A recent report has revealed that a visit this week to Athens has helped in putting local difficulties of Europe into context. The visit had been organized by the European Commission, the report says, which was aimed at informing journalists belonging to other EU countries regarding Greece's state of affairs.

Dance performance proved fatal for a father-of-three, who died due to acute heart attack. Eamonn Kilbride, 46, was performing Gangnam Style dance at Christmas celebrations when he fell on floor.

His wife Julie carried out CPR on him, but her efforts proved futile. Julie was quite devastated by news and said her husband was a great family man and they were married for 23 years.

Revealing that the number of drink-driving arrests in 2012 has considerably, vis-a-vis the 2007 figures, Garda statistics show that the number of people caught drinking and driving over the alcohol driving limit was around 8,750 till November-end this year, as compared to the full-year 2007 figures of 19,484 arrests.

A Dublin- based company has won a contract to make sunscreen coating for a satellite. Enbio is the one, which has been awarded with a €500,000 worth contract from European Space Agency.

A new bill has been formed by the minister of jobs and the minister of state for research and innovation, which they believe will generate good jobs in near future with good ideas.

According to a confirmation by Ireland's Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Leo Varadkar, the wide-ranging provisions in the Road Traffic Bill 2012 - which was signed off by Cabinet on Tuesday - include new road safety measures, such as higher penalty points on main driving offences as well as a specific ban on texting while driving.

Winter vomiting bug cases are on rise, said the HSE. With passage of time, winter season will get extreme; therefore, it has become to come up with ways by which they can control norovirus.

A giant 84-inch Ultra High Definition TV from LG - the LG 84LM960V - is the biggest-ever TV to have hit the Ireland market. Carrying a record high retail price-tag of €26,999, the monster TV is exclusively on display at the Harvey Norman stores in Carrickmines, Dublin; and will be available for delivery next month.