A Galway city bus company has been forced to change routes after vandals smashed windows at the same location 20 times in 18 months.
Private operators City Direct has described Rahoon Road as a "no-go area", and no longer uses the road as part of its Knocknacarra routes.
Mr Donal Joyce, who owns the company, said he was not willing to risk the lives of his passengers by driving past Rahoon Cemetery where the vandalism has occurred.
"Something will have to be done about the stones being fired by these groups of six and seven youngsters, who seem to be out of control."
Stormy meeting on rezoning decision
Sustained attempts by a group of councillors to revisit a controversial rezoning decision failed at Monday's meeting of Killarney Town Council.
The decision has denied the family of American philanthropists John and Mary McShain the chance of a small housing development on part of their remaining property alongside their former lands which are now Killarney National Park.
The McShains gave thousands of acres, historic buildings, including Ross Castle, and islands to the State for a nominal sum.
Planners had supported the rezoning. They said the site earmarked for the low-density housing development was well screened, would not set a precedent and was a continuation of existing development and would not add significantly to traffic.
Sister Pauline McShain, the only daughter of the late John and Mary McShain, has spoken of her "hurt" and "dismay" at the Killarney councillors' decision.
Councillors claimed they were not aware of the full facts when they decided a fortnight ago against a rezoning of 4.9 acres from amenity to residential which would have allowed for the development of 12 houses at Ross Road.
The remaining 17 acres of McShain lands were to have been donated to the State, allowing for a buffer zone and improved access into the park and the town's sewage treatment plant.
Cllr Sean Counihan (Labour) said: "The McShains have been very good to this town and this country. There's an awful lot of people making money out of what the McShains left us."
However, the Mayor of Killarney, Mr Michael Courntey (Ind), refused to allow the matter to be revisited. He did not accept the advice of the town manager, Mr Tom Curran, that the rezoning of the McShain lands could be dealt with again at Monday night's adjourned meeting of the development plan.
Blaze at back of former U2 studio
Four units of Dublin Fire Brigade were last night battling a blaze which started in a derelict building at the back of the former U2 recording studios at Windmill Lane.
The fire began at around 6.30 p.m. yesterday in an unoccupied warehouse at Hanover Street, next to the Avis car hire company and backing onto the old U2 studio, which now houses Windmill Lane Pictures, a film production company.
A nearby apartment building was untouched by the blaze, and no evacuations were necessary.
Booklet for those affected by suicide
A guide booklet for those bereaved by suicide was launched yesterday in Northern Ireland, writes Rebecca Little.
Dr Henrietta Campbell, the chief medical officer in Northern Ireland's Department of Health and Social Services, said the booklet was guided by advice from people who had lost someone to suicide.
"It takes on issues that they dealt with, and presents them in a way that those people would have found helpful. It brings much personal experience to bear."