HOUSEHOLDERS and businesses are bracing themselves for Storm Frank after weather experts forecast winds gusts of up to 95 kilometres an hour along the west coast of Ireland.
A CLARE mother forced out of her home by the December floods has spoken of her fear that lives will be lost as the bad weather continues to wreak havoc on homes and businesses.
ROAD safety chiefs have expressed alarm at the high number of people killed on Irish roads over the Christmas period.
PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins has led tributes to the late Irish author Aidan Higgins following his death at the age of 88.
THE grandmother of a seven-year-old boy killed in a three-car crash in Co Antrim remains critically ill in hospital.
THE Irish government has welcomed a ruling by the European Court of Justice that supports its plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes.
