Six people who were the subject of an injunction over protests outside apartment accommodation for asylum seekers in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, have urged the High Court to lift or vary the orders against them.

Round-the-clock protests were held recently against a proposal to house up to 130 asylum-seekers in Ballinamore this month.

A group has been established to welcome asylum-seekers to the town and they are holding a meeting in Ballinamore tonight.

"I was very surprised by the intervention, both the manner and the timing of the intervention..."

The Taoiseach stressed there were still far fewer asylum seekers coming here than was the case 15 or 20 years ago.

CÉAD míle fáilte. Ireland, the land of a thousand welcomes — my backside. You are welcome here if you’re white, rich, or American, but if you’re not, there is no room at the inn.

Senator Michael McDowell has described the arson attack on a car outside the house of Sinn Féin TD for Sligo-Leitrim Martin Kenny as “disgusting and anti democratic.”

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses who were in the area between midnight and 3am yesterday to contact them.

Just days after receiving a death threat after criticising anti-immigrant comments, Sligo-Leitrim TD Martin Kenny's car was burned out at his home in Aughavas, near Ballinamore in Co Leitrim in the early hours of the morning.

Sligo-Leitrim TD Martin Kenny's car was burned out at his home in Aughavas, near Ballinamore in Co. Leitrim in the early hours of the morning.

Representatives of Ballinamore Community Group claimed the Minister of State at Department of Justice and Equality David Stanton agreed to pause plans to accommodate asylum seekers in the town.

A Sinn Féin TD has received a death threat after speaking out against a “far-right ideology that is being peddled in this country” around asylum seekers.

Plans for a direct provision centre in Co Leitrim have been "paused", according to campaigners.

Leitrim residents are continuing a round-the-clock protest against plans for a new centre for asylum seekers.

A protest is under way in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, at an apartment block where the Department of Justice plans to accommodate up to 130 asylum seekers.

Over 150 people attended a public meeting in Co. Leitrim last night on plans to accommodate asylum seekers in Ballinamore.

It will see 20 three and four-bed apartments made available to families in Ballinamore.

The car was carrying three occupants when it entered the canal at Woodford River, Ballyheady Bridge.

Tommy ‘Spike’ McCormack, 35, a powerlifting champion from Ballinamore, Co Leitrim died of a suspected heart-attack while he was in Split, Croatia last Saturday

WING-back James Lindsay's 44th minute goal catapulted west Sligo's Easkey to a Croke Park date with Kerry outfit Beaufort next month.

Here’s a handy game-by-game guide to the 2018 leagues and championships.

Louth have booked their place in the semi-finals of the O'Byrne Cup after they beat Carlow by 3-14 to 2-12 in Dowdallshill.

Jack McGowan used to train at night for fear of being thought mad, writes Feidhlim Kelly.

The lapidary line of the tubercular John Keats is almost a cliché — “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” writes Damien Enright.

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While today’s national Lotto jackpot is €2 million, residents of Ballinamore in Leitrim are also in with another chance to win big.

‘If I send him to prison, taxpayer will have to pay for his upkeep’

Brian Carroll outlines the bizarre case of Kevin McGeever, who conned his way around the world duping investors on a fictional path that lead to his conviction over a fake kidnapping

Johnny Martyn suffered two strokes, but he is still eager to get back on the football field if doctors give him the all-clear...

Sixteen new fire stations will be built and another 10 refurbished over the next five years.

Barney Breen. That name rings a bell. Wasn’t he the chap in charge of the Leitrim footballers in 2013? Didn’t he win a Connacht medal with them, too, as a player back in ’94?

Irish domestic amateur Damien Shaw came within a whisker of landing a stage win at the An Post Rás yesterday, emerging just metres short following a thrilling 160km of racing from Ballina to Ballinamore.

There has been only one Irish winner of the An Post Rás in the last decade and that trend is unlikely to change this year, writes Brian Canty.

Gardai in County Leitrim are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist in his 20s died following a collision yesterday.

The woman killed in yesterday’s head-on collision in north Cork has been named as 35-year-old Pamela Ahern from Dungourney.

An 18-year-old man, who died following a crash in Co Leitrim, has been named as John McGovern from Swanlinbar, Co Cavan.

A man has died in a two-car collision in Co Leitrim.

The race director of the An Post Rás has warned those with designs on riding this year’s race that it is anything but easy — despite it being a much flatter route than previous years.

All-Ireland MCHC final: Mayo 2-11 Monaghan 1-10

Leitrim 1-12 Sligo 2-9