The Irish Times

A man is to appear in court in Co Wicklow tonight charged in connection with the discovery of a firearm and a quantity of ammunition.

An improvised explosive device found in Co Offaly has been made safe by an Army team.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny visited Union Hall in Co Cork today where an operation to find two men missing since the trawlerTit Bonhommesank on January 15th is continuing.

Police are questioning a man after a Royal Mail van was hijacked in Belfast.

The failure of the Revenue Commissioners and the main banks to co-ordinate their computer systems in time has left hundreds of thousands of young mortgage holders paying more than they should for their loans.

New cases of cancer in Ireland could rocket 72 per cent by 2030, health experts have warned.

The Comptroller and Auditor General is to investigate the operation of an unofficial SIPTU bank account which was operated by the union between 1998 and 2010.

Belfast’s new £18 million (€21.65m) Metropolitan Arts Centre will host an exhibition of art by LS Lowry and a new Titanic play, it was announced today.

Fifteen people have been arrested in Dublin in connection with Garda investigations into the sale and supply of heroin and cocaine.

Struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne is to stand trial accused of stealing approximately €52 million in connection with mortgages taken out on more than 20 properties in Dublin.

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said he is giving “very careful consideration” to issues relating to the former Bethany Home for mothers and babies in Dublin.

Legislation to give judges powers to refuse bank applications to repossess family homes in mortgage default has been described as unconstitutional and unworkable in its current format.

A Co Tipperary Traveller family has been told by the High Court there was no particular discrimination against Travellers involved in a school admission policy that gave priority to the children of former pupils.

Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn has a duty to “come clean with students and families and tell them what they can expect in new charges’’ over the next four years, a student leader said today.

Former pop singer and fashion designer Victoria Beckham has inadvertently caused the Irish Hospice Foundation’s website to crash.

Two men appeared in court today charged in connection with the death of a Connemara teacher and part-time publican last September.

A search for two fishermen in west Cork is expected to be wound down next week, nearly three weeks after their trawler sank.

Four units of Dublin Fire Brigade are at the scene of a fire in the south of the city today.

When closing for good, few stores have been known to receive thank you cards and teddy bears.

A further seven citizenship ceremonies are to be held in Dublin today as over 2,250 people from 110 countries across five continents this week joining the ranks of Irish passport holders.