A status red wind warning is now in place for Clare and Galway as Storm Jorge hits Ireland.

The RIC's major role in exposing the Black and Tans has always been grossly underestimated.

Approximately €140,000 worth of heroin has been seized in a car at Loughrea in County Galway.

A man has been seriously injured and eight others are in hospital after a serious crash in County Galway.

An environmental watchdog only became aware through media reports that several people had become ill in Limerick from consuming contaminated drinking water, an audit has revealed.

Independent TD Noel Grealish has been accused of "disgraceful racism" after raising questions in the Dáil around money being sent home by migrants.

Gardaí are appealing for help in tracing a missing man in County Galway.

Picketing by beef farmers has ended across the country.

A man in his 70s has died following a two-car collision in County Galway.

Actor Rory Cowan is joining the cast of RTÉ soap Fair City and his first scenes will air on Sunday night.

Simon Gold was found guilty of "devious and well thought out crimes", with the judge saying while he was a man of enterprise and intelligence, he “applies his acumen to crime”.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for information after a girl was killed and her brother injured in a collision with a car while cycling in County Galway yesterday.

Owner Philip Reynolds is “counting down the days” to the Cheltenham Festival as he eyes Magners Gold Cup glory with Presenting Percy.

Children's rights activist Christina Noble has spoken publicly for the first time about her son being taken from her, at a mother and baby home in Dublin.

Your morning's headlines.

Two people have died after a road crash in County Galway.

“Réalt Mór Leitir Mealláin”

A Government Minister says he is "furious" with people who ignored safety warnings during yesterday's storm.

“If you can dance in a hotel you can dance in a church”

SIPTU firefighters and their supporters marched in Galway City this morning to demand regular meetings with senior management.

Further geophysical surveys will begin this month at the site of the former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam in County Galway.

The kids of Coláiste Lurgan are getting their own reality TV show and we will definitely be tuning in.

Fire fighters will continue to battle a major fire in one of the country's biggest forests today.

Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

We examine five of the main talking points from day three of the Cheltenham Festival.

Farmers are being advised to confine their poultry flock.

Without a win since landing the Grade 1 Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse in March 2013, Realt Mor returned to the winner’s enclosure when landing the Sheridan Agri-Contractors Chase in Ballinrobe last night.

THE revolt in Dublin on Easter Monday 1916 did not immediately spread to the rest of the country as was intended.

Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke has led the tributes to the "father" of Irish golf, Christy O'Connor Sr, who has died at the age of 91.

175 new jobs have been announced for County Galway.

Champion Hurdle-winning trainer Colm Murphy savoured a welcome change of luck when Catalaunian Fields landed the Thatch Bar Katies Kitchen Maiden Hurdle in Bellewstown last night.

Positively ridden by Luke Dempsey, the Steve Mahon-trained AranhillChief proved a shock winner of the featured thetote.com Connacht National in Roscommon last night.

Andrew Lynch was in sparkling form in Tramore last evening, completing a superb treble on Punch Bag, Master Appeal and Miss Peacetime.

Champion amateur Derek O’Connor recorded 1,000 wins in point-to-points when successful on Death Duty at Cragmore in County Limerick, yesterday.

House prices across the country have now moved from recovery to growth mode according to a new survey published today.

The fertility rate in Ireland has dropped below the level required for the population to reproduce itself, according to statistics released for 2012.

Ireland During the Second World War

If ever there was a time to visit the Garden County of Wicklow, then it is in early November as woodlands and forest swap summer green for the unspeakably beautiful autumnal palette, one of nature’s finest shows and a most exquisite closing act to the wild food foraging season. 

Paul Carberry stole the show again on the final day of Bellewstown’s three-day July Meeting, completing a fine double on Quarton and Aranhill Chief.

THE Ryan and Cloyne reports into child abuse in the Catholic Church could be seen in simple black and white terms: It was easy to loathe the abusers and the parish priests and bishops who colluded to protect them, to shudder at how bereft and powerless the child victims were, and at the torment of parents when they learned what had gone on around them.

Gardaí are in the process of preparing an initial report for the government into the mass grave at a former mother-and-baby home in County Galway.

A Galway man who does not remember raping his sister has been jailed for four years by the Central Criminal Court.

A man in his 20s has been arrested after a serious assault in County Galway this weekend.

Flooding and high winds are continuing to cause problems for many homeowners and business people across the country today.

above, the smooth newt. There is no evidence the frog-killing chytrid fungus is in Ireland, but we cannot be complacent.

A lucky Lotto winner found her €258,000 winning ticket at the bottom of her rubbish bin, the night before it was due to be emptied.