A 32-year-old man has been arrested this morning in connection with the serious assault of a pedestrian in Dublin.

Gardai have appealed for information relating to a man who seriously assaulted a pedestrian in Dublin last Friday before stripping off and lying down on the road.

Five men have been convicted for offences spread over three incidents on one weekend, and all in the context of what a court was told was a “long-standing feud” between two related families.

A woman arrested for a public order offence including spitting in the direction of a Garda later said she would get him sacked as she was friends with the judge and “he will sort me out”.

All parades take place on Sunday unless stated otherwise.

A Clonakilty man who was barred for life from a local hotel was jailed for two years today for violently kicking in a door at the premises during a Christmas visit.

"They have a complete disregard for residents in the area who are forced to put up with them urinating in public and often on their doorsteps."

After 105 years in business, MacCarthy’s newsagents in Clonakilty closes on Christmas Eve, writes Noel Baker.

After the great storm, the big clean up. As crews start to work around Co Cork, much of the fallout from Storm Ophelia will centre on the Cobh area.

A prodigal son returned home to Clonakilty yesterday and as for the fatted calf — well, one way or the other, he was surely eaten.

Don’t say there’s nothing to do tomorrow night.

Four men have been arrested in connection with robberies in the South East.

The National Lottery celebrates its 30th birthday this week and in that time has created more than 800 millionaires and donated almost €5 billion to charitable causes.

President Michael D Higgins has hit back at criticism of his tribute to Fidel Castro, saying it is “unsustainable and unwarranted”.

Residents and businesses have endured 18 months of disruption while the town centre got a facelift. A street carnival next weekend should show everyone in the West Cork town that the wait was worth it, writes Noel Baker

Its doors may have closed to pupils 40 years ago but a Dublin school’s roll books are opening a window into the hidden past of the lives of inner city children.

A 16-year-old male has been arrested today in connection with a serious assault in Dublin city centre.

Government formation talks stalled for the second time in days last night amid growing concern “fundamental” disagreements over water, housing, education and rural issues cannot be resolved.

Members of the public, and perhaps people facing deportation, are being targeted by a sophisticated telephone scam that extracts money.

A Dublin man, who hijacked a car and repeatedly punched a heavily pregnant woman in the passenger seat while he drove the vehicle, will be sentenced next month.

A man who was caught cycling the wrong way down a city centre street with a stolen phone box under his jacket has been jailed for three years.

The owners of a Kinsale hotel where a man claimed he fell from a third-floor window and ended up with life-changing injuries have applied to the High Court to have his action for damages dismissed.

A garda has been found guilty of attacking a drunk man in a Santa hat during an arrest in Dublin City centre.

An Englishman who has sued a Kinsale hotel, claiming he fell 8m from a third floor bedroom window, yesterday denied in the High Court he had jumped after a row with his girlfriend.

A garage in Trim, Co Meath, where the Lotto ticket that won the €10.65m Easter jackpot was sold, has been buzzing with excitement.

Dublin’s Merrion Square West has retained its status as the capital’s top clamping blackspot for catching motorists without valid parking tickets.

An off-duty garda has been praised by a judge for arming himself with a traffic cone and catching two robbers after witnessing a raid in a Dublin shop.

A garda who has pleaded not guilty to attacking a man in Dublin City centre in 2012 will go on trial in January, a judge ordered yesterday.

A man in his 30s is in a critical condition in hospital this morning following a serious assault in Dublin last night.

People living in Clonakilty will have to endure major disruption when €2m flood prevention works get underway shortly.

The scene of a double shooting in Dublin last night remains sealed off this afternoon.

A man has been acquitted of a taxi driver’s manslaughter over two years ago.

A man accused of a taxi driver’s manslaughter told gardaí he threw a punch to avoid being hit over a dispute about a fare.

A Dublin man has gone on trial for the manslaughter of a taxi driver in the city two years ago.

A jury has found a man and woman not guilty of the manslaughter of a student who died on New Year’s Day 2012.