Team Ireland’s winning streak at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles continued yesterday with a seven-medal haul.

A baby girl, who was injured in a car accident two days before she was born, has been awarded almost €18,000 for personal injury damages.

A Wicklow farmer with Parkinson's syndrome will be cared for at a Dublin nursing home ahead of his retrial for the murder of his brother.

A Judge has found that philanthropist Niall Mellon was defamed by a daily newspaper in a report claiming that he had sacked a personal assistant shortly before she was due to give birth.

A FIRE that led to the death of an elderly woman was “most likely” caused by a candle or match which she lit during the night, an inquest has heard.

Refrigeration company Permafrost Solutions has today announced plans to invest €1m to create 30 new jobs in Co Clare in 2010.

Four men are in custody this morning following an attempted robbery at a credit union in Rathfarnham, Dublin last night.

CHEERS! Two Munster pubs have scooped best bar awards at the industry’s Oscars.

A GARDA charged with leaking official documents to a journalist was sent forward to trial yesterday.

The family of murdered Dublin woman Esther Mc Cann told a court today(mon.) of their fears if double killer Frank Mc Cann is ever released from prison.

SIPTU's Dublin Food Branch Official, Brendan Carr has said Tánaiste Mary Harney should put in place greater support mechanisms for indigenous industries - especially in the more traditional sectors of the economy.