An Oireachtas Committee has recommended more be done to move people who have had asylum applications granted out of direct provision.

Deva Hodkinson has been found safe and well.

A breathtaking encounter at Carrick-on-Shannon ended with Roscommon snatching a draw at the end of normal time and then just about holding off a late Leitrim surge in extra time last night.

Clare fended off a strong Leitrim resurgence in the second-half as Colm Collins’s side worked their way into Round 3 of the qualifiers with a convincing win over Leinster at Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada.

Latest: Three people have been released without charge by gardaí investigating illegal money lending in County Sligo.

An investigation is underway after a motorcyclist in his late 40s was killed in a crash in Co Tipperary.

The mother of a young man who died in a senseless attack has joined a Garda campaign urging young people not to use their fists when out socialising.

The upsurge in Irish Forest rallying continues as over 80 crews line up for tomorrow’s Abbey Hotel Munster Moonraker Rally in Ballyvourney.

Psychologists specialising in helping students through difficult ordeals were yesterday giving help to teachers at the school attended by 14-year-old Elisha Gault, whose body was found in the River Suir on Sunday night after an eight-day search.

Tonight, at 10.15pm, it will be a week since the last confirmed sighting of Elisha Gault.

Dozens of emergency service personnel and volunteers have been drafted in to help search for missing teenager Elisha Gault, with concern growing for her welfare.

Looking back at 2017, Michael H Daniels says our nearest neighbour’s trauma is cooling the market here, and is making the future a lot harder to predict    

Over 20 musicians took to their instruments and the sight is something to behold.

Manchester United return to the Champions League fray tomorrow with their aura of invincibility ever so slightly dented.

Update 7.33am: Two men who drowned on a weekend fishing trip have been named as friends originally from Lithuania.

The bodies of two men believed to have drowned in a boating accident off the coast of Co Donegal have been recovered.

Cork driver Keith Cronin has penned a deal that will see him and Killarney co-driver Mikie Galvin contest this season’s Prestone British Rally Championship with M-Sport and the Ecoboost-powered Ford Fiesta R5.

Trish Dromey discovers a renovated stone property in a calm, tranquil location in County Tipperary.

The economic downturn devastated many areas of Ireland, and one town in Tipperary which was particularly affected is urging people to support local businesses to help the area recover.

Richie Power Sr and Richie Power Jr have the distinction of being one of the father and son combinations where both parties won a senior All-Ireland. The final experiences against Tipperary were mixed, but the father passed on important lessons...

It’s time to be surprised by Leitrim’s diverse delights, from the trails of the Shannon-Erne Blueway to a fabulous forest park, writes Des O’Driscoll.

It began as a quest to right the wrongs of 2015, but four hours into the 90 it took him to finish it, Sam Bennett’s race for Tour de France redemption was effectively over.

A 30-year-old man has been left in a critical condition following a serious assault in Co Leitrim.

This constituency could be best described as hodgepodge, taking in four counties and two provinces.

Only a couple of weeks to Budget 2015 and still time to contact Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, to encourage him to give small wine importers and wine shops a break by reducing our criminally high wine taxes.

There is a loop of hurling anoraks throughout Ireland and I am cousins, never far removed, with each and every pilgrim.

Have you ever seen a murmuration of starlings?

Galway manager Kevin Walsh said that the suggestion that this season’s Connacht championship is the most competitive in years is wide of the mark, because Mayo are still much better than their rivals.

Top seed and leader of the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship Michael O’Brien (Ford Focus WRC) can expect a stern test in tomorrow’s Donegal Forest Rally, the second round of the campaign.