The Government has announced the establishment of a special group to examine the supports afforded to asylum seekers, including direct provision, which will be chaired by a former secretary general of the European Commission.

Minister of State for Equality, Immigration and Integration, David Stanton has called on the protesters at the Achill Head Hotel to “stand down”.

Even the responsible role of executive vice president and chief product officer for Citrix sometimes takes a backseat to sporting events 5,000 miles away.

If there is to be another Seamus Darby this year, the man himself believes he is likely to be a Mayo man.

A man was killed and three people were injured after a van collided with an ambulance in Co Cork in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The general election offers a gorgeous insight into the importance of the county boundary in modern Irish life.

A cyclist has been killed in a road accident in Co Tipperary.

Ger McKenna, the legendary greyhound trainer from Borrisokane, passed away late on Wednesday night.

It’s the traditional Irish village pub that’s given up drink for business.

GET Local is a new platform to help small businesses tap into nearby resources, says Oliver Moore

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash in Co. Tipperary.

Once considered a quiet outpost on the fringes of the popular tourist haunt of Cashel, recent years have seen New Inn become a magnet for burglars, and now locals fear the situation will worsen with the imminent closure of its Garda station.

Rory Fitzgerald has done the maths and claims that savings on wine have turned his family holiday to Brittany into a free jaunt. It’s the perfect excuse.

Much work has been done in recent years to improve the N52 linking Dundalk to Nenagh. Extensive works are underway near Borrisokane to improve transit times on this corridor.

Two people have been taken to Cork University Hospital after accidents in Cork and Tipperary this morning.

Hollywood actor Martin Sheen has declared himself proud of his uncle’s IRA past.

Hollywood actor Martin Sheen has declared himself proud of his uncle’s IRA past.

PAUL CARBERRY produced a typically confident ride as Muirhead captured a dramatic Ladbrokes.com Munster National at Limerick yesterday.

DIETING is definitely not on the menu tonight as the Tipperary Food Producers once again tantalise the tastebuds of food lovers from all over the country with their annual Long Table Dinner, which takes place in the historic grounds of Cashel’s Rockwell College.

TWO courthouses are facing closure despite hundreds of thousands of euro being spent on renovation works over the past decade.

GARDAÍ discovered three more large-scale cannabis factories at the weekend.

NORTH Tipperary County Council is being called upon to take safety action following signs that a number of historic castles in the Nenagh area are crumbling.

RESIDENTS living in a so-called “ghost estate” in Borrisokane in Co Tipperary are living in fear of a major accident because the gable ends of some of the unfinished houses on the site have collapsed.

FOUR years on and Phillip Austin recalls with clarity his daunting introduction to senior inter-county championship football.

THE wife of a man, who was crushed to death in a weekend truck accident, tried to resuscitate him in his final moments.

A 45-year-old man has died after the truck he was working on fell on him in Co. Tipperary.

Three men and a woman were arrested today after a massive weapons cache was uncovered in Amsterdam as part of an international investigation into an Irish crime gang.

ARRABAWN will be one of the few farmers’ co-ops to focus on growth in their agri-trading division during 2008.

HIGHER turnover pushed Tipperary’s Arrabawn Co-op into profit last year.

MAXIMISING dairy profit through improved breeding will be the main objective of a Teagasc open day next Wednesday, September 13, on the Co Tipperary farm of Jim and Pauline Delahunty, the winner of the 2006 Economic Breeding Index (EBI) competition.

“The GAA President’s Awards are about rewarding the volunteer. It’s about recognising the voluntary efforts of GAA members who seek nothing in return, work that has been going on for over one hundred years.” - GAA president Sean Kelly.

Gardaí have named two victims of road accidents earlier this week.

DAVENPORT DEMOCRAT gave Ruby Walsh an armchair ride on his way to success in the Dawn Pure Orange Juice Beginners Chase at the first stage of the Listowel Festival yesterday.

OLYMPIC long jump champion, Dwight Phillips, was among the early arrivals as the stars for tomorrow’s BUPA Cork City Sports at The Mardyke began to assemble yesterday.

GREENCORE’S commitment to Irish agriculture is in question it was claimed yesterday, when up to 250 farmers protested over a decision to close Banagher Maltings in Co Offaly.

A large tanker lorry has crashed into a building in County Tipperary.

Gardaí have released the name of the woman who was killed in this morning’s car crash in Co Tipperary.

Robbers have carried out the first euro raid in this country.