A man accused of shooting his best friend in Co Kildare last year told gardaí the deceased threatened to rape his grandmother.

The belief that the GAA is a fertile training ground for politics seems to ring true for a former president of the country’s biggest sporting organisation, Sean Kelly.

A teenager has appeared in court charged with the murder of Jamie Lindsay.

Gardaí have appealed for help in finding two raiders who beat up and robbed two elderly bachelor brothers after breaking into their house.

Two men in their 80s have been left injured and traumatised after an aggravated burglary at their Co Galway home overnight.

Exploration company Providence Resources has said that its Barryroe well offshore Cork has produced more gas than had been expected.

An exploration company has struck oil and discovered the first commercial well off the Irish coast.

Gardaí have named the young man who died in a crash in Co Kerry yesterday evening.

A 19-YEAR-OLD man was killed in a two-car collision near Tralee in Co Kerry last night as road safety authorities warned of treacherous conditions.