A 21-year-old man has has been released on conditional bail after he was charged over a stabbing in Birr, Co. Offaly which left a man in critical condition.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after what Gardaí are calling "a serious assault" in Co. Offaly this morning.

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car in Co. Offaly this morning.

Comedian Ross Browne has been at it again.

Three men in their 20s have been handed life sentences for the murder of a 64-year-old man in Co. Offaly.

Three men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of 64-year-old Thomas Dooley in Co. Offaly.

Gardaí are appealing for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a missing 63-year-old man from Co. Offaly.

A woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of her daughter in Co. Offaly.

A 10-year-old boy is in hospital after being seriously injured in a traffic accident in Co. Offaly.

A struck-off solicitor and an elderly businessman will be sentenced today for defrauding a bank of almost €9m to buy land now worth €30,000.

Gardaí in Co. Offaly investigating a shooting incident at Cluain Darach yesterday evening have arrested a man.

Gardaí have uncovered a cannabis grow house in Co. Offaly.

A court action to have bankrupt developer Tom McFeely jailed over an unpaid debt will resume next month.

Two men in their 20's have been arrested by Gardaí following an armed robbery in Co. Offaly.

The family of missing Irish vet, Catherine Gowing, will have to wait until next week for the results of a postmortem being carried out on remains found at two seperate locations in North Wales.

The search for a missing Irish woman in North Wales has now entered its seventh day.

An Irishman has pleaded not guilty to having sex in a taxi in Dubai.

Gardaí are investigating the death of a child in Co. Offaly.

The four men killed in yesterday's horrific road crash in Co. Offaly have been named.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an horrific crash in Co. Offaly which killed three young brothers and their friend.

A man in his thirties remains in Garda custody this morning, after a cannabis growhouse was discovered in Co. Offaly yesterday.

Gardaí in Dublin are continuing to question a 19-year-old man in connection with an investigation into internet hacking.

Two teens have been arrested as part of an investigation into hacking.

A Kildare man has been charged with stalking a former general election running mate of Brian Cowen.

A truck filled with components for explosives has crashed in Moneygall in Co. Offaly.

A 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of a father of one in Co. Offaly yesterday.

There are fears for 200 jobs at medical devices company in Co. Offaly.

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.

Gardaí in Co. Offaly are renewing their appeal for information about the murder of publican Matt Farrell, a year after his death.

A 44-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for withholding information in relation to a murder in Co. Offaly over six years ago, in the Central Criminal Court today.

There has been a serious road accident in Co. Offaly.

A 30-year-old man has been charged in connection with the death of a Brazilian woman in Co. Offaly last Thursday.

Ireland's first ever "climate camp" is getting underway in Co. Offaly today.

The finances of a money lender jailed for 10 years for laundering cash from the notorious Northern Bank robbery will be probed in a new court-ordered inquiry, it was revealed tonight.

A Cork financial adviser was facing up to 14 years in jail tonight for laundering cash from the £26.5m (€28.4m) Northern Bank robbery.

A 27-year-old Irish man has died while taking part in a marathon in Spain.

A fingerprint of Cork man Timothy Cunningham junior was found on black tape stuck to a Dunnes Stores plastic bag full of sterling that was discovered during a search of the basement of his father’s house, the prosecution claimed on the seventh day of the money-laundering trial today.

Gardaí have released the names of the two men killed in a car crash in Co. Offaly yesterday.