Latest: Gardaí are continuing their investigations after a man's body was found in the River Dodder in Dublin.

The wife of billionaire Dermot Desmond has lost her planning battle with model and next door neighbour, Karen Reihill, at one of Dublin 4’s most sought after addresses at Ailesbury Road.

Another October bank holiday weekend comes and goes but the weather remains the same — wet, windy and miserable.

Met Éireann is expected to issue a red alert as gale force winds of up to 130km/h, high tides, rain, sleet, hail, and thunder hit the country this weekend.

WE were all new to this country once. My people sailed into Cobh and built their churches on the hills of Cork. There weren’t too many Congregationalists round the city in the early years of the last century, but my grandfather integrated quickly.

An investigation has been launched after about 500 fish died in the River Dodder in Dublin.

A group of Dublin residents badly hit by flooding last year are calling on authorities to build flood protection barriers as soon as possible.

Motorists have been warned to take extra care as heavy rainfall is expected to flood roads.

HOUSEHOLDERS living in flood-damaged buildings yesterday began receiving payments from the Irish Red Cross humanitarian fund.

A LOCKSMITH acquaintance says his business is booming.

MORE than 5,000 permanent jobs would be created if the 37-storey tower building proposed by property developer Sean Dunne gets the go-ahead, a Bord Pleanála oral hearing was told yesterday.

MAD MALLARD mums frequently make the news. Ducks and their young turn up in the most unlikely places, causing all manner of mayhem, including traffic chaos.

One of the final barriers to the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road has been cleared following the settlement of a dispute with local residents and councillors.

Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for the public's help in identifying a man whose body was recovered from the River Dodder in Irishtown last Friday.

BECAUSE OF the wintry weather during the month of May the May blossom really only came into full flower at the beginning of June.

Gardaí today appealed for information after a walker was found with serious injuries in a park in south Dublin.

A proposed new public transport bridge over the River Dodder in Dublin has run into local opposition.

The IRFU has expressed confidence that the proposed redevelopment of Lansdowne Road will not face any major planning obstacles, despite the concerns of local residents.

The Government is to allocate almost €1.75m for flood protection in Ringsend in Dublin.

The Labour Party has accused the Government of negligence in the recently flooded Dublin suburb of Ringsend, by delaying funding ear marked to repair the banks of the Dodder.