contamination, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.