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Outgoing Agriculture Minister May Couglan landed a major promotion tonight by being appointed Tánaiste and Enterprise, Trade and Employment Minister in Taoiseach Brian Cowen's new-look Cabinet.
The hearing of evidence has ended in the trial of a construction company charged with breaching health and safety regulations arising out of the death of an employee after a trench collapsed at a building site
An Taoiseach Brian Cowen has confirmed Mary Coughlan is to be appointed Tánaiste. Minister Coughlan will also take over the portfolio of Trade, Enterprise and Employment from Michael Martin, who takes over at Foreign Affairs.
Minister Mary Hanafin has moved from her beloved Education portfolio to the Department of Social and Family Affairs, it has emerged from government buildings.
Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has said he fully accepted the Morris Tribunal report's findings, adding that it was a matter of profound regret that the families involved were mistreated by the force.
A 15-year-old boy once described by a Garda Inspector as a "menace" has been detained for five months by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children's Court.
The Co Derry couple whose children were temporarily taken into care in Portugal after allegations that they were drunk have denied that they consumed excess alcohol.
A pregnant Venezuelan woman was remanded in custody for a fortnight today on charges related to the seizure of €210,000 worth of cocaine at Cork Airport last Friday.
A young man from Rochestown, Cork, who is accused of having more than €500,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply in Cork last Friday, was released on substantial bail today.
A long-term heroin addict who was in heavy debt to drugs criminals has been given an 11-year sentence in consecutive terms by Judge Katherine Delahunt for possessing two stashes of heroin within 14 months.
The Co Derry couple who allegedly passed out drunk while in charge of their children during a holiday in Portugal are understood to have returned to the North.
