The change of use of the former Marymount Hospice building at St Patrick’s Hospital on Cork’s northside, to a third-level college, is not exempt from planning requirements, An Bord Pleanála has decided.

A Dublin father-of-two who was caught with blue dye on his hands and clothes after he robbed over €30,000 from a cash-in-transit worker has been jailed for two years.

The Army was called in to deal with three homemade bombs in Dublin overnight.

Travellers tonight vowed to restart their protest if a controversial 20 tonne concrete barrier in Dublin is not removed.

Gardai have issued flood alerts for a number of areas in the east of the country and are advising motorists to allow extra time for journeys.