A schoolgirl seriously injured in a car accident in which her sister and a friend died has launched an action for damages in the High Court against her parents.

A FARMER was accused of playing ducks and drakes with the courts after it emerged he had failed to remove cattle from land due for repossession for four years.

A JAPANESE chat-up line proved a winner for a teenager who began teaching himself the language three years ago to talk to a girl in his class.

THE Government must grasp the opportunity to create 2,000 jobs in fish and shellfish farming, the Irish Farmers Association has declared.

A YOUNG garda was fighting for his life last night and another officer was hospitalised after a high-speed chase ended in a head-on collision with a suspected drunk driver.

THE burnt body of a man located in Galway on Easter Sunday has been identified as that of a young Offaly native who had worked in Galway city.