He may be 71 years old but rock/blues veteran Rob Strong is still, as his name suggests, going strong.

Defence Forces bosses want the Government to establish an independent pay review board, similar to ones in Britain and Australia, to curtail the exodus of highly trained personnel who are leaving for better wages and conditions elsewhere.

A man who suffered multiple severe injuries when a tree fell on him in stormy weather has settled his High Court action for €165,000.

The Minister for Health and Children's "intransigence" over document disclosure is delaying efforts to get on with the first of a number of cases in which a woman claims she developed a sleep disorder as a result of getting the swine flu vaccine, the High Court heard.

Officers in the Defence Forces feel betrayed by their employers, because military personnel were left out of “side deals” given to gardaí, prison officers, and firefighters as part of the latest Lansdowne Road pay agreements.

EU and UK negotiators must avoid the US protectionist approach to trade talks which has worked against the interests of American farmers, said Darci Vetter, former chief agricultural negotiator for the US Trade Representative under the Obama administration.

A solicitor who ran up an estimated €500,000 deficit on his client account has been struck off by the High Court.

Senior officers do not believe frontline gardaí deliberately falsified breath test numbers and that the problem stemmed from members being overworked, together with a lack of proper equipment and training.

It could prove a bit of a hairy topic for Garda management.

Officials have been poring over files and documents placed in a secret storage unit by the former Console chief executive Paul Kelly after a court order allowed David Hall, interim CEO at the charity, to break the lock and seize them.

The admission of nine children to an adult psychiatric unit in Kilkenny in breach of regulation has been criticised by the Mental Health Commission (MHC).

One in 10 officers has resigned from the Defence Forces in the past two years after becoming disillusioned with the job.

A jockey and a horse trainer went for a run of the two- legged variety yesterday — and it might just lead to Rio.

Ray Ryan reports on the new era for Irish food development, heralded with the formal opening of Kerry Group’s new innovation centre in Naas.

One of Rosanna Davison’s three wedding bashes in summer 2014 contributed to the luxury five-star Powerscourt hotel and spa at Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, recording earnings of €700,000 last year.

Investment by food and drink companies In Ireland has accelerated this year, but there are concerns it is too narrowly based and that there are too few ‘scalable’ companies in the sector.

A 58-year-old man has died following an assault in Naas, Co Kildare.

Anti-racism organisations in Ireland are naturally concerned for the welfare of Walli Ullah, an asylum seeker seriously injured in Wednesday’s riot at Cloverhill prison in Dublin.

A Kildare printer was “working with the IRA” while running a sophisticated counterfeit banknote operation a court has heard.

Aldi’s new flagship store in the landmark Elysian Tower in Cork City may well be the jewel in the discount retailer’s ever-expanding crown but a 40-minute drive away lays the real epicentre of the company’s Irish success.

A dispute over an alleged "confusing" and unlawful procedure adopted by Irish Water concerning the awarding of a contract to lay 10km of water pipes in Kerry has come before the High Court.

A festival goer who broke his ankle after he was knocked to the ground at Oxegen has lost an action for damages against promoters MCD.

Horse trainer and producer Deirdre Bourns, who was left tetraplegic after a horse knocked her down and trampled on her at a showjumping event, has brought a High Court action seeking more than €900,000 in damages.

Gardaí are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man in Naas, Co Kildare, last night.

The EU’s milk quota regime has entered its final year, offering a once in a generation opportunity to the sector, writes Simon Coveney.

We should be wary of how our children use tablets and other devices — especially at mealtimes, writes Áilín Quinlan.

A four-storey office block in Limerick city, which has the Office of Public Works as a sitting tenant, sold for €3.25m at an Allsop’s auction at the RDS yesterday.

80 jobs have been secured with the acquisition of two Irish food companies.

Ireland’s declining native barn owl population could be given a boost by a foreign shrew that has managed to get into the country.

The collapse of building firms has delayed 20 major school and college projects over the past three years.

A shotgun found at the scene of an apparent murder-suicide was legally held by the man suspected of carrying out the shootings.

Gardaí have made what is thought to be the second biggest heroin seizure in the history of the State.

Paddy Casey may have parted ways with his record company, but his optimistic new album shows how he’s moving on, says Ed Power

Kildare-based developer Dominic Fagan is being pursued by Bank of Scotland for about €88m over personal loans and his guarantees of loans to two property companies.

Detectives are hunting for three men suspected of stabbing a father-of-one to death.

Gardaí are today appealing for witnesses after a car was hijacked in Naas, Co Kildare yesterday.