Minister of State for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton has said nobody can predict whether Ireland will need access to the European Stability Mechanism, the EU's new bailout fund.
A 44-year-old Polish man has been before Dublin District Court charged with the murder of 37-year-old Mary Ryan in the city centre at the weekend.
Two hotel workers have gone on trial for the murder of Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius.
The owner of the Vita Cortex plant in Cork has begun to transfer redundancy payments into the bank accounts of former staff.
Gardaí are still treating as suspicious the death of a 22-year-old man in Waterford city.
Europe came under mounting pressure to take action to boost growth as the OECD warned the euro crisis has worsened and poses the most serious risk to a recovery for the global economy.
A 23-year-old woman has died following a two-car collision in Co Louth.
US company SpaceX has become the first private enterprise to send its own spacecraft toward the International Space Station.
Yemen has cancelled a military parade planned to mark the reunification of the country after nearly 100 soldiers were killed in a massive suicide attack claimed by al-Qaeda yesterday.
Gardaí in Kenmare are investigating a fire which destroyed the Top of Coom pub on the Cork/Kerry border.
Farm incomes rose last year by 32%, according to the State farm body Teagasc.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that an Irishman has died in Laos.
The IBOA is due to meet AIB management this morning to discuss plans for voluntary redundancies and early retirement schemes that will see 2,500 people leave the bank's workforce.
British army bomb experts have made safe a number of viable devices found at a flat in Derry last night.
The HSE has said there was a 9% increase in the number of elder abuse cases reported last year.
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said he does not expect agreement on eurobonds at tomorrow's EU summit.
The Central Bank has said it is not comfortable with the high level of mortgage arrears, and wants mortgage lenders to do more to tackle the issue.
Dublin man Wayne Kinsella has been found guilty of the murder of another man in Tyrrelstown in west Dublin just over a year ago.
At least 90 people are now known to have died in this morning's suicide bomb attack in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
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A 26-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 18-year-old Lauren O'Neill in Derry over the weekend.
The Department of Justice has confirmed that the transfer of a man, who was convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 2007, back to a jail in the Czech Republic has been deferred.
Two dissident republicans convicted for their part in the murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland must serve a minimum of 25 and 14 years in jail.
An investigation has been launched after the body of a 51-year-old woman was found in a flat in Dublin city centre last night.
A major new unit costing €13m is to be built at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick.
The Smithwick Tribunal, which is investigating claims of garda collusion in the deaths of two senior RUC officers, has sought another extension of time to hear evidence and write a final report.
NATO leaders sealed a landmark agreement to hand control of Afghanistan over to its own security forces by the middle of next year.
Missing Dublin woman Joan Campbell has been found safe and well.
The body of a man in his 20s has been discovered in a disused building in Waterford.
Former European Parliament President Pat Cox has accused Sinn Féin of using selective quotation to argue Ireland could still access the ESM fund if it rejects the fiscal treaty.
Developer Sean Dunne has consented to an order being made in the Commercial Court directing him to repay €164m to a syndicate of banks.
Former Vita Cortex workers in Cork are hoping to finally leave the factory building this week.
Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Paulyn Marrinan Quinn handled 83 complaints last year.
Gardaí have issued an appeal to trace a 17-year-old girl who has been missing since March.
Over 200 derelict or under-used sites around Dublin city have been identified for development as part of a new regeneration intitiative.
The outgoing chief executive of the Limerick Regeneration Agencies has expressed disappointment at the lack of progress made on the project over the last five years.
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, who with brothers Barry and Maurice helped define the disco era, has died. He was 62.