A young man wanted by gardaí regarding an alleged domestic violence case said yesterday that he gave up drink on Christmas Day and feels it is time for him to put his life in order.

It’s the thought occupying most Dublin fans’ minds right now, though county great Jimmy Keaveney believes too much is being made of how the Dubs’ will cope with Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea.

A leading weight-loss surgeon at one of the country’s largest private hospitals has described the HSE’s decision to suspend surgery for dangerously obese public patients for the rest of the year as "morally wrong".

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The trustees of Cork’s northside primary schools have been urged to consult properly before making any new proposals to deal with enrolment issues in the area.

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Cork to demand removal of plans that would close the North Monastery primary school on the city’s northside.

Two bleary-eyed coaches from Tralee met each other at the front door of Cork’s Parochial Hall just after half-past ten on a Saturday morning. Both on the same scouting mission.

A teenager has been rescued from the water in the Dublin docklands as preparations are being made for the Tall Ships festival.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc have backed Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.

Last Friday night on The Late Late Show, Eamon Dunphy was asked his opinion on the scenes witnessed at the Dromid Pearses v Derrytresk game.

NO clear favourite has emerged with the bookies as to the likely winner of the 20th annual Cork Person of the Year award, which will be announced later this week.

A Dublin man who was found guilty of the double murder of two Polish mechanics has begun an attempt to have his conviction overturned at the Court of Criminal Appeal.

A Pakistani man remains in custody this morning after his ex-wife was injured and her cousin killed in a knife attack at the couple's former Co. Louth home.

Kilmacud Crokes, Garrycastle, Skyrne and Rhode have advanced to the semi-finals of the AIB Leinster Club Senior Football Championship following today's matches around the province.

ANNA Potiomicina held her daughter tightly as she tried to explain how health cutbacks at the Daughter’s of Charity service in Dublin would impact on her family.

THE director of the Sexual Violence Centre in Cork, Mary Crilly, is right to suggest that the provision of condoms to the guests at St Vincent’s secondary school’s debs ball in the city is “a knee-jerk reaction” (September 3) and, like most knee-jerk reactions, will do more harm than good.

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TWO Dublin schools will share the same building from next week but one will have all its rent paid while the other must fork out thousands of euro.

Museum chiefs tonight admitted they were “very lucky” no-one had died after 11 people were injured when a limestone staircase collapsed underneath them.

A PENSIONER died from an extremely rare reaction to a popular prescription drug that lowers cholesterol, an inquest heard yesterday.

MEDICAL representatives, patient groups and opposition parties have thrown cold water on the Health Service Executive's (HSE) battle plan for tackling the country's ongoing A&E crisis.

ELECTRICAL and engineering giant Siemens reported a slump in full-year profits yesterday as write-offs in its mobile phone business helped drag net income down from €3.4 billion to €2.2bn.

A DUBLIN hospital has reversed a controversial decision to postpone a cancer drug trial it deferred because patient information leaflets contained wording at odds with its Catholic ethos.

WARDS have been closed to visitors and surgery cancelled as the winter vomiting bug continues to spread, infecting 110 patients in two Dublin hospitals.

SEVEN people, all women, remained in hospital last night following Saturday’s crash which killed five people.

ESB Superleague action resumes this weekend following a brief hiatus which saw Notre Dame pick up the only league points of the last week.

The number of British visitors to the island of Ireland is predicted to rise 6% this year, it was revealed today.

NICOLA KILBRIDE was an ordinary healthy infant until she suffered an epileptic attack at the age of three.