Up to 30 young people treated every week at University Hospital Limerick have attempted suicide, according to a hospital source.

The trial of a man accused of killing Offaly publican Matthew Farrell has heard the victim died from a heart attack as a result of blunt force trauma to the head and face.

THE Cistercian College in Roscrea, Co Tipperary was founded in 1905 by the Cistercian monks as a monastic boarding school for boys.

THE auction of some 80 repossessed properties in Dublin yesterday was the first auction of its kind for some time. It, therefore, afforded a real indication of current property values.

ONE of the most heartening things to happen in Ireland in recent times has been the heightened awareness of the environment among children who are now leading the way and, indeed, educating their parents on such matters.

THREE young Irish women onboard the Air France airliner which vanished over the Atlantic Ocean were best friends who were forging out promising careers as doctors, it emerged tonight.

THREE young Irish doctors were among the 228 people on board an Air France jet that vanished en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

ENDLESS driving around looking for an empty street parking space could become a thing of the past thanks to technology developed by researchers in Sligo.

THE seriousness of the crisis in the pig industry was highlighted by the presence of so many pig producers, processors and banking representatives at strategy meeting in Roscrea, Co Tipperary, said IFA president Padraig Walshe.

All 280 staff at Glanbia Meats have been offered alternative employment, the company said tonight.

A MAN who barricaded himself into a house in Roscrea, Co Tipperary last night threatened to explode gas cylinders.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern is to meet a high powered Irish Farmers’ Association delegation in West Cork this afternoon to discuss the impact of Dairygold’s decision to opt out of primary pig processing.

The Department of Agriculture is examining reports that an export of beef contained a banned substance, a possible carrier of BSE.