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Wicklow has seen a significant increase in home energy upgrades in 2023 and is on course to double the amount of upgrades completed when compared with 2022.

When Tony Mokbel was handed a 30-year sentence in 2012 for his role as the mastermind of an elaborate drug syndicate, he had already suffered his first heart attack. Now, his ailing health threatens any prospect of a life beyond a prison cell.

Excerpted from a Life in the Law by Nimal Wikramanayake When I took up residence in Equity Chambers I would often visit my friends on the third floor. During my visits, I saw a little old man wearing a crumpled suit and he always had a cigarette hanging out of the corner of his mouth. […]

The Coodabeen Champions have built a near-religious following over more than 40 years – but the true miracle is that the radio group still makes each other laugh.

The show has been on-air since 1981, but now has a new home.

Like ageing footballers, the Coodas had been offered only a series of one-year contracts over the past decade and have decided to take their show to commercial station 3MP.

Zoos Victoria cleans up the board We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement With a zeal keepers might apply to mucking out The Trail of the Elephants at Melbourne Zoo, the state government is cleaning out the Zoos Victoria board. The entire board, in fact. Zoos Victoria board. Credit:John Shakespeare The call has gone out seeking replacements for the chair and all nine members of the Zoological Parks and Gardens Board, t...