A woman has been killed and a man injured in a car crash in Co Westmeath today.

A 25-year-old man has died from injuries he suffered in a road crash in Co Westmeath at the weekend.

A woman has died following a road crash in Co Westmeath this morning.

Gardaí are today continuing to probe two separate murders in counties Longford and Tipperary.

Gardaí tonight launched a murder investigation after the body of a woman was found in an unoccupied house.

A 80-year-old man died after he was struck by a truck, Gardaí have confirmed.

Three people were killed on the country’s roads in 24 hours, gardaí today confirmed.

Calls were made today for a health and safety review of Army trucks after 14 soldiers and a lorry driver were injured in a road crash in Co Longford.

TWO men died instantly yesterday when the light aircraft they were flying crashed into a field in Co Westmeath.

Air accident investigators were tonight examining the wreckage of a light aircraft in which two men died when it crashed into a field in Co Westmeath.

Two people have been killed following separate accidents on Ireland’s roads, gardai said today.

A man in his 60s died today following a road accident in Co Westmeath.

A 23-year-old Athlone Town soccer star has died in hospital from injuries he sustained during an accident at a derelict building in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Two men have been taken to Mullingar General hospital following a serious assualt in the town overnight.

PATIENTS in hospitals find A&E units to be disastrous, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern acknowledged yesterday.

Two women have been killed on Irish roads today in separate accidents.

Gardaí were today investigating the cause of a house fire in which a husband and wife were killed in Co Longford.

THE woman responsible for the hoax abandoned baby calls in Dublin is reported to be making a good recovery after attempting suicide last Friday.

NOEL PYNE first played in the Shell South of Ireland Championship when still a leaving certificate student at St Flannan’s College, Ennis.

NOBODY is asking who stitched up Mickey Martin, because everybody knows who did it. It was Bertie Ahern. “He’s the man,” as Charlie Haughey once said.

UNLIKE so many competitors in the West of Ireland Championship at Rosses Point, John “Junior” Morris is an out-and-out amateur golfer.

Nurses at Mullingar General Hospital are on strike this morning in a dispute over staffing levels.

Nurses at Mullingar General hospital are to begin industrial action next Monday.