Two large 19th century ice-houses that once served both the Blackwater salmon trade and a royal household are to be preserved thanks to a collaboration between a local authority and a tidy towns group in the south east.

Community activists in Waterford are searching for two landmarks that were stolen last week which date to the 1840s.

I’VE just returned from a whistlestop tour of Chicago. The main purpose of my trip was to collect a iBAM award which I was indeed very honoured to receive.

Your editorial (“Changing EU policy on wind farms”, October 22) presents a case on wind farms that is an inaccurate and misleading account of Ireland’s current energy landscape which risks creating false perceptions of our future energy requirements.

After years in the wilderness Naas, Co Kildare, could almost be said to be on a roll - so long as the small businesses can hold on, writes Caroline O'Doherty.

A two-year-old has been injured after vandals glued razor blades to equipment at a playground in Illinois.

THE long-running action by businessman Philip Lynch and his family aimed at preventing AIB pursuing them for repayment of a €25 million development loan is expected to conclude at the Commercial Court today.

TRAVEL writing is the main item on the agenda for next month’s Immrama Festival in Co Waterford but organisers yesterday announced a wider programme of events to include walking, kayaking, history, music, food and art.

A BUSINESSMAN has lost his application for judgment orders for more than €22 million against three other businessmen over their failure to repay a €10m loan advanced to them to help buy lands at Millennium Park in Co Kildare for a record €315m.

ONE of the world’s best-loved travel writers, Redmond O’Hanlon, is guest speaker at the Immrama Literary Breakfast taking place next Sunday in Lismore, Co Waterford.

A WOMAN and a young girl thrown at high speed from an amusement ride were recovering yesterday after the accident at a Dublin fair.

A YOUNG man was flung from his car and killed after a high-speed crash on a treacherous bridge in Cork, an inquest heard yesterday.

British rockers Radiohead have had their request to perform two concerts in Chicago, Illinois' Millennium Park denied, so a local orchestra can rehearse.

A Radiohead concert scheduled for Chicago, Illinois' Jay Pritzker Pavilion in June has been scrapped by city officials due to a scheduling conflict.

THOUSANDS of children are to benefit from a multi-million euro plan to build 32 playgrounds throughout the country, it was announced yesterday.

Thousands of children are to benefit from a multi-million euro plan to build 32 playgrounds throughout the country, it was announced today.