- January yields 3.5bn euro in tax
- Killer's accomplice had Scream mask
- Lower growth raises recession fears
- Assembly blasted over ferry closure
- Missing seamen search wound down
- Bill for hard-hit homeowners fails
- Dublin accused over children's home
- 100 new houses for Limerick pledged
- Cancer cases could increase by 72%
Local
Gang on loose
Lack of evidence and daily changing number plates is making it difficult for Abbeyleix gardai to stop a crime wave spreading across South Laois, a garda told a packed public meeting in Durrow last week.
IDA lashed on ‘abysmal’ jobs record
LESS public money is spent in Laois attracting multi-national backed jobs than in any other county in Ireland, and a surge in spending in 2010 led to the net loss of one job.
Shaen patient ‘begs’ to stay
An elderly resident of Shaen hospital has wrote a letter, through her daughter, begging not to be removed from the hospital.
National
January yields 3.5bn euro in tax
More than 3.5 billion euro was collected in taxes last month, the latest exchequer figures show.
Killer's accomplice had Scream mask
A killer's accomplice wore a horror movie Scream mask while keeping guard outside a busy pub during a suspected gangland execution, it has emerged.
Lower growth raises recession fears
Ireland is staring down the barrel of another recession after the Central Bank more than halved forecasts for economic growth.
Assembly blasted over ferry closure
One of the key men behind the failed bid to keep afloat the Swansea-Cork ferry has launched a stinging attack on the Welsh Government for its "inaction" in trying to save the service.
Missing seamen search wound down
The search for two fishermen who have been missing since their trawler sank off the Cork coast nearly three weeks ago is to be gradually wound down.
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