He who is slient, is strongest.

The directors of the Citywest Hotel in Dublin have been ordered to appear before the High Court to be questioned about their failure to pay more than €150,000 in costs.

Sixty trees are to be felled in the Phoenix Park this autumn.

A ‘Plan B’ for saving 33 Chilean miners has made swift progress in its first days of drilling but engineers downplayed chances of a quicker rescue.

The European Commission has approved an extension to the Government's bank guarantee scheme until the end of the year.

Minister for Health Mary Harney has said that decisions will be made by the Government over the coming weeks on the health budget for 2011.

There has been a 20% increase in the number of people sleeping rough on the streets of Dublin over the past 18 months, according to the Simon Community.

The €380m Convention Centre has been officially opened in Dublin, more than 20 years after it was first proposed.

Consultants at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan have said the hospital's Emergency Dept is unsafe for patients following the move by the HSE to cease all emergency and acute surgery.

Trade unions mounted huge protests across France today over plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.

The family of a woman who died from a massive brain haemorrhage after being misdiagnosed with a migraine has said they hoped the HSE has learned lessons.

Sen Ivor Callely's legal challenge to the Committee that suspended him from the Seanad is expected to be heard at the beginning of next month.

The company behind the controversial Poolbeg incinerator, Covanta, has criticised the alternative proposed by Environment Minister John Gormley.

A quantity of ammunition and what gardaí believe may be components of an explosive device have been found during searches in Co Donegal.

President Mary McAleese has begun her official visit to Russia by telling business leaders there that Ireland is open for business.

Eight people have been arrested in Limerick city as part of an investigation into the murder of Lee Slattery.

Unions representing workers in the building trade are expected to meet tomorrow morning to discuss a proposal to cut some wages in the sector by 7.5%.

Europe's Competition Commissioner has no proposal from the Government on the future of Anglo Irish Bank, according to Labour MEP Alan Kelly.

A group of independent financial advisers has told an Oireachtas Committee that many people in debt are very afraid of the banks.

The High Court has been told that three creditor banks of McInerney Homes will be opposing an application to appoint an examiner.

An Oireachtas Health Committee has heard there is an urgent need for more research into suicide in Ireland.