A 23-year-old woman developed a blood clot and died weeks after commencing the contraceptive pill, an inquest heard.

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Latest: Gardai investigating the murder of a man in Swords in Dublin early today have arrested a 29 year old man in connection with their inquiries.

Maria Hoey left school at 16 and took an office job in Swords, Co Dublin.

SK Biotek has reached agreement to acquire one of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Irish manufacturing facilities; marking the first time a South Korean pharmaceutical firm has invested in Ireland.

"He treated me like an animal, like a dog. I was frozen solid with fear. He said if I told anybody, God would take my mum and dad and it was my fault."

An Irish-based Latvian national has withdrawn personal injury claims for €120,000 against insurance companies and two of their customers after having been secretly photographed lugging suitcases onto a coach he drove while claiming he was unfit for work.

A former Bank of Ireland worker has been jailed for one year for stealing €144,000 from the bank between 2004 and 2012.

A former Ireland ice hockey player has been jailed for two years for assaulting two cousins in a nightclub, leaving one with a broken knee cap and the other with broken jaw.

A decision to award a hillwalker €40,000 for injuries she sustained after she tripped and fell on a boardwalk on the Wicklow Way has been overturned by the High Court.

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A woman who posed as a UN diplomat and took nearly €9,000 from a Japanese woman in Dublin Airport has been given a suspended three-year sentence.

A woman who posed as a UN diplomat and took €8,990 from a Japanese woman in Dublin Airport, after promising her access to a container filled with cash, will be sentenced in June.

A politician, in the first “right to be forgotten” case in an Irish court, claimed he had been banded in a similar category as members of ISIS on a website.

An accountant who stole almost €500,000 from a construction company to fund his gambling addiction, his social life, and to buy expensive cars, has been jailed for two years.

Aisling Lynam could not find a job. She sent a letter to the Irish Examiner about how those with an intellectual disability should be given a chance to work. Woodies answered her call and now she is hoping other large employers will follow suit, writes Ellie O’Byrne

A six-year-old girl who featured on The Late Late Toy Show has been the target of online abuse following her appearance.

Ben Herbert was only five years old when he was diagnosed with high-risk B cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Proud families gathered on the quayside yesterday to welcome home the crew of LÉ Niamh, who apart from rescuing migrants, assisted in the birth of one and the double resuscitation of an infant who nearly drowned.

The Mater Hospital apologised in the High Court to a taxi man who has been left brain damaged after undergoing a routine heart bypass operation five years ago.

A man who was banned from the road when his dangerous driving caused the death of a back seat passenger has received an eight-and-a-half-year jail sentence.

A father of four has been cleared of murdering a man with a baseball bat in broad daylight on a busy street in what one witness described as “like something out of Star Wars”.

Somewhere on the ocean floor off Algeria in the Mediterranean Sea lies a once-graceful passenger liner that served as a troopship to Allied soldiers during World War II.

The finance minister has called on banks to provide more equity to developers to help tackle a housing crisis in Dublin and beyond.

It sounded like a confused jazz act and it smelt like a calculated publicity stunt — but for the home-seekers camping out for the chance to buy a house of their own, this was serious business.

Dara Woods and her daughter both suffer from HHT, a genetic disorder of the blood vessels.

A Traveller couple have won a case for discrimination against a hotel that refused to serve them on the day of their daughter’s wedding.

A mother who lost her only child when an Air France plane crashed in what is regarded as one of the world’s worst aviation disasters has been awarded almost €68,000 by the High Court.

Some 570 jobs at a pharmaceutical giant are being axed and scores of others are under threat at a major fashion retailer.

Expert hoteliers and presenters of RTÉ’s hit television series At Your Service, Francis and John Brennan, are going to revamp a respite centre used by one of their biggest fans next month.

A woman may have been dead for more than a year before her body was found when a building society contacted her brother to say that she was behind on a debt, an inquest has heard.

Two men have been arrested after a garda car was rammed and a garda injured in Swords, Co Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

Detectives have confirmed a driving licence, bank card and mobile phone are missing from the man whose body was found in a field two days ago.

The bravery of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and his innate love of family, policing, the GAA and community will not be forgotten.

James Reilly’s business and property interests are extensive.

The jilted lover of Avril Flanagan was last night facing 20 years behind bars after being convicted of her murder.

Avril Flanagan’s killer apologised to her family moments after dramatically confessing in court that he had stabbed his ex-girlfriend nearly 50 times — an attack during which she was conscious the entire time.

US company Smartbox, which produces high-end gift vouchers is to establish an international office in Dublin, with the potential to create 70 jobs over the next year-and-a-half.

A 15-year-old student, who is already registered with a national modelling agency, has been awarded €25,000 damages for a “mildly disfiguring” scar on her foot.