Under cross-examination by Defence Barrister Tom Creed for Deady, she agreed with his description of what had occurred as being “almost like a concerted attack.”

Ministers are considering legislation that would change the ‘triple lock’ mechanism for sending Irish peacekeepers abroad.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council explained that the profile for each suggested site should include a description of the area, potential pollution sources, risk assessments, and actions in case of pollution.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said maternity care should be safe for everyone who needs it, not just those who can afford it.

The collision involved a car and a male pedal cyclist.

The board said in a statement on Monday evening that it has “unanimously decided to bring the hospital’s arrangements into line with the Government’s policy on the terms of the public-only consultant contract”.

Graphic video footage is circulating online appearing to show the violent incident unfold on Kinnaird Avenue in the north of the city.

The driver of the first car left the scene on foot and gardaí are seeking to identify this person.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruled that Green Cliff Investments Limited had breached the Employment Equality Act 1998 by discriminating against Thomas O’Reilly on grounds of race.

Jim Harmon of Pinewood in Shannon, Co Clare, had received a 16-month prison sentence for each of the boys he abused.

Margaret Johnston received significant burn injuries when petrol bombs were thrown at the Ulsterbus she was travelling in on Saturday afternoon, February 5th, 1972.

While most members of the public did recognise at least one environmental cause, such as greater availability of unhealthy food, they rated individual choices as just as important or more so.

Government ministers and the Football Association of Ireland have been threatened with legal action over football fixtures with Israel.

The new report from Family Carers Ireland found that almost three-quarters of carers give 90 hours of care a week

Shane Gribbon (41) had given the woman a lift home when he went to the boot of his car, took out the golf club and began to beat her around the face and body with it.

The board of the Rotunda Hospital has climbed down from its position that public-only consultants be allowed do private work after Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill threatened to withdraw funding from the maternity hospital, The Irish Times reports.

The move came amid a dispute with the Government over the arrangements.

Bringing the law to Cabinet, Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan says that if a person is convicted of a serious criminal offence before the courts, that is a public conviction and the public is entitled to know about it.

The operation took place in Ballymakeera on Monday as part of Operation Tara, targeting organised crime and the sale and supply of drugs.

Statements were heard from two experts in relation to the ‘sequence of unusual and perplexing behaviour’ exhibited by the Belfast schoolboy.