Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a road accident in Co Laois in the early hours of this morning in which a 53-year-old man was killed.

A 53-year-old man has died after being struck by a car in Carlow in the early hours of this morning.

AN ARSON attack may have caused the fire which destroyed the former Peerless Rugs factory in Athy, Co Kildare, yesterday morning, say gardaí.

A fire has caused major damage to the disused Peerless Rugs factory in Athy, Co Kildare.

The two brothers who were abducted at gunpoint in Limerick city last Thursday night have turned up safe and well in Co Laois.

A woman has been killed in a head on crash in Co Laois.