Liam O’Gradaigh has battled along with his wife Sheena to keep their son Donagh, who is now aged 11, alive.

Today Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds made orders against James Scully, who told the court that he had removed his livestock from 156 acres of land known as Thornton Hall.

A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 24-year-old Jordan Davis in Darndale in Dublin.

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has said the latest shooting in Dublin is a matter of "great concern."

The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau made the arrest after searching a property in north Co Dublin.

The Taoiseach has defended the resourcing of gardaí after two pals were gunned down just hours apart in brutal gangland-style executions in Dublin.

The CSO yesterday published data on the 21,053 marriages held last year.

It is according to the REA Average House Price Index for Quarter One.

Balbriggan is suffering from a serious seagull problem but residents are fighting back, writes Michael Clifford.

Now that the line-up for Electric Picnic has been released, it’s time to finalise your plans for a busy season of music events, writes Ed Power.

The winners of the biggest ever lottery jackpot in Irish history insist that their new fortune won’t change their lives.

A “large family syndicate” from the Naul in north Dublin has been confirmed as the winner of the mega €175.4m EuroMillions jackpot.

One man was killed and another seriously injured in a double shooting outside a gym in Swords in north Co Dublin last night.

Would-be presidential candidate Kevin Sharkey has said he was called the N-word just six weeks ago and made a plea to be nominated as “Ireland’s first black president” to send out a message to racists.

The award-winning Keogh’s Farm in north Co Dublin has committed to a three-year partnership with Vita, which will see it become the first Irish food business to go carbon neutral.

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Pro-life campaigners have claimed solutions to rape and fatal foetal abnormality abortion cases could be found without the need to remove the Eighth Amendment.

The graves of a number of families — including two gardaí — have been vandalised after a car was driven into a cemetery in Skerries in north Co Dublin.

One of the biggest names in construction circles during the boom years Bernard McNamara has been granted approval, through his Roxtip Ltd company, by Fingal County Council to construct 31 houses on lands at Beaverbrook in Donabate, north Co Dublin.

Irish Water has identified projects that require capital expenditure of €5.5bn up to the end of 2021 and some €13bn over the next 20 years. Here’s just a sample of some of the bigger plans and budgets involved.

The publication of the interim report into the reopening of garda stations confirms a "firm recommendation" was made to re-open Stepaside Garda station.

A defiant Transport Minister Shane Ross has said the decision to reopen Stepaside Garda Station in his constituency was not “stroke politics”.

The acting Garda commissioner yesterday defended the reopening of Stepaside Garda Station, following accusations that it was a political stroke delivered by Transport, Tourism and Sport Minister Shane Ross.

A school principal in north Co Dublin is being hailed a hero after saving the life of a nine-year-old boy who collapsed in the yard.

An advisory against swimming in Portmarnock in north Co Dublin has been lifted.

WE’RE told the future of the planet depends on food production being in harmony with nature and the environment as well as on new ways of generating energy and reducing waste, writes Donal Hickey

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation after a man’s body was found in a roadside ditch in Dublin, writes Joyce Fegan.

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation after a man’s body was found in a roadside ditch in Dublin.

Independent Alliance Minister Shane Ross has been criticised after the reopening of Stepaside Garda Station was announced.

The High Court has reserved judgment on an appeal by the Data Protection Commissioner and Google over a finding in favour of a man in the first “right to be forgotten” case here concerning internet postings.

The Data Protection Commissioner and Google have urged the High Court to overturn a finding in favour of a man in the first “right to be forgotten” case here concerning internet postings.

A man in his 20s is due to appear at Blanchardstown District Court at 10.30am tomorrow charged in relation to the death of Noel Kirwan.

Irish Water has been fined €19,500 for breaking environmental protection laws following the discovery of sewage pollution at four water treatment plants around the country.

When it comes to Euromillions, it seems everyone’s a winner.

A teenage girl has been banned from north Co Dublin after she was charged with stealing a car.

The High Court has ordered the winding up of Rush Credit Union (RCU) in north Co Dublin.

VERY few societies can be as sensitive as Ireland to suggestions that young people held in State care might be in jeopardy. 

Two people arrested in connection with the seizure of a firearm in north Co Dublin have released without charge.

The High Court has extended the suspension of the manager of a Credit Union at the centre of a Central Bank investigation into alleged fraud.

A teenage boy, who was banned from his home following a domestic incident, avoided being sent to the Oberstown youth detention facility yesterday because it was full.

Two Dublin market traders have been spared jail sentences after getting caught selling more than 100 different types of prescription drugs from their stall.

Let us assume for the moment the British people vote in 10 days time in favour of continued membership of the European Union.