A 25 year old man from Birr in Co Offaly has told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland about the efforts he and his girlfriend have been making to get home from Australia.

The two-vehicle collision happened yesterday on the Belfast Road in Bangor.

Eve Kelliher looks at the creative ethos underpinning the work of Pritzker Prize laureates Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara

The annual Members Exhibition now underway at the Lavit Gallery in Cork features 92 works from 72 artists.The exhibition runs until March 7.

The body of a man has been found in the Slieve Bloom mountains in Co Laois.

Bord na Móna workers are protesting in Co Offaly this afternoon, saying the government's failing to deliver good quality replacement jobs under a "just transition" away from fossil fuels.

The man is charged after the incident between a vehicle and a pedestrian that occurred in the morning of Friday June 14, 2019 in Rhode.

The HSE has reached an agreement with the National Treatment Purchase Fund to open 190 beds over the coming weeks, the minister told a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health.

Thursday, November 28, will be Ireland’s first-ever Animal Health Awareness Day.

An Taisce has said the two power plants in Lanesborough in Co Longford and Shannonbridge in Co Offaly should never have been built.

The Government has sought to allay disquiet in the midlands over the closure of two peat-fired power stations by appointing its first Just Transition Commissioner, Kieran Mulvey.

Half a dozen people who brought personal injury claims totalling €360,000 against an Allianz-insured driver have seen their cases end in five last-minute refusals and a dismissal.

Ireland has 99 species of bees but one third of them are currently threatened with extinction due to a reduction in food sources (wildflowers) and safe nesting sites.

Gardaí investigating a fatal road traffic collision in Co Offaly on Monday are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Gardaí called the Army Bomb Disposal Team to investigate suspect devices at a premises on the Dublin Road in Edenderry just after 9pm last night.

A woman accused of stabbing a 23-year-old man to death in the UK earlier this year has appeared before the High Court in Dublin.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for public assistance in tracing the whereabouts of a woman missing from Co Offaly.

More than 10,000 households were left without power overnight on Friday after heavy rain, thunder and lightning hit many areas across Munster and the rest of the country the previous night.

The search for a woman feared missing in North Clare has been temporarily suspended because of deteriorating weather conditions.

Gardaí are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of a woman missing from Co Offaly.

The President of the Irish Farmers Association is calling for an immediate solution to the row that has led to more than a hundred job-losses.

Protestors are calling on the organisers of this weekend’s Tullamore Show in Co Offaly, to withdraw its invitation to Agriculture Minister Michael Creed over an ongoing dispute over the price of beef paid to farmers.

The Northern Irish Open has evolved into a European first, writes Kevin Markham.

From a €48k doll's house to chandeliers and Hollywood legends, we have all the latest from the world of art and antiques.

Shane Lowry said the feeling of winning The Open “hasn’t sunk in yet” as he was welcomed home to County Offaly.

Lowry left Dublin on Tuesday afternoon bound for his hometown after conducting interviews for the media at the end of a whirlwind 36 hours of celebrations in Dublin that followed his return from Portrush.

A homecoming for Open champion Shane Lowry will be held in Clara, Co Offaly, tomorrow evening.

From funky prints and ultra cool furniture design, to a sun-kissed snuggle chair, Esther N McCarthy has a heap of inspiring ideas for you this week.

The incident occurred at around 2pm when the boy was struck by a car while cycling on a minor road at Heathfield in Pollagh.

A man has died after he was hit by a vehicle while out walking in Co Offaly this morning.

Aaron Buckley, from Clara, Co Offaly, died after getting into difficulty while swimming in the Abbey River, close to the Absolute Hotel, shortly after 1pm.

The winning ticket was sold in Joyce’s Supermarket, much to the delight of the shop owner Pat Joyce.

The victim impact statement - described as harrowing, dignified and thought-provoking - detailed the devastating effects the abuse had on the victim and the wider family, which was now divided.

Revenue officers seized 31,480 unstamped cigarettes in Co Offaly yesterday.

An inquest into the death of a former Bord na Mona employee, who died from an asbestos-related cancer, heard claims today the deceased was exposed to asbestos while working at one of the company’s briquette factories over 50 years ago.

Most of us recognise that sustainability is a global issue that needs to be addressed.

Irish Rail has defended its practice of vegetation management after accusations that it committed acts of 'deliberate destruction' in cutting down trees along the train line in Co Offaly.

Thomas McCarthy grew up in the culture of bothántaíocht, when people would go from house to house, singing and storytelling.

‘Corca Dhuibhne’ is on the map after John Paul Phelan, the junior local government minister signed a statutory instrument to change how the electoral area in west Kerry is referred to in the upcoming local elections.

A woman has been struck by a train in Co Offaly this afternoon.

Susan O’Shea went in search of the happy time she spent on the Shannon as a 13-year-old and found her halcyon memories were not misplaced.