A GAA coach who was jailed for seven years for possessing cannabis was caught for a similar offence when his fingerprints were found during a Tipperary drugs bust, a court has heard.

A woman has appeared before a special sitting of Limerick District Court charged with murdering one of her housemates.

Gardaí in Limerick are this morning expected to launch a murder investigation after the body of a well-known athlete was found in the back garden of a suburban house yesterday.

Cork woman Claire Knowles has to purge her contempt by 7pm tonight or she will be returned to Limerick Prison, a High Court judge has said.

A south Dublin GAA coach has been jailed for seven years for his part in a major drugs operation.

I welcome the appointment of former President Mary Robinson as the UN special envoy for climate change.

A 90-year-old war veteran found in Normandy after being reported missing from his care home in England has said he intends to return next year as he arrived back in the UK.

A runaway veteran who disappeared from his care home only to turn up 12 hours later at a D-Day commemoration ceremony in Normandy is already planning to return next year - and Brittany Ferries has promised to bring him for free.

Two bungalows may have the same price, but the attractions are different. Tommy Barker takes a closer look

A DRUNK man who fell into the river on New Year’s Day refused assistance from an ambulance crew and abused gardaí at the scene.

FIVE years old, and just a five-minute walk from Bandon town centre, is 7, The Pines, in Canons Wood.