Petula Martyn

An investigation into a distressing video appearing to show a healthcare worker being disrespectful towards an elderly patient has found the video does not show the patient who was identified in media reports and the incident did not occur at University Hospital Limerick.

An American woman who travelled from Colorado to the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival on a whim has returned to Co Clare after finding love at the famous event.

Around 100 jobs have been placed at risk at Daktronics in Ennistymon, Co Clare, as the US multinational begins a collective redundancy consultation.

Cistercian College Roscrea has welcomed female students for the first time in its 120-year history, marking the beginning of its transition to co-education.

A State commemoration for the 48 people who died in the Dromcollogher cinema fire takes place today, marking the centenary of one of the deadliest disasters in Irish history.

A motorist has been arrested after a two-year-old boy died in hospital after being struck by a car in Rathkeale, Co Limerick.

Doonbeg is set to welcome some of the world's best golfers as well as the president of the United States as it prepares to host the Irish Open this week.

Farmers and landowners in Tipperary are being urged to check the location of underground gas pipelines before carrying out excavation or other groundworks.

The University of Limerick has launched the first new direct-entry undergraduate medicine programme to be established in Ireland since 1854, with its inaugural class of 30 students beginning their studies this semester.

US Chinook helicopters have been flying over west Clare in recent days, conducting practice approaches at Trump International Doonbeg ahead of the arrival of the President of the United States for the Amgen Irish Open this afternoon.