Tuesday 21 May 2013
The best friend of the homeless Czech man found dead at the weekend said he was his fourth friend to die from drinking too much alcohol "and I don't want to be the fifth".
A pardon to thousands of Irish soldiers who joined the British to fight Nazi Germany will help make amends for the shameful way they were treated after the Second World War, Justice Minister Alan Shatter said.
Around 140,000 people visited Ireland for the St Patrick's Day festivities this year, new figures have revealed.
A woman on the run from police in Northern Ireland after jumping bail on fraud charges more than two years ago could be living in the Republic, police have revealed.
A woman in her sixties has absconded after being charged with fraud.
Detectives are questioning a man over the seizure of drugs and a gun.
A ten-year-old girl died suddenly while warming up for a camogie match.
The body of homeless man Josef Pavelka -- whose plight received national attention in the Republic of Ireland after it emerged he was living in a public toilet -- was found in a laneway at the weekend.
The controversy over a foul-mouthed tirade that reduced a female photographer to tears has done little to dent the popularity of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly (71).
Gardai were stepping up surveillance on two of Northern Ireland's most wanted criminals as residents of a town were warned not to approach them.
Searches have been carried out along the border by detectives investigating the murder of a police officer from the Irish Republic.
The Taoiseach and Tanaiste will travel to Brussels on Tuesday for top-level negotiations on European expenditure for the next seven years.
An Irish father who lost his two children in a horrific car crash in England last summer has died after a 10-month battle for life.
A cross border road safety campaign is being launched tomorrow to generate awareness about pedestrian vulnerability.
A woman has been taken to hospital after falling down a mineshaft in Co Sligo.
An Irish father who lost his two children in a horrific UK car crash last summer has died after a brave 10-month battle for life.
An Irishman whose two children were killed in an horrific road crash has lost his 10-month battle for life, it has been reported.
Relatives of four tourists killed in an aircraft accident in New Zealand have written to the country's prime minister to urge him to bring in stronger safety enforcement.
Plans to establish a new central equine database have been speeded up, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has revealed.
Human rights campaigners have called on the Government to state when they will ratify a United Nations treaty to protect people's rights to housing, health and education.
Uriah Heep and Spiders From Mars bassist Trevor Bolder has died following a battle with cancer, his band said. He was 62.
Army bomb experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a grenade dating back to the early 20th century.
A north Belfast woman accused of conning her elderly mother out of more than £40,000 by forging her signature on cheques broke down in the witness box today (Tuesday) as she tearfully denied defrauding her mother.
Tony Pulis' seven-year reign as Stoke manager has come to an end after he and the club agreed to part company by mutual consent.
Alex Corbisiero is desperate to put an injury-ravaged season behind him and reassert his position as England's first-choice loosehead prop in the upcoming fixtures against the Barbarians and Argentina.
British and Irish Lions flanker Sean O'Brien could yet play for Leinster in Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final after making rapid progress in his recovery from a knee injury.
Bolder joined David Bowie's backing band in 1971, appearing on classic albums including Hunky Dory and Aladdin Sane. He went on to join Uriah Heep five years later and only stopped playing with the band a few months ago, due to his poor health.
La dolce vita has arrived in Cannes thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui.
Dame Judi Dench described herself as being "very proud" to be the first patron of a new campaign to preserve the Bomber Command Memorial for generations to come.
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