He who is slient, is strongest.

The Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has outlined details of the Budget in this year's Finance Bill.

The possibility of a major consolidation of Irish banks has emerged as a solution to the banking crisis.

The first meeting of Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive since June has taken place at Stormont Castle.

The Central Criminal Court has heard that a 25-year-old murder victim was mistaken for his brother when he was shot dead.

EU agriculture ministers have reached agreement on changes to the Common Agricultural Policy.

A witness at the inquest into the death of 14-year-old Brian Rossiter has said gardaí were rough and using force when they were arresting him and another boy.

Aer Lingus has welcomed SIPTU's withdrawal of notice of industrial action, and the removal of uncertainty for customers intending to travel next week.

Radio stations Newstalk and Today FM are to introduce cooperation between their two news services.

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to send 3,000 additional UN peacekeepers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A truck driver in his 40s has been killed and another injured in a collision between two trucks on the M4.

Three men have been arrested following an armed raid on a post office in Arklow, Co Wickow.

A group seeking truth about the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has said the exhumation of the her remains has revealed nothing.

Up to 50 new jobs are to be created in Limerick in the entertainment technology sector.

A man in his 30s has been arrested after gardaí seized drugs worth €500,000 in north Cork.

An investigation is under way after a plane made an emergency landing at Dublin Airport last night.

A tourist visiting Belfast has had her jaw broken by stone-throwing youths.

Tá luach scaireanna ar mhargaí na hÁise agus na hEorpa laghdaithe go suntasach inniu ó tháinig sé chun solais gur dócha go mairfidh an cúlú eacnamaíochta i Meiriceá bliain eile ar a laghad.

Drogheda Borough Council has expressed concern over a High Court ruling in which a fireman won the right to work until he is 65.

People in Ireland with a disability face a high risk of poverty, according to a new report by the OECD.

The Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU has been told that its sole objective was to attempt to overthrow the democratic wishes of the majority of the people.