Plans for a large-scale mosque in West Dublin have been given the go-ahead by An Bord Pleanála in spite of local opposition.

A grieving neurosurgeon whose family died in a suspected arson attack has told mourners at a funeral service that he is "a bird without any wings".

About 1,000 mourners are expected to attend a funeral prayer service for the family of a neurosurgeon who died in a suspected arson attack.

A DEPRESSED teenage girl who overdosed on two occasions cannot get the treatment she needs because of a six-week waiting list for a hospital bed.

FIVE new units for children with mental health problems have yet to be built, despite a Government promise to do so three years ago.