Mother critical of State Examinations Commission policy after son misses outLeaving Cert student denied an A1 in biology despite being a quarter of a percentage point off 90%Mon Apr 06 2015 - 22:03
Upgrades to Irish Embassy in Beijing cost €600,000 over two yearsTotal bill included more than €82,000 in the three-week lead-up to President Higgins’s visitMon Apr 06 2015 - 01:00
Chief Justice threatens to cancel court sittings because of coldLetters released under Freedom of Information say it was a ‘significant health matter’Sat Apr 04 2015 - 01:00
Supreme Court cases go cold for Chief Justice Susan DenhamIn January temperatures in court fell to 13.5 degrees yet optimum work heat is 25 degreesSat Apr 04 2015 - 01:00
Hailstorms blamed for spate of traffic collisions on motorwayRoute appears to have particular problem with hailstorms, says National Roads AuthorityTue Mar 31 2015 - 01:00
Third man pleads guilty for role in terrifying chase through a schoolTwo men chased across school playground hid in classroom with pupils and teacherTue Mar 24 2015 - 18:32
Witnesses to give evidence over pig’s head sent to gardaDepartment of Communications officials among those to be called in 2012 caseMon Mar 23 2015 - 16:56
Interest being charged to farmer over disputed debt ‘immoral’Home Funding Corporation Ltd seeks order for repossession of 26-acre siteFri Mar 13 2015 - 18:26
‘If there was a hole I could have jumped into and gone to sleep and never woke up . . . I would have taken that option’Co Clare man describes strain that spiralling mortgage debt has had on his lifeFri Mar 13 2015 - 18:26
TD says he scaled airport fence because Minister told him toMick Wallace and Clare Daly in court over alleged illegal entrance at Shannon AirportTue Mar 10 2015 - 18:58
Man claimed to have sent pig head to garda's home escorted to IrelandBrendan Mahoney to arrive in Dublin from Spain today following European arrest warrantThu Mar 05 2015 - 13:22
Ennis man receives two-year sentence for robbing former Clare hurlerAlan Markham struck by glass and stick before theftWed Feb 25 2015 - 17:59
Three-year jail term for hammer attack on chefDominic Hayes set to walk free this year even though expert says high risk of reoffendingWed Feb 25 2015 - 17:51
Security expert tells trial use of Shannon is essential to US militaryDáil deputies Mick Wallace and Clare Daly in court over alleged illegal entrance to airportTue Feb 24 2015 - 22:01
Mick Wallace and Clare Daly in court over Shannon airport incursionJudge says he does not wish for his court to take on the role of the ‘Skibbereen Eagle’Tue Feb 24 2015 - 19:15
Pursuit of tax debt delivers €43.4m return for RevenueTax authorities paid a total of €5.3m to outside legal teams in 4,348 Revenue casesWed Feb 18 2015 - 12:41
Council paid €1.1m last year to collect coins from metersDublin City Council paid an Irish wing of international security firm G4S to collect coins from its parking metersMon Feb 16 2015 - 10:40
Sex offender ordered not to have Tinder, Facebook profilesMan (33) told not to delete internet search history or have more than one phoneFri Feb 13 2015 - 16:27
Co Mayo credit union ordered to re-instate employeeEmployment Appeals Tribunal found worker was unfairly dismissedThu Feb 12 2015 - 16:03
Judge tells offender afraid of drug barons to take up kickboxingSolicitor mentions Conor McGregor after hearing of client’s progressWed Feb 04 2015 - 19:02
Frank Buttimer’s firm receives highest criminal legal aid feesCork practice tops list for fourth successive year with fees of €709,667 (including Vat)Fri Jan 30 2015 - 20:50
Prison authorities looking at technology to block phone signalsMinister for Justice says mobile phone jammers would reduce threat to societyFri Jan 30 2015 - 19:05
Jury urges better signage at inquest into bikers’ deathsMotorbike collision near Cliffs of Moher caused explosion setting two men on fireWed Jan 28 2015 - 18:38
Clare coroner appeals to farmers on safety awarenessVerdict of accidental death returned at inquest of Gerry O’ConnellTue Jan 27 2015 - 01:00
Judge quashes driving ban on foul-mouthed clericJudge says he is satisfied to remove disqualification ‘given abject apology’ from rectorMon Jan 26 2015 - 18:52
Shatter’s legal firm received second highest ‘guardian’ feesData released by Tusla, the Child and Family AgencyWed Dec 24 2014 - 01:00
Irish universities give 22 staff pensions payoffs over €200,000DCU retiree receives highest individual lump sum paymentTue Dec 23 2014 - 08:56
Departmental taxi bill hits €26,660 after tax settlementDepartment of Foreign Affairs reimbursed €661,746 in taxi fares to staff over four yearsMon Dec 22 2014 - 01:00
Monies Gardai receive for policing One Direction concerts and others shoots up in 2014An that was despite missing out on five nights of Garth Brooks in Croke ParkMon Dec 22 2014 - 01:00
Foul-mouthed speeding cleric to stay on the roadCanon Hanna swore at garda when stopped on way to communionWed Dec 17 2014 - 19:15
Man avoids licence fee fine because TV on other side of houseSeparated Clare man tells judge he goes to mother’s home to watch a matchFri Dec 12 2014 - 18:14
Speeding cleric apologises for foul-mouthed outburstCanon Bob Hannah banned from driving for six months after offence on way to communionTue Dec 09 2014 - 20:11
Two men before court claiming to be father of girl (2)Both men have applied for guardianship and have agreed to undertake DNA testsThu Dec 04 2014 - 19:28
Mick Wallace, Clare Daly to contest Shannon chargesIndependent TDs supported at Ennis court by Margaretta D’ArcyThu Dec 04 2014 - 08:43
City council paying hotels millions to house homelessDublin Lord Mayor Christy Burke says it is sign of Government failure on issueTue Dec 02 2014 - 01:01
Stay off dating websites, judge tells man in theft caseAlan Custy in court charged with stealing €14,650 from a woman in LimerickWed Nov 26 2014 - 19:11
67-year-old convicted of threatening to kill neighbourJury found Martin McLaughlin’s wife Ann not guilty of harassment over the same periodSat Nov 22 2014 - 01:02
18-year-old walks free over glass attack on former Clare hurlerEnnis youth’s case put back for one year due to lack of previous convictionsFri Nov 21 2014 - 19:08
School principal ‘robbed childhood’ of his 11 victimsPatrick Barry sentenced to 11 years for sexual assault of school girls over 21 yearsWed Nov 19 2014 - 22:15
Man accused of threatening neighbour says he told him ‘to smile’Martin McLaughlin (67) denies threatening to kill Ray Crowley (41) on two occasionsFri Nov 14 2014 - 21:17
Father of two ‘absolutely petrified’ over neighbour’s threatsMartin McLaughlin (67) denies threatening to kill Ray Crowley at Barefield, Co ClareThu Nov 13 2014 - 21:52
Two guilty of theft from mansion owned by son of Euromillions winnerProperty was stolen from mansion owned by son of Dolores McNamaraTue Nov 04 2014 - 20:57
Tribunal finds Tesco unfairly dismissed lung cancer victimSupervisor tells hearing she always intended to return to workFri Oct 31 2014 - 17:33
Abbey Theatre records profit of €700,000 for last yearManagement cut production expenses by more than 1.2mFri Oct 31 2014 - 01:00
€750,000 spent on language tuition for Foreign Affairs staffTutors and languages schools getting between €30 and €67.50 for one-to-one tuitionTue Oct 21 2014 - 01:00
Dublin 4 residents fail to stop plans for Indian embassyLocals on Merrion Road voice concerns over possible protests and ‘noisy flags’Fri Oct 17 2014 - 08:57
Man drove wrong way down motorwayMotorists forced to avoid Mercedes car on Limerick to Ennis motorwayWed Oct 15 2014 - 01:02
98 drivers escape speeding sanctions as judge dismisses casesJudge moves against failure of Go Safe staff to show authorisation to give evidenceTue Oct 14 2014 - 18:59
Boston mayor welcomed back to the land of his parentsMarty Walsh is the Irish-speaking son of Connemara emigrantsFri Sept 19 2014 - 22:15
Airport security man sacked for reading newspaperEmployment Appeals Tribunal rules security firm was correct to sack employeeFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:00
