He who is slient, is strongest.

NI’s Environment Agency has expressed concern over the number of seals, which have died from unnatural causes along the coast of Co Down.

FÁS has said it is seeking clarifications on a draft report into the provision of contracted training for the organisation.

The Coast Guard has recovered the body of a man off the south coast of Wexford.

Horse owners who cannot look after their animals properly should consider having them put down, according to a welfare advisory body.

A strike by British rail workers is causing major disruption to commuters on London's Underground services.

Two people have been arrested following the seizure of herbal cannabis worth an estimated €60,000 in Bantry, Co Cork.

Ireland has been ranked 30th out of 33 countries for the amount of its overall wealth invested in education in 2007.

120 jobs are expected to be created by retail outlet New Look when it opens its new shop in the Jervis Centre in Dublin.

The High Court will give a decision on Friday in a challenge by convicted drug dealer John Gilligan against a charge of possessing a mobile phone while in prison

The President of the European Commission has told MEPs that the outlook for the EU economy is better than a year ago.

A fish feed manufacturing plant in Westport, Co Mayo, is to close with the loss of 22 jobs.

Aer Lingus says its passenger numbers in August stood at 1,012,000, a 7% decrease on the same time last year.

San Francisco police have arrested a man who scaled the exterior of a 58-storey downtown skyscraper yesterday and unfurled a US flag at the top.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has won the backing of independents to form a new government after two weeks of deadlock.

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.