Grocery chain Sainsbury’s today announced plans to recruit an additional 500 staff to serve at its food counters and cafes over the next year.

Plans to build a new nuclear power station at Sellafield were advanced today after a consortium of energy firms bought land earmarked for the development.

A small fire broke out in the grounds of a British nuclear power station today, British Nuclear Group confirmed.

A NEW owner is being canvassed for Oldbury, a bungalow of decent old stock on the approach to Carrigaline in Cork.

British emergency services were deluged with calls this morning following what police believe was a strong tremor.

Tests are being carried out on samples from a factory's cooling towers and air conditioning units after a man died in the latest outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.

A man who was among seven people infected in a fresh outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease died today, health officials said.

A fourth woman has been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease in a fresh outbreak in Britain.

A Euro MP has called on the Government to release cancer figures after a new study suggested people living near nuclear power stations stood a high risk of developing cancer.