For decades Christy Keane’s family ran a sizeable coal delivery business from their base in St Mary’s Park, better known as the Island Field. He soon discovered his delivery business was an ideal cover to get into drugs.

Seán Hehir and Maria McCambridge capitalised on the domestic entry at the 34th Airtricity Dublin Marathon yesterday to become the first joint Irish winners since 1993 in two exciting duels that ebbed and flowed as record numbers took to the streets for the classic distance.

There is flooding in Dublin, Wicklow and Westmeath this evening following heavy thundery showers.

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Thirty new jobs are to be created in Dublin by French financial software firm Murex, it was announced today.

THE economy has hits the skids but there is at least one area where productivity is as high as ever — car-clamping.

Final preparations are well underway for the first-ever concert at the Aviva Stadium.

Around two hundred Dublin car owners failed to reclaim their cars after getting clamped last year.

IT seems at least one profession is recession-proof: the number of cars clamped in Dublin city this year is likely to match the figure for 2008.

A car showroom was gearing up for poll position today as one of the most unusual voting stations for the Lisbon Treaty referendum.

TWO major office and residential developments have been given the go-ahead by an Bord Pleanála in one of the country’s most exclusive neighbourhoods despite multiple objections from wealthy residents and environmentalists.

Gardaí in Limerick continue to question a man following a shooting incident in the city yesterday.

LOCAL residents have claimed the scale of the proposed new stadium at Lansdowne Road is too large and designed merely to incorporate highly lucrative conference facilities.

THE oral hearing which will decide whether the €365 million redevelopment of Lansdowne Road can go ahead will start in Dublin this morning.

A TOTAL of 33 objections have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against the decision by Dublin City Council to grant planning permission for the €365 million redevelopment of Lansdowne Road.

A youth group said tonight it was baffled by the decision to locate an alcohol advertising watchdog in the headquarters of an advertising industry body.

Jurys Doyle has agreed to sell The Berkeley Court Hotel site to Padholme, a company controlled by property developer Sean Dunne for €119m.

Fitness and leisure company, Jackie Skelly Fitness, today announced a €10m expansion plan which is set to create 100 new jobs.

Limerick Gardai have launched an investigation into the serious sexual assault of a woman which occurred in the city last weekend.

Gardai in Limerick are investigating a drive-by shooting incident in the city last night.

Gardai have confirmed that they are investigating an incident in which two shots were fired over the home of a prison officer early yesterday morning.

Gardai have revealed that the bomb left at the front door of a prison officer’s home in Limerick city centre today was an elaborate hoax.

Bomb disposal experts are currently examining a suspect device left outside the front door of a prison officer’s home in Limerick city centre.