The jury has been discharged ahead of the opening of the trial of a 24-year-old man charged with murdering a father of two in Mayo last year.

A Mayo man is to go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin today for the murder of a man in Kiltimagh last year.

A man accused of murdering a 24-year-old father of two in Mayo just over a year ago is due to go on trial at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday.

A horrific murder/suicide that left two people dead and two others seriously injured may have been sparked by jealousy over a woman, it emerged tonight.

Gardaí in Co Mayo are questioning a man in his 20s in connection with the fatal stabbing of Francis Heneghan in Kiltimagh in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Gardaí in Mayo are looking for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a man missing from Castlebar.

GMIT booked a spot in the final of the Connacht Hurling League following a close 1-13 to 1-11 win over Mayo in Ballyheane this afternoon.

New Mayo senior football manager John O'Mahony is hoping a well-timed trip to America and the Caribbean will have his players primed for the new season.

SEVEN people were killed in five car accidents during the bloodiest weekend on the roads since the introduction of penalty points.

Gardaí have named the mother and son who died in a road accident near Castlebar in Co Mayo last night.

Motorists were warned today to cut down on speeding and drink-driving after news that six people died in road collisions last night.

Four men and a mother and her nine-year-old son have died in four separate overnight road accidents in counties Mayo, Monaghan, Donegal and Tipperary.