LOCAL communities across Dublin have been given Christmas trees to ensure they get into the festive spirit this year. Dublin City Council has provided 30 trees for the scheme, which also sees special ...

THE future of the Irish community network in Britain requires a “new generation of civic leadership” the head of one of the longest standing organisations within that sector has said. “The future of ...

A THIRD person has died following a tragic collision in Co. Donegal which killed two friends. A man who was taken to hospital following the incident near Castlefinn on November 22 has since died from ...

A MAN who sexually assaulted women after falsely advertising himself as a professional masseur has been jailed. Joseph Mooney, 44, stated on his Facebook page that he was qualified to give massages ...

A MAN who threatened children with violence to get them to deal drugs for him has been jailed for 11 years. Arron Kenny, 24, of Ashton Old Road in Greater Manchester, was found guilty of supplying ...

GARDAÍ have launched a murder investigation after a man died following an attack in Dublin. The man, aged in his 60s, was found seriously injured at a property in Finglas in the early hours of this ...

POLICE have made a public appeal for information on the whereabouts of two schoolboys who went missing 50 years ago. Thomas Spence, 11, and thirteen-year-old John Rodgers were last seen on the morning ...

A MAN has died after the car he was driving collided with a lorry in Co. Mayo. The collision happened at around 5.20pm yesterday afternoon on the N17 at Corbally. Gardaí have confirmed that the man ...

Thomas Keneally is one of the world’s great writers, an Australian who has revived the literary tradition in a country better known for shrimps on the barbie than the strength of its intellectual ...

POLICE are investigating an arson attack on a property in Derry. An arsonist poured an accelerant through the letterbox of the house in the Clon Dara area of the city. The incident happened at around ...