Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man was murdered in Co Louth yesterday.

The case has been adjourned pending a bail hearing later this afternoon.

A campaign is gathering momentum across Louth over the closure of a respite centre that has been operating in Dundalk for 23 years.

As stars and film-makers gather in Schull for the Fastnet Film Festival, some of the visitors tell Esther McCarthy about their favourite movies of all time.

Hollywood star Saoirse Ronan arrives in West Cork tomorrow as an estimated 7,000 film buffs are expected to flood into the scenic harbour town of Schull for the Fastnet Film Festival.

People in Drogheda are living in fear that someone will die before the violent feud between rival drug gangs in their town is brought under control.

A County Louth Deputy is warning that criminal gangs are turning the North East into the Wild West.

The overnight incident was described as "intimidation" by Louth TD Declan Breathnach.

Five decades after sitting into a radio studio for the first time, Seán Bán Breathnach remains as enthusiastic and animated as ever on the national airwaves

Pro-life Fianna Fáil TDs say they will back any legislation allowing abortion for rape, incest and fatal abnormalities if the referendum is passed in a major concession on the deeply divisive potential post-referendum laws.

Well now, this was a turn up for the books. The NUIG celebrations, after five drama-filled minutes of second-half injury-time, told as much.

Mark O’Halloran has taken on a role at UCC, but first he’s starring in his own film as Omar O’Meara, an Irish Muslim from Tuam, writes Esther McCarthy.

Waterford were well in contention at the interval.

eBay has blamed its former sister company PayPal for forcing it to shut down its European headquarters in Ireland.

Viva was written in Spanish about Cuban drag artists, but looks like being one of the best Irish films of the year, writes Esther McCarthy

Ten Fianna Fáil TDs have broken ranks to declare a grand coalition with Fine Gael or the backing of a Fine Gael-led minority government cannot be ruled out.

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DCU 1-20 St Pat’s-Mater Dei 0-11 

Roscommon 4-8 Galway 1-12: FBD Connacht final: There is growing optimism in Roscommon that a succession of good underage sides is about to mark them as a serious force at senior level, but the need to temper that expectation was also obvious at Kiltoom yesterday.

Limerick 2-15 Waterford 1-15

Galway 0-13 Leitrim 1-09: Galway held off a late Leitrim challenge to claim a second FBD League win at Mohill.

IN Hollywood it would have cost millions of dollars and taken months to shoot, but the burning passion of two film-makers and the support of a community created a powerful period drama in three weeks — and on a shoestring budget.

The Comeragh mountain range in Co Waterford is an area of spectacular natural beauty, a relatively undiscovered gem that is home to stunning glacial lakes, picturesque waterfalls and hidden caverns.

Cork 3-18 Waterford 0-16

Former Connacht rugby star Gavin Duffy made his championship debut for Salthill/Knocknacarra as two Sean Armstrong goals helped last year’s finalists into the third round of the Galway SFC.

A huge week brings the return of Take Me Out, The Voice and Operation Transformation

Fears now being expressed by An Taisce — that a new national children’s hospital will not be co-located with a maternity hospital — were first raised months ago by independent paediatric specialists.

ALL-IRELAND SFC RD4 QUALIFIER:

Veteran RTÉ broadcaster Seán Bán Breathnach had to be rescued by a lifeguard after he got into difficulty while swimming in Clare on Monday afternoon.

An Rinn and Brickey Rangers both claimed wins in Group 2 of the Waterford SFC to boost their prospects of qualifying for the quarter-finals.

Galway 0-11 Mayo 4-16

Tributes have poured in for a Garda detective who was shot dead in Co Louth last night in a botched hold-up.

A manhunt was underway tonight after a Garda detective was shot dead in in a botched hold-up.

Dungarvan Colleges 3-13 Doon CBS 1-13

Imeall on TG4 kicks off its new season with a revealing interview with playwright Tom Murphy, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Jason Smyth today qualified in first position for tomorrow's final of the 200m T13 final in the Paralympic Games.

Killererin 0-12 Micheál Breathnach’s 0-10

A group that had always argued against the geogra- phically constrained Mater site welcomed the decision by Bord Pleanála.

The decision by online teacher training college Hibernia to shift its student summer courses from the Iveragh Gaeltacht to the bigger Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht on the Dingle peninsula has been described as an “unbelievable loss.”