DOZENS DIE IN HOLD OF LIBYA BOAT

At least 40 migrants are found to have died in the hold of a crowded fishing boat intercepted off the Libyan coast, the Italian navy says... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 43 KILLED IN FRENCH BUS CRASH, WORST IN DECADES

Two people, including a young boy, died in the truck... READ MORE›

KERRY IS IRELAND'S FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION, BUT WHICH COUNTIES FAILED TO ATTRACT A SINGLE VOTE?

Armagh, Laois, Fermanagh, Limerick and Westmeath were ranked as favourite holiday counties by just 0.17pc of respondents... READ MORE›

DALE CREIGHTON MURDER TRIAL: JURORS SEE FOOTAGE OF VICTIM BEING THROWN 'LIKE A RAG...

Dale Creighton died on January 2nd 2014, about two days after an incident at the footbridge over the Tallaght bypass between Saint Dominic's Road and Greenhills Road... READ MORE›

PROVOS PANIC AS DRUG GANG'S EUR500K IS TAKEN

No senior IRA figure has ever faced criminal prosecuted for running any of the money laundering or other IRA crime businesses in the Border area... READ MORE›

TRIBUTES PAID TO RISING GAA STAR ADAM MANGAN (19) WHO PASSED AWAY FOLLOWING FARM ACCIDENT

His sporting exploits also made him a valued member of the Tullamore rugby club and he also made appearances for Leinster... READ MORE›

HOMELESS MAN DEAD FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE HE WAS FOUND ON STREET

A homeless man who had been sleeping rough has been found dead on a Dublin city street... READ MORE›

ROGUE CYCLISTS FACING EUR50 FINE FOR BREAKING RED LIGHTS

In 2014, 12 cyclists were killed on the roads, seven more than in 2013... READ MORE›

RTE HOST TELLS JOAN BURTON SHE 'OVERSTEPPED THE MARK' AFTER 'D4' REMARK ON MORNING IRELAND

During the broadcast Ms Burton questioned what kind of world RTE lives in when quizzed about increases to child benefit... READ MORE›

HOUSE PRICES ROCKET BY AS MUCH AS 30PC IN RURAL AREAS

In Dublin city, the average three-bed semi has risen by 27,500 over the past three months to 375,833... READ MORE›

TRAGIC BROTHER WHO DIED IN SEWER INCIDENT TO HAVE BELOVED 'BLUEBIRD DUBLIN VAN' AS HEARSE

Alan and the whole family were coming over on Saturday, his brothers were coming over with the children, she said... READ MORE›

HOMELESS BOY (6) WAITING ON URGENT LIVER TRANSPLANT IS OFFERED A HOME

However, the rent on their home in Clara, outside Tullamore, increased when the lease was due for renewal... READ MORE›

KANE DOUGLAS IN TUG-OF-WAR AHEAD OF RUGBY WORLD CUP

While the Waratahs are also interested in repatriating their former second-rower it is understood Douglas would almost certainly favour a move to Ballymore for family reasons... READ MORE›

THE DEAD, THE MISSING, AND THE RELATIVES SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS

The 24-year-old photographer and fashion blogger was named locally as one of the first British victims of the Tunisian terror attack... READ MORE›

'THEY TOLD US AIBHA WOULD BE OKAY... BUT SHE WAS DYING'

Aibha Conroy died at Temple Street Hospital in Dublin on December 14 2011 three days after she was transferred there from Galway University Hospital GUH ... READ MORE›

THREE PALS KILLED IN EARLY MORNING HORROR SMASH

The driver alongside his 20-year-old and 35-year-old female passengers died at the accident scene at Middlemount some 5km from Rathdowney Co Laois... READ MORE›

'FOR THOSE IN RURAL TOWNS IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY'

Mr Flynn said if the Government was serious about bringing the recovery outside of Dublin, it needed to focus on rural infrastructure... READ MORE›

BRITISH DEATH TOLL WILL REACH AT LEAST 30

Tunisia terror attack British death toll will reach at least 30... READ MORE›

CALM AFTER THE STORM AS RAIN EASES OFF

Roads around the country became impassable, and counties Meath, Louth, Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford and Waterford were amongst the worst hit areas... READ MORE›

GARDA STATION REOPENED IN MINISTER'S CONSTITUENCY 'PURELY FOR POLICING REASONS'

Stepaside is in the Dublin Rathdown constituency of Mr Ross, who campaigned for its reinstatement at the last election and when a minister... READ MORE›

'HE DIED AS THE RESULT OF AN ASSAULT'

They have asked anyone with information to contact Tallaght Garda station on 01-666000 or the Garda Confidential 1800-666-111... READ MORE›

'CHILDCARE COSTS ARE ALMOST LIKE AN EXTRA MORTGAGE'

The French native lives in Celbridge Co Kildare with her husband and two daughters Lily 9 and Jasmine 5 ... READ MORE›

MAN (44) DIES AFTER FALL FROM HORSE-DRAWN CART

The scene was preserved and Garda Forensic Collision Investigators were due to carry out an investigation of the area... READ MORE›

MAN WHO DIED AFTER BITING PASSENGER ON PLANE HAD 80 COCAINE PELLETS IN HIS STOMACH

Man who died after biting passenger on plane had 80 cocaine pellets in his stomach... READ MORE›

NO BOOK OF CONDOLENCE FOR HERO GARDA AT MANSION HOUSE

A spokesperson for Sinn F in's first Mayor of Dublin City Criona Ni Dhalaigh said two books would also have caused difficulties with overcrowding and congestion... READ MORE›

A WEEK FOR HARD GRIEF AND FOR QUIET PRIDE

As the Mary's community was rallying around, so was Foxrock, so was UCD, so were all the affected communities within the village of south Dublin... READ MORE›

The dramatic rise in the number of roaming burglary gangs prompted the establishment of a specialist garda squad in a targeted nationwide operation codenamed Fiacla... READ MORE›

PLANS MUST CATER FOR DUBLIN'S SPRAWLING COMMUTER BELT

More than half of the country's population now lives in Leinster and this will grow to two-thirds in the future Housing Agency chairman Conor Skehan said... READ MORE›

ARCHIVE VIDEO 7 MEN IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING A CHASE AFTER AN AGGRAVATED BURGLARY IN TIPPERARY

Population 200 to 1 000 Clonegal Co Carlow 322 Ernly Co Tipperary 321 Glaslough Co Monaghan 320 ... READ MORE›

BATACLAN SURVIVOR RETURNS TO WATCH EAGLES OF DEATH METAL

The Eagles of Death Metal return to Paris on Tuesday evening to play a concert three months after the massacre of 89 fans at Paris's Bataclan theatre... READ MORE›