People are being urged to have their blood pressure checked in order to reduce the risk of stroke.

Shoppers around Stephen's Green in Dublin had a lucky escape at lunchtime this afternoon.

The Luas cross-city construction works have been halted after bones were unearthed during digging.

The link-up of the red and green LUAS lines in Dublin has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

The High Court has agreed an early hearing date for a challenge by Treasury Holdings against NAMA's decision to appoint receivers to some of the company's properties.

The five-day St Patrick's Festival in Dublin officially kicks off later with the annual open air céilí.

Gardaí in Kevin Street in Dublin are investigating an armed raid at a car park in Mercer Street, near Stephen's Green.

An 18-year-old boy who fatally stabbed another teenager last year has been jailed for 10 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A south Dublin teenager has been found guilty of the fatal stabbing of another teenager outside his house on Waterloo Road by a jury at the Central Criminal Court.

A woman, whose husband is on trial for her murder, was not wearing her wedding ring a week before her death, a witness has told a jury in the Central Criminal Court.

Motorists using the M50 in Dublin can expect disruptions this evening because of the overnight closure of the road between Leopardstown and Shankhill.

Dublin City Marathon saw a repeat of last year's results in both the men's and women's races for first place, with the Russian pair of Aleksey Sokolova and Alina Ivanova triumphant once again.

Motorists can expect some serious delays as the competitors in this year's Dublin marathon make their way around the city.

The Green Party has called on the Government to extend the planned Dublin metro system into the south of the city.

A series of free events are taking place in Stephen's Green to celebrate its 125 years as a public park.

TODAY marks the 60th anniversary of a riot in Dublin, started by the one and only Charles J Haughey and a fellow student at University College, Dublin, the future senior counsel, Seamus Sorohan.

A Luas train has come off the tracks in Dublin city centre this afternoon.

Dublin’s new tram lines could permanently alter the flow of traffic around one of the city’s most historic parks, it has emerged.

A new temporary traffic management system comes into operation around Dublin's St Stephen's Green today.

MATT WILLIAMS last night lashed out at a number of former Scottish greats and promised his side would “put up a performance” against Ireland at Lansdowne Road this afternoon.

The first LUAS tram will travel from Sandyford to Stephen’s Green in Dublin tomorrow as a trial run.

THE Government this week emphasised its determination to go ahead with the massive decentralisation plan which would pluck 655 agri-food related public servants out of their Dublin offices and scatter them around the country.

DEMONSTRATORS gathered outside one of the country’s leading medical school yesterday to protest against the granting of an academic award to the prime minister of Bahrain.

MINISTER for Transport Seamus Brennan is to seek Cabinet approval for his ambitious underground Dublin metro system this month, a move that will signal the death knell for the LUAS transit system even before it begins operations.

LITTLE Ciara basked in the limelight when her mum Sonia O’Sullivan strode home in style at the Women’s Mini Marathon yesterday.

A SQUAT, square block atop Olympic House on Pleasant St, commands views over the city as far as the Dublin mountains.