A youth lost his sight in one eye after “slagging” on Facebook lead to a fight at Dublin's St Stephen's Green in Dublin, a court has heard.

Planning a pre-Christmas shopping trip to Dublin with the girls? Ciara McDonnell rounds up the best hotels for a perfect girls’ weekend in the capital.

The Department of Justice is now, in some ways, considered the new ‘Angola’ of Irish politics, writes Juno McEnroe

His name may be best known for fish and chips, but Leo Burdock was trying to batter Black & Tans in the War of Independence.

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor tells Esther McCarthy about playing an IRA man in prison-break film, Maze

Classic 1950s style stole the day at Leopardstown yesterday where a Cork woman dressed in Donegal tweed won the Ladies’ Day award.

Work by Jack Butler Yeats and a model of the Church of St Anne are stand-outs, writes Des O’Sullivan.

Since 1898, Dublin Fire Brigade ran the ambulance service and the emergence of the log book of the brigade’s headquarters in Tara Street from 1916 bears witness to the efforts to deal with the battle waging on the streets and the people affected, writes Las Fallon

On Easter Saturday 1916, Tom Clifford sat down in his room in 4 Gardiner St to write a letter to his brother Dan. The letter has recently been discovered by their niece, Carmel Clifford.

In 1854, John Henry Newman, a well-bred English convert to Catholicism who had abandoned his career as an Anglican cleric to become a Roman priest, arrived in Dublin. He had been asked by Cardinal Paul Cullen to be Rector of the new Catholic University.

In Dublin last week Whyte’s sale grossed just over €1 million, the best result since 2008. 

On the 70th anniversary of the V-E riot in Dublin, Ryle Dwyer notes how the burning of the Tricolour spurred two young UCD students and future taoisigh into action.

Most people can reel off the top tourist spots in their home place, but never visit them. So the Clarion Hotel’s writer-in-residence, Louise O’Neill, went on a day-long trip around Cork City

The news that Green REIT Plc has acquired the former Sun Alliance building — at nos 13-17 Dawson Street, in Dublin 2, for €23m — bodes well for the city’s crane count.

Great Music in Irish Houses fills a gap in the capital’s cultural life, writes Alan O’Riordan.

The newest bridge over the Liffey was officially unveiled today in honour of a forgotten hero of Ireland’s fight for independence.

The widower of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar will ask the health minister why his wife was allowed to die when they come face to face next month.

Want to hightail it away for a last minute weekend break? Esther N McCarthy fits in two counties, two hotels and lots of shopping.

PUBLIC transport is increasingly important. Hopping on a bus, or a LUAS, or a train, it’s so simple.

The Voice Squad first performed together in 1985 and went on to sing at the Special Olympics in 2003. Their talents are still very much in demand.

Looking for somewhere novel to bring your dad this father’s day? Pól Ó Conghaile has 10 great suggestions to suit all budgets.

Shop owners in Dublin are trying to reduce the amount of street begging by offering in-store dedicated donation points.

Restaurant Forty One, 41 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin; Tel: 01-6620000; residence.ie

When Grace Kelly came to Dublin, she always requested the same room in The Shelbourne Hotel. Today it is known as the Princess Grace suite, writes Vickie Maye.

Seventy-five jobs are to go at the Dublin firm Peats World of Electronics, it has been announced.

A man who stole over €135,000 from a building society is to be sentenced next month at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

THE Shelbourne Hotel is an institution at any time of year.

ASYLUM seekers yesterday protested outside Leinster House, demanding changes to the current system which they said meant some people living in direct provision for six years or more.

Militant groups were tonight accused of hijacking a massive student demonstration in Dublin marred by violence.

I WAS never much of a one for All-Ireland night celebrations. The night of the three-in-a-row Nancy and I hired a rowing boat for the pond in Stephen’s Green. I’m a bit like Connell that way, but, more to the point, a lot like myself.

THE Government has insisted it will “vigorously pursue” ex-directors of Anglo Irish Bank who owe more than €155m to the institution – even though Anglo’s new management believes the bulk of the money will never be repaid.

Brian O’Driscoll wants to get over the disappointment of Ireland’s RWC campaign. The best way to do that? Lead Leinster to Heineken Cup glory. Brendan O’Brien spoke with the national skipper.

A 14-year-old girl, who is facing 12 charges over an alleged bank machine scam, has been remanded on continuing bail pending directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Judge Catherine Murphy said today that the mother of a 13-year-old girl, who is charged with theft offences for an alleged ATM machine scam, may have to be reported to social services over her ability as a parent.

A QUARTER of Dublin’s iconic St Stephen’s Green will close to the public in 2009 to allow construction work on a new metro system for Dublin.

A "very dangerous" teenager has been given a 13-year prison sentence by Judge Michael White for a litany of violent crimes including robbery, hijacking, assault and threatening to kill gardaí.

SHOES that teach the wearer to dance, iPods that gauge the mood of the listener and adjust the musical selection accordingly — if the predictions of a selection of the public are anything to go by, the future looks blissfully bright.

AS father and son, Paddy and John Dineen have given 80 years to the Irish Sugar plant in Mallow.

MORE than 150 former Irish Sugar workers are to protest in Dublin on Monday over the refusal by their former employer to pay them a Labour Court agreed redundancy package.

Dublin’s Metro should be up and running by 2012 carrying 80,000 passengers a day from St Stephen's Green to Swords, via the airport, it was claimed today.

HUNDREDS of Muslims marched through Dublin’s city centre yesterday in protest at the printing of caricatures depicting the Prophet Mohammed in newspapers across Europe.