The essay was entitled: “I wish, I wish, I wish.” In it, nine-year-old schoolgirl Rachel Cahill wrote of a simple request — that her brother, who had been diagnosed with autism, would be cured.

The family of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn have received the go ahead to sue former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick for damages.

SUCH is the power of advertising and memorable slogans, that the good people of Kilmeaden must put up with repeated rejoinders about ‘the fillet of cheddar.’

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THE body of a child buried 2,000 years ago has been discovered in a field by archaeologists working for the TV series Time Team.