He who is slient, is strongest.

Julia Gillard has been handed over power with a one-seat majority two weeks after elections.

A number of flights to and from France have been affected by a national one-day strike.

The €380m Convention Centre in Dublin will be officially opened by Taoiseach Brian Cowen later today.

Senator Ivor Callely is to apply to the High Court for permission to take legal action against a Seanad committee that made findings against him over his expenses.

Senator Ivor Callely is to apply to the High Court to take legal action against the Seanad committee that made findings against him over his expenses claims.

The contract for Dublin's controversial incinerator at Poolbeg is to undergo a lengthy review, a process which will last until at least May of next year.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has cancelled a book signing in London on Wednesday because of planned protests.

school in Co Antrim has been evacuated after an eight-year-old boy carried a suspect device into a classroom.

DePuy Orthopaedics has said patients fitted with faulty hip replacements must hand over the faulty hip device and related medical records if the company is to pay for repair surgery.

The DG of FÁS has said he believes the agency will emerge as a re-focused skills agency at the end of a strategic review.

Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has said a decision has to be taken in a matter of weeks on the future direction of Anglo Irish Bank.

Unions at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan are to refer to the LRC the HSE decision to immediately end all acute and emergency surgery there.

A woman has died in a road crash near Delvin, Co Westmeath.

The Joe Dolan Bridge, the final link in the Mullingar ring road, has been officially opened.

Parts of Barna and Moycullen are continuing to experience disruption to water supply, Galway County Council has confirmed.

Preparations for the National and European Ploughing Championships in two weeks' time are underway in Athy, Co Kildare.

A state of emergency has been extended in Christchurch following the weekend earthquake with troops enforcing a no-go zone.

Spain’s Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba has said the country cannot trust the truce declared by Basque group ETA.

An agriculture co-operative store at Abbeyknockmoy, Co Galway, has been destroyed by fire.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to host an economic conference in Washington next month to promote investment and job creation in Northern Ireland.