The Dublin fire of 1875 killed 13 people. However, not one person died from burns or smoke inhalation but instead from drinking contaminated whiskey writes Robert Hume

If Dublin, was in Mayo’s position, with a play-off against Kerry, you could be damn sure they would have the replay at Croke Park.

The state-of-the-art Garda recording system had the capability to record more than 300 phone lines all day, every day, over a six-year period.

Former Kildare star James Kavanagh hopes he can continue to impress for Galway after making an excellent debut for the Tribesmen on Sunday.

A 76-YEAR-OLD man died in a fire at his house in Galway in the early hours of yesterday morning.

GARDAÍ in Galway are searching for a knife- wielding raider who stole an estimated €20,000 from the biggest hospital in the west of Ireland.

There is a bomb scare at Galway garda station this lunchtime.

Up to 270 jobs are expected to be created as part of a new €20m private nursing home development, it emerged today.

Gardaí are appealing for the public's help following an aggravated burglary at a house on Shantalla Road, Galway City today.

DUTCH-owned ACC Bank is continuing its disposal of Irish bank branches in 2010, it has just confirmed at year’s end.

GARDAÍ in Galway are examining CCTV footage in a bid to find vandals who defaced one of the oldest buildings in the city with graffiti.

Cannabis worth more than €1.5m was seized in two separate operations, detectives revealed today.

WHAT three things do Taoiseach Brian Cowen and golfer Shane Lowry have in common?

A fresh lead has been uncovered by a team re-investigating the murder of a policeman in the North more than 30 years ago, it was announced today.

GARDAÍ in Galway are searching for two teenagers who set another youth on fire in an unprovoked attack.

OF course the wages factor is very important, but I wonder if the rampant anti-American deluge we have here for the past few years — Shannon airport and so on — had anything to do with the departure of Dell from Limerick?

A Co Kilkenny family have had a lucky escape after a truck crashed into their house in Thomastown over the weekend, causing major damage.

Fianna Fáil will continue its preparations for the next General Election tonight, as it holds two selection conventions in Dublin and Cork.

GARDAÍ in Co Louth have abandoned their station and refused to return until a replacement one is built.

Gardaí in Co Louth have abandoned their garda station and refused to return until a replacement one is built, it emerged tonight.

Five-star hotels are being built quicker and cheaper than local garda stations, the country’s largest garda union body said today.

GARDAÍ had no idea last night of the identity of the young man who died after apparently setting himself on fire in the middle of dense woods.

ATM users have been warned by gardaí to be on the lookout for thieves who can steal hundreds of euro from their accounts.

Police in the North are questioning a man in connection with an attack on two men in Ballymena overnight.

Police in the North have released the name of the teenager who died in a car crash in Co Down last night.

A motorist who ignored an injured man trying to flag him down after dragging himself from a fatal crash was today being sought by police.