Author: Angela Nurse

Five million euro is being made available to provide assistance for small businesses damaged by the weekend floods, the Taoiseach has said. Enda Kenny said measures would also be taken to help farmers whose lands have been waterlogged.

The bright lights of Broadway have been dimmed in memory of renowned Irish playwright Brian Friel. The Tony award-winning writer, who penned Dancing at Lughnasa, which was adapted for a film starring Meryl Streep, died in October at the age of 86.

Alleged political misconduct exposed by undercover reporters is “utterly unacceptable”, Enda Kenny has told the Dail. The Taoiseach said the “kind of behaviour” highlighted by an RTÉ programme on Monday night had “no place in public life”.

The case against Thomas “Slab” Murphy is based on “utterly ludicrous” documentation which attempts to link the prominent republican to a non-existent farming income, his defence barrister has said. The 66-year-old from Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, Co Louth, denies nine charges of tax evasion.

A showband singer who died in the weekend floods has been described as “hugely popular and highly respected”. Gardai recovered the body of Ivan Vaughan around 10 metres from his car in Corraghdown, near the village of Glaslough in Co Monaghan, on Monday.

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The body of a pensioner swept away in flood water has been found in Co Monaghan. Police recovered the body of Ivan Vaughan, 70, around 10 metres from his car in Corraghdown, near the village of Glaslough.

Up to 40 born-again Christians have been robbed at gunpoint during a service in Dublin. The incident happened at the Compassion Centre in Ballymun at about midday on Sunday.

A man convicted of Ireland’s worst car crash has had his sentence doubled. Shaun Kelly, 26, of Hill Road, Ballymagan, Buncrana in Co Donegal has been handed an eight year jail term by the Court of Appeal.

The Irish Government has fallen short on commitments to help refugees, a coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) has claimed. Twenty-one organisations, including the Migrants Rights Centre, Irish Refugee Council and Oxfam have criticised the response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis as slow and unacceptable.