A man has been sentenced to two years for impersonating a member of the Garda and demanding money from a woman working as an escort.
The Government has agreed a range of measures designed to reduce alcohol consumption, with restrictions on the sale of cheap drink and warning labels on bottles and cans among key elements of the plan.
Ms Y, the asylum seeker who last summer unsuccessfully sought an abortion after arriving in Ireland pregnant as a result of alleged rape, is planning legal action against a number of bodies, including the Heath Service Executive, the Department of Justice, the Reception and Integration Agency and the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
A Co Antrim man has appeared in court in Sydney over charges of causing grievous bodily harm after it was alleged he assaulted his younger brother.
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Gardaí are reviewing 700 complaints relating to residential care homes for the disabled and nursing homes for the elderly.
Amended penalty points legislation will be published todayand rushed through the Dáil next week following the discovery of a flaw in the system and concerns about possible legal challenges.
Revenue’s Customs service has seized 130,000 cigarettes, worth € 68,300, at Dublin Airport.
A man who warned Gardai that he knew ‘King Nidge’ from the hit RTÉ drama Love/Hate has been fined €400. Gardaí had been called when the man was remonstrating with security staff at Voodoo Nightclub in Letterkenny on November 15th last.
UK couple Catherine and Michael Starling, both 33, are property hunting in rural Ireland, making the move from an archipelago in Norway, where they have been living for three years. They still haven’t found the perfect home, but after five weeks they’ve learned a thing or two about house buying in Ireland, and say would-be sellers need to up their game
A seven-year-old boy, whose right leg was broken while he was bouncing on a trampoline at his home, has been awarded €35,000 damages in a Circuit Civil Court case against Smyths Toys.