A YOUNG Cork woman with a rare disease who is receiving treatment in the UK was told by her doctor that a drug administered to her during a diagnostic test in Ireland could have caused a stroke.

Two Magdalene orders which have refused to contribute to the laundry redress scheme are one step closer to multi-million euro windfalls thanks to a land zoning change.

Jeanne Davis had a thriving graphic design business, which she had developed over a number of years.

SHE was known for her smile. But friends and colleagues of Celia Ferrer de Jesus, who was tragically drowned when her basement flat was flooded, united in tears at her funeral yesterday.

Meath-born Richard Corrigan — who made a name for himself in the restaurant business in London by trading on the pride that native customers took in good English food — is bringing the formula for his business success to Dublin.

Gardaí were tonight still hunting for a convicted armed robber who has been on the run from prison for over four days.

Gardaí have released a photograph of the escaped prisoner they are hunting after he escaped from custody on Sunday.

PRISON officers were told to keep a dangerous criminal, who escaped during a visit to his ill mother, in handcuffs, the head of the Prison Service said yesterday.