A new survey shows the price paid for farmland across Ireland is rising in many parts with the exception of the Midlands and Southwest regions.

Any dismantling of the hospital network in the southeast will have a devastating impact on around 500,000 service users, a local campaign group has warned.

Drugsmaker Eirgen Pharma is to create 30 jobs in Co Waterford following support from Enterprise Ireland.

The Government tonight heaped pressure on TalkTalk management to delay closing its Waterford operation claiming the 30-day deadline was abrupt and unfair.

TROPICAL storm Lee crawled onto southern Louisiana’s coast as New Orleans prepared for one of the biggest tests of its flood defences since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.

Bus Éireann has issued an update on its services throughout the country.

Madonna has defended her decision to adopt a second Malawian child, insisting she is "committed" to maintaining a connection to adopted son David Banda's homeland.

MALAWI’S high court yesterday approved an application by US pop star Madonna to permanently adopt a three-year-old boy from one of Africa’s poorest countries, her lawyer said.

A young father was jailed for 25 years today for severely burning his baby daughter when he put her in a microwave and turned it on for up to 20 seconds.

Heavy rain today flooded parts of New Orleans only just recovering from Hurricane Katrina.

The US government today decided to release oil from its petroleum reserves to help refiners affected by Hurricane Katrina.

As dawn broke over the ravaged Gulf of Mexico coastline today, rescuers in boats and helicopters furiously searched for survivors of Hurricane Katrina, with fears the death toll could reach 80.

A fresh outbreak of bird flu on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island has killed some 25,000 chickens, but the local government has not ordered the slaughter of healthy birds because it has no money to pay farmers compensation, an agricultural official said today.

Hurricane Ivan struck the Alabama coast today with 130 mph winds spawning tornadoes and torrential rain, sending floodwaters surging over roads and swirling around homes. Power was knocked out to 200,000 people.

A protest march to demand a radiotherapy centre in the Southeast is due to take place this afternoon in Waterford City.

MORE teens than ever are being treated for heroin and cannabis addiction at the country’s only treatment centre for adolescents, figures published yesterday show.

Unknown attackers fired flares at an American ammunition dump on Baghdad’s outskirts early today, setting off thundering explosions that killed at least nine people, including three babies.

The Turkish military on Sunday began moving troops in western Turkey to its border with Iraq, strengthened its security force along the rugged border area ahead of a possible US war against Iraq.

VETS in Thailand have put to death an elephant that went blind and suffered years of painful side-effects after being hooked on drugs by its owner.

Human remains were found inside the belly of a shark caught by Thai fishermen in the high seas, a newspaper reported today.