"What we are trying to say to people is that behaviours are not changing to the levels and to the degree that I would like to see happen, said Assistant Garda Commissioner David Sheahan

Anyone hoping for sunshine on the Bank Holiday weekend will be disappointed as there is plenty of rain predicted by Met Éireann.

Ireland grabs its share of international attention this week with Tattersalls International Horse Trials getting underway in Co. Meath today and Mullingar hosting its two-star international show jumping meeting over the Bank Holiday weekend.

The majority of these incidents were observed by plainclothes gardaí who were deployed as part of the policing plan for the event, according to the Garda Press Office.

Macra has welcomed the announcement by Rural and Community Development Minister Michael Ring that €10,000 is to be made available to each of the 31 local authorities, as part of the inaugural ‘Big Hello’ initiative.

All you have to do is say 'RSA' or 'Driver Reviver' to the till operator between 2 pm and 8 pm on today, Friday, August 3 and Monday, August 6.

Ardnagrena is a large but graceful gem which has been well maintained and sensitively updated, writes Tommy Barker.

They’re lurking behind lamp-posts, crouching in tree-tops and prowling the streets — as Halloween looms, hundreds of ghouls, gargoyles and long-legged nasties have begun to invade a remote West Cork village.

Ten people have been killed and 40 people have been seriously injured over the past six October Bank Holiday weekends.

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Met Éireann has given us the green light for dry weather over the coming bank holiday weekend, a pensioner had to be rescued from a freezing canal in Limerick today after he fell in taking part in a massive clean up and Margaret Hickey tells us why she is voting no in the upcoming marriage equality referendum. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.

Denise O’Connor of Optimise Design offers advice on maximising space in Irish homes - and suggests pulling the plug on en-suite bathrooms

Drinkaware.ie is urging people to pace themselves if drinking over the Bank Holiday Weekend.

Fatigue is believed to be a factor in one in five driver deaths in Ireland.

Irish indie favourites Bell X1 join De La Soul and Bastille as headliners at the Indiependence festival in Mitchelstown, Co Cork next August Bank Holiday Weekend.

Thousands of film fans of all ages will pay tribute to Star Wars over the Bank Holiday Weekend, as the "May the 4th" event gets underway today at Hamleys in Dundrum in Dublin.

WITH art auctions in west Cork and Connemara, collectors are spoiled for choice this Bank Holiday Weekend.

Drivers are facing an even tougher clampdown on road safety this Bank Holiday weekend.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has issued an urgent appeal today for all motorists to take greater care using the roads over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Come hail, rain or shine this October Bank Holiday Weekend, there’s an abundance of festivals taking place all over the country.

Gardaí are appealing to motorists to be extra careful on the roads this Bank Holiday weekend.

As the mass exodus gets underway for the Bank Holiday weekend, motorists are being advised to watch their speed, avoid talking on phiones while driving and not to drink and drive.

Gardaí today warned they would be out in force targeting drunk drivers, speeding and motorists using mobile phones during the August Bank Holiday weekend.

The Coastguard is urging people to take it easy on the country's waterways this Bank Holiday Weekend.

Motorists are being advised to plan their journey before setting off on the roads this Bank Holiday Weekend.

A man and a woman were killed tonight in two separate road crashes in the west of the country.

Three people died in road accidents today after a spate of deaths in crashes over the Bank Holiday weekend and despite pleas for drivers to take extra care.

Seven people have been killed in a series of accidents on the country’s roads this Bank Holiday weekend.

Minister for Tourism Seamus Brennan will make a guest appearance this weekend at the country’s biggest all-Irish free air show.

Politicians have until midnight tonight to remove their election posters from all public spaces.

THE number of people killed in road traffic accidents over the Bank Holiday weekend climbed to eight yesterday, bringing the total for the year so far to 125.

Gardaí today warned drivers to especially careful if taking to the roads this Bank Holiday Weekend.

Dozens of garda checkpoints will be placed on roads across the country this Bank Holiday weekend in a bid to avoid a spate of crashes, it was confirmed today.

The two people who died in road accidents in Co Tipperary this Bank Holiday weekend have been named.

A man in his 30s died today when his car crashed into a pole in Dublin.

Gardaí are set to begin another road safety campaign tonight in an effort to prevent deaths and injuries on Irish roads over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Finnish driver Tapio Laukkanen, in his Subaru Impreza WRC S7, is top seed for the Ordnance Survey Ireland Rally of the Lakes 2004.

COCA-COLA will be the overall sponsor of the 2004 All-Ireland Colleges GAA finals. The finals will take place over the May Bank Holiday Weekend.

The National Safety Council has launched the latest phase of its Arrive Alive campaign to coincide with the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend.

More than 348,000 passengers are expected to travel through Dublin, Shannon and Cork Airports over the course of the June Bank Holiday Weekend, according to Aer Rianta.

The reigning Irish Tarmac Rally Champions, Andrew Nesbitt and James O'Brien, are the top seeds for the Ordnance Survey Ireland Rally of the Lakes 2003.

Met Eireann has predicted a pleasant and rain-free Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

Gardaí are due to set up extra checkpoints on Ireland's roads this weekend in an effort to prevent the now traditional Bank Holiday weekend carnage.