Mourners at the funeral of a man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend last Friday before taking his own life were told there will never be an explanation for what he did to the two families.

Gardaí are investigating how Robert Hartery accessed a legally-held weapon which he used to murder his former partner Sarah Regan.

The body of a man who had just murdered his ex-girlfriend was discovered by a family friend as she spoke to his disabled mother on the phone.

Investigations are continuing into the shooting deaths of a 44-year-old man and a 30-year-old mother-of-two in Co Roscommon this weekend.

A mother of two and a man found shot dead in Roscommon are suspected of having committed suicide, police sources said.

Two people have been found shot dead in Co Roscommon.

An investigation is underway into the attempted abduction of a security company employee and his family in Co Kildare.

AN armed gang held three women hostage during the latest tiger kidnapping.

An armed gang held three women hostage during the latest so-called tiger kidnapping.

THE hunt was continuing last night for a gang of four who terrorised two families in Roscommon in the country’s latest tiger raid.

A Co Roscommon man who has been in a Greek jail for the past five months was today acquitted and is due for release this afternoon.

A man has died following a road traffic accident in Cloonfad in Co Roscommon last night.