Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a missing 28-year-old man.

THE bankruptcy court has approved the sale of a house in Bray, owned by former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick. which had a reserve price of €300,000.

A 17-year--old boy, who allegedly shot at two men with an “improvised firearm” during Dublin's Smithfield horse fair last month, may could face additional charges, a judge heard today.

A 17-year-old boy, who allegedly shot at two men with an “improvised firearm” during Dublin's Smithfield horse fair last month, was further remanded in custody today.

THERE were chaotic scenes at the traditional Smithfield Horse Fair in Dublin yesterday after the sound of several gunshots triggered a stampede among horses and members of the public.

HIS wealth was estimated at a staggering €55 million in 2008, but yesterday former Anglo chairman and bankrupt Sean FitzPatrick told the High Court he now has an income of just €188 a month.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman and bankrupt Sean Fitzpatrick has a net income of just €188 per month, documents furnished to the High Court have revealed.

FORMER Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick was declared a bankrupt by the High Court yesterday at his own request, just days after opposition from Anglo ensured the collapse of his proposed settlement deal with creditors.

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A Dublin heroin addict who held a blood-contaminated syringe barrel to a woman’s neck in front of her child has be sentenced to eight years for unlawfully taking her car and other serious offences.

The Dublin Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals has expressed concern about the sale of an injured horse for €8 at a market in the capital.

NOW that the Green Party has entered into a Faustian Pact with Fianna Fáil, a great clamour arises from numerous dissatisfied sectors demanding that the Greens put their money where their mouths used to be and introduce a proper, efficient and fair recycling policy to replace the profit-driven privatisation shambles which is a wonderful form of indirect taxation.

TO some, the plastic signs of the fast food joints and the chewing-gum stained pavements signified that little had changed.

The Department of Agriculture is investigating claims that a section of meat with a possible BSE infection went directly to the Smithfield market in London.

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