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Mystery as two bodies found shot dead in Roscommon

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:22:34 GMT

TWO people have been found shot dead in Co Roscommon. The body of a 44-year-old man was found in a silver Volkswagen Passat around 9.30pm and the body of a woman aged 30 was found in a second car two hours later.

Murder inquiry is closing in on her brutal killers

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:47:37 GMT

THE garda investigation into the murder of teenager Marioara Rostas has entered its final phase.

‘I have cried almost every day but I never, ever gave up hope’

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:45:40 GMT

AMID the crumbling shacks and four-foot piles of snow, they brought Marioara Rostas the final yards on her long journey home.

Fury as Johnson brands Irish gala event ‘Sinn Fein, lefty crap’

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:39:51 GMT

CONTROVERSIAL London mayor Boris Johnson was at the centre of a row last night after he ridiculed the city’s St Patrick’s Day gala dinner celebrations, which ran between 2002 to 2008, linking them to Sinn Fein and branding it "lefty crap".

A healthy $10m is Brendan’s reward for giving up smoking

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:37:58 GMT

QUITTING smoking might be good for your health, but for one Irish emigrant in America, the financial reward was far greater than he could have dreamed.

Eight years late and six times over budget, a book on the history of St Stephen’s Green is costing the taxpayer €900 per copy

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:29:53 GMT

IT IS the final chapter in the saga of a book that has to date cost taxpayers €900 for each copy sold.

Ireland manager gets his hands on first trophy during visit to Waterford

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:23:22 GMT

GIOVANNI Trapattoni looked into his crystal ball and predicted good things for Ireland at Euro 2012.

Credit union manager’s fee cut from €423 to €375 an hour

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:16:07 GMT

A €423-PER-HOUR fee charged by a special manager to a Kildare credit union has been cut to €375 following an application from the Central Bank to the High Court.

Man could have had ‘sleep sex’, court told

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:13:56 GMT

A PROMINENT sleep expert has given evidence in the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting his cousin which contradicts earlier testimony by another expert.

Labour dig in on Gilmore embassy closure

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:08:50 GMT

LABOUR backbenchers all firmly back Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore’s decision to close our Vatican embassy – highlighting a huge difference of opinion with their coalition colleagues in Fine Gael.

Family of holiday death fall woman get €25,000

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

THE family of a student nurse who died after falling through a fifth floor holiday apartment window in Turkey have settled their High Court action for wrongful death.

Dying man gets 25 years for role in soldiers' murder

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

POLICE have launched a fresh bid to catch the gunmen who killed two British soldiers in Northern Ireland, as a terminally ill man convicted of trying to torch their getaway car was told he must serve a minimum of 25 years in jail.

Fatal collision bus driver changes plea to guilty

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A BUS Eireann driver involved in a fatal road crash dramatically changed his plea to guilty on the fourth day of the trial, writes Richard McCullen.

Semi-state bosses top off salaries with huge directors' fees

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A STRING of the top semi-state bosses are still entitled to annual director's fees of around €15,000 for sitting on their own boards -- on top of their bumper salaries of as much as €310,000.

Officials vet Irish nursing home duo

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

AUSTRALIAN authorities have placed strict vetting conditions on two former directors of an Irish nursing home.

'Unfinished' estates to face charge next year

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

HUNDREDS of people exempt from paying the €100 household charge face the prospect of being hit with the tax next year.

Security boss jailed for €1.6m tax fraud

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A campaigner for security industry reform who defrauded €1.6m from the Revenue has been jailed for two years.

Man could have had 'sleep sex', court told

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A prominent sleep expert has given evidence in the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting his cousin which contradicts earlier testimony by another expert.

Labour dig in on Gilmore embassy closure

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

LABOUR backbenchers all firmly back Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore's decision to close our Vatican embassy -- highlighting a huge difference of opinion with their coalition colleagues in Fine Gael.

Probably best day of my career, says World Press prizewinner

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

AN Irish photographer beat more than 5,200 photojournalists from around the globe to win a top prize in one of the world's most prestigious press photography contests, writes Allison Bray.

Victim may have been followed by killers after visiting children

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

THE man who was shot dead by dissident terrorists in a rented house in Co Donegal may have been tailed by his killers after a visit to Derry.

Murder inquiry is closing in on her brutal killers

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

THE garda investigation into the murder of teenager Marioara Rostas has entered its final phase.

Worker loses damages case after suing employer over chair accident

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A SCREEN operator who fell off her office chair has lost a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court.

Bressie and Kian's warfare 'just banter'

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

'THE Voice of Ireland' coach Bressie has reassured fans there's nothing scripted about his verbal warfare with Westlife's Kian Egan.

Woman made up story of being raped in a taxi

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A YOUNG woman escaped jail after falsely claiming that a taxi driver had raped her yards from her home.