He who is slient, is strongest.

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.

A report from the National Adult Literary Agency has found that 40% of Irish adults have difficulties with everyday maths calculations.

John Gilligan has been granted a one-day adjournment in his High Court challenge to a District Court trial for alleged possession of a mobile phone while in prison.

Three men are being questioned in connection with the shooting of Robert Delaney in Dublin almost two years ago.

Australia's political leaders are nearing the end of negotiations to form a minority government after elections produced the first hung parliament since 1940.

The Iranian president has questioned the accepted narrative of the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US, saying it was still not clear who was behind them.

Elan has been granted an interim injunction preventing two board members from establishing a probe into corporate governance at the company.

An unofficial dispute by Bord Na Móna workers at the Lough Ree power plant in Co Longford has come to an end.

Four people have appeared in court to face charges linked to human trafficking, following raids on a number of suspected brothels in Belfast.

Dublin City councillors will be updated on the council's position on its contract for the Poolbeg incinerator at a meeting tomorrow.

Two men are still being questioned about the abduction of a bank official and his wife and the robbery of €300,000 in Dublin last week.