THEY gathered in their hundreds yesterday to celebrate the vibrant life and to mark the passing of a writer whose work touched so many ordinary lives.
Customers of home furniture store Habitat are sweating over the delivery of their sofas after the retailer closed its Dublin and Galway shops suddenly at the end of last week, without giving assurances orders would be fulfilled.
RYANAIR has offered to fly rugby fans to Wales for free after a "scheduling error" meant a flight on the Heineken Cup final weekend would no longer land in time for kick-off.
A WOMAN was killed last night when her car collided with a bus.
THE country's senior A&E doctors are set to reject the new consultants' €240,000 work contract -- dealing a major blow to hopes to reform hospital emergency services.
IT took muscle power and the Coast Guard to give this ambulance a dig-out on a strand.
AS ambitious plans for the National Film School were unveiled last night, director Jim Sheridan and actor Stephen Rea were offering it the greatest accolade they could -- both have chosen the college for their children's education.
PROTESTERS at Waterford Regional Hospital yesterday called on Minister for Health Mary Harney to tackle waiting lists for children's tonsil removals.
LEARNER drivers are being offered Sunday tests for the first time.
THE National Road Authority has become embroiled in another signage controversy after being accused of taking two villages "off the map".