Members of the US political dynasty the Kennedys are to visit Ireland to open an exhibition about the late Dot Tubridy, who was a family friend.

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Experts at an archaeology field school in Trim, Co Meath have uncovered almost 30 skeletal remains of infants, many of whom they believe were buried there up until the early 20th century because they weren't baptised.

Hundreds of new jobs have been announced by a number of firms across the country, including 200 in a €41m investment for Drogheda.

Garda counter-terrorism officers are to consult with foreign security agencies following the arrest of two men on suspicion of funding so-called Islamic State (IS), writes Cormac O’Keeffe of the Irish Examiner.

A Dublin man whose DNA was found on a number plate used in a car bomb attack at Newry courthouse in 2010 was jailed for four years yesterday by the Special Criminal Court for membership of a dissident terrorist organisation.

The teenage sister of a League of Ireland football star is recovering after being viciously attacked with a bottle at a house party last week.

Warrenstown is possibly best remembered in the agricultural community for the very fine horticultural and agricultural college based there until the 2000s. 

The hospital at the centre of the centre of a damning investigation into avoidable deaths of newborn babies may see its services cut or significantly downgraded in light of the life-threatening care standards revelations.

A garage in Trim, Co Meath, where the Lotto ticket that won the €10.65m Easter jackpot was sold, has been buzzing with excitement.

Frontline supervisors have called for more gardaí to be armed to tackle organised crime.

Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan has said that investigations are under way into the harassment of gardaí on social media after middle-ranking officers said that colleagues were being targeted by some anti-water charge protestors.

Middle-ranking gardaí have urged Garda chief Nóirín O’Sullivan to speak out about the staff shortage in the force before a garda is “seriously injured or worse”.

Relations between middle-ranking gardaí and Noirín O’Sullivan have chilled as she prepares to give her first speech as Garda Commissioner to an association annual conference later today.

A man has been sentenced to 11 years for his role in the manslaughter of a Dublin father whose naked body was found in a field two weeks after he was abducted by a gang of men.

A man has been jailed for 10 years for the manslaughter of Ciaran Noonan who was abducted from East Wall in October 2011.

A court has heard how a man abducted from Dublin more than two years ago stabbed himself as he tried to escape his attackers.

A four-storey office block in Limerick city, which has the Office of Public Works as a sitting tenant, sold for €3.25m at an Allsop’s auction at the RDS yesterday.

Over €23m worth of property is up for grabs at Ireland’s largest ever real estate auction in Dublin this afternoon.

A year ago, a new political party was formed, promising grand ideals and a break from old guard. But infighting and a lack of structure has ravaged its intentions, writes Micheal Clifford

A young garda has been jailed for a year at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today for a €10,000 insurance fraud involving his sports car.

Colin Keane, arguably the most talented young rider in the country, enjoyed the biggest success of his fledgling career when guiding Brendan Bracken to victory in the Topaz Mile Handicap at Galway last night.

A garda convicted of insurance fraud is to be sentenced next week at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A court has heard how a Dublin based garda threatened to break the legs of a car dealer in Trim, Co Meath.

A Dublin based Garda has gone on trial accused of insurance fraud.

Summer waited for Ireland’s biggest garden festival to unfurl yesterday.

A former prison chief believes a “radical” look at the system is needed after he revealed 152 people were jailed last year for the non-payment of a TV licence.

All thoughts are with the Gargan and Dunne families as the moment they had long feared has come to pass.

Pre-tax profits at the Cusack Group Knightsbrook Hotel and Golf Resort last year declined 8% to €759,973.

It’s 30 years since the “grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented” events that led to the resignation of the attorney general, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

A schoolteacher has told a judge she almost doubled the mortgage on her home and gave her father €240,000 for a building site he never transferred into her name or that of her husband.

The jury in the trial of a retired Christian Brother accused of indecently assaulting five teenagers at the North Monastery secondary school in Cork in the 1980s failed to reach a verdict yesterday after seven hours of deliberation.

Family and friends of 'Dubliners' musician Barney McKenna will bid a final farewell to him later today.

The funeral of folk musician Barney McKenna, the last surviving member of The Dubliners, will be held on Monday.

THERE are harsh realities and then there are home truths.

THOMAS WINTERS’ most magic moment was leading out Manchester United at Old Trafford with none other than his hero, Roy Keane, by his side.

A Dublin man charged with falsely imprisoning murdered father-of-one Ciaran Noonan was granted free legal today before being further remanded in custody to appear again in the New Year.

A man in his 30s has been arrested in connection with the murder of Ciaran Noonan.

A body has been found by gardaí searching for a man abducted more than two weeks ago.

MARTIN McGUINNESS has been branded a liar by the son of an Irish army soldier killed by the IRA.

A new study has found that town councils are the most efficient element within the local government system.