With the inquests verdict read out the Stardust families began to pour out of the courtroom and into the Dublin air – the words, two in particular, they just heard ringing in the ears - unlawful killing.
Another word too began to ring out - justice.
Playwright Hilary Fannin's adaptation of classic 1905 comedy Children of the Sun has started its run at the Abbey Theatre - just as the writer finished her fifth round of chemotherapy.
The killing of a young Israeli settler and retaliatory attacks on Palestinian villages and communities has this week put the issue of violence in the West Bank back at the heart of the UN's agenda.
The frequency of US school shootings has increased since the Columbine High School massacre. On the 25th anniversary of the shooting, the question remains if enough is being done to protect children from gun violence.
A vote on a deal brokered between unions and the management of Tara Mines could mark the end of the limbo employees have been facing since last July, and the start of the mine reopening.
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Awards are taking place at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre tonight with the RTÉ crime drama KIN and the psychological thriller Lies We Tell leading this year's nominations.
The mayor of a mining town in violence-riddled Ecuador was shot dead, the second such killing in days ahead of a weekend referendum on tougher measures against organised crime.
Iran's foreign minister has said the Iranian government is investigating an overnight attack yesterday on Iran, adding that so far a link to Israel had not been proven as he downplayed the strike.
A tribunal has awarded €30,000 to Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue's former ministerial driver who was subject to 'egregious treatment' when he was let go on Christmas Day to make way for a garda to replace him on security grounds.
Threats and intimidation towards public representatives undermine democracy, Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman has said after a group of protesters wearing masks gathered outside his home last night.
Forty-one families who sued the Hyde & Seek crèche chain in north Dublin over the alleged treatment of their children have settled their cases for €15,000 each at the High Court, bringing the total sum awarded to €615,000.
