Pamela Scott founder Sean Barron pumped a further €553,000 in loans into the women’s fashion retailer last year, newly-filed company accounts show.

One of the country’s best known publicans Charlie Chawke said yesterday that frontline staff serving the public at his pub group "have to be Irish".

Gardaí have arrested two men following an armed robbery in Rathfarmham.

A young homeless man who set fire to a hostel bathroom and threatened a fellow occupant has been remanded in prison by Judge Desmond Hogan until accommodation is found for him.

Gardaí are tonight hunting armed robbers who rammed into the front of a south Dublin bank in a four wheel drive.