A 73-year-old woman has escaped serious injury after a van ploughed through the wall of her home in Co. Down.

A 27-year-old man has died following a crash in Co Down last night.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in County Down.

A woman has been killed in a crash in County Down.

A motorcyclist has died after a road crash in Co Down.

A man has died in a crash in Co. Down.

Every golfer in Ireland knows the bounty of courses we have on our island. There are 330 18-hole courses and approximately 80 nine-hole courses. It makes for rich pickings. So how do you pick a top 100?

Limerick will be the centre of the Irish antiques trade next weekend. More than 100 dealers, antique shops and galleries will be represented at the National Antiques Art and Vintage Fair at the South Court Hotel on June 20 and 21.

A 32-year-old man has died after a single-car crash in the North.

A 21 year-old man has appeared in court in Newry charged in relation to an alleged kidnapping in Co. Louth.

Munster will reunite Peter Stringer and Ronan O’Gara at half-back for the first time in 19 months as head coach Rob Penney shuffles his deck for tomorrow night’s RaboDirect Pro12 clash with Newport Gwent Dragons at Thomond Park (8pm).

Three Irish riders were in the prize money at last night's World Cup Grand Prix in Wellington, Florida, but it was Britain's Scott Brash who took victory with Sanctos Van Het Gravenhof in an 11-horse jump off.

Extensive damage has been caused to a bank in Newry in Co. Down, after a fire broke out in the building yesterday evening.

THE country’s golfing Oscars were handed out last night, with an outstanding contribution award for the man credited with packaging the south-west of the country into one of the most formidable golfing brands on the globe.

A viable pipe bomb type device has been left at the entrance of a retired policewoman's home in Co. Down.

Rory McIlroy will get a heroes' welcome when he arrives back to Co. Down later this week.

Ulster Bank has taken control of the biggest factory shop in Ireland, the Outlet shopping centre in Banbridge, Co. Down.

Police in the North are appealing for witnesses after a woman suffered a serious assault in Co. Down.

Police in the North have arrested a man in connection with a bomb attack in Co. Down earlier this year.

Police in the North have arrested three people in connection with a shooting incident in Co. Down at the weekend.

Ireland's Jessica Kurten will not be competing in the Rolex FEI World Cup Final in Geneva, Switzerland this weekend, following a fall from a horse at her yard in Germany at the end of last week.

RORY McILROY heads into this week’s defence of his Omega Dubai Desert Classic title by signing the biggest single deal of his short professional career.

A man has been assaulted and tied up during a robbery in Co. Down.

The funeral of a British Army captain killed in an explosion in Afghanistan is taking place in Hillsborough, Co. Down.

Police in the North are investigating a raid on a cash-in-transit van in Co. Down today.

A man has been stabbed in the back in Co. Down.

Three people are being treated in hospital in the North after two separate assaults last night.

Police in the North are investigating an assault in Co. Down.

Police in Co. Down are now treating the death of an elderly woman in Newry as murder.

Spanish police are continuing their investigations into the killing of an Irish woman who was beaten to death on Christmas Eve on Tenerife.

A 40-year-old man is dead following a single-vehicle collision in the North.

GOLF tyro Rory McIlroy hopes to finish the year among the world’s top 50 and ensure his place at next year’s majors.

In the North, the fourth funeral of the four police officers killed in the weekend's road collision in Co. Down is taking place later today.

Danielle McVeigh claimed her maiden victory in US Collegiate golf and steered Texas A&M University to a two-stroke team victory at the 54-hole Donnis Thompson Invitational in Hawaii.