Gardaí are investigating the discovery of a man's body in Co Meath.

A man in his 20s who was injured in a crash in Co Meath last night has died in hospital, gardaí said.

Four people have been injured in a crash in Co Meath overnight.

There has been an explosion in cannabis cultivation in this country.

Reigning champion Kenny McKinstry heads the entry for tomorrow’s Magic Bullet Rally at the Kirkistown Race Circuit for the beginning of the DGM/Carryduff Forklift Northern Ireland Rally Championship.

GARDAÍ have dismantled two more cannabis grow houses in separate operations in Louth and Laois.

Drivers are being warned of black ice and freezing fog this evening as Met Éireann forecasts another night of sub-zero temperatures.

Louth captain Paddy Keenan is determined to remain grounded ahead of Sunday's Leinster SFC final against neighbours Meath.

A RECORD low number of road deaths in the first quarter of 2010 has been spoiled by news that four families have lost loved ones on the roads so far this month.

A 70-YEAR-OLD man died in a two-car crash in Louth yesterday afternoon.

A man is due in court in Co Meath this morning charged in connection with Friday's heroin seizure in Co Louth.

Two men were this evening questioned by Gardai in County Meath after the seizure of €3m worth of heroin.

Gardaí have seized heroin worth €3m in the North East.

The fire services across the country are recuperating this morning after another busy Halloween last night.

Motorists were today warned to expect major traffic diversions as thousands of motorcycle fans travel to Slane Castle.

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy was killed and another seriously injured when the stolen car they were travelling in careered out of control, crashed through a barrier and ploughed into a tree.

A man and a woman have died in separate overnight road accidents in Co Louth and Cork city last night.

A 72-year-old man has died following a two car collision last night.

ALL roads lead to Slane this weekend as Her Madgesty - aka Madonna - is set to become Queen of the Castle.

John Breslin

ALL roads lead to Slane this weekend as the Red Hot Chilli Peppers get set to rock 80,000 fans.

COLLON is a pretty, if minute, piece of rural Ireland going unnoticed daily by the rush of traffic on the Dublin Derry road.

Mark Gallagher looks at how Reilly put the boys from Collon firmly on the map

A garda spotter plane has joined the search for a number of armed men seen acting suspiciously in Co Louth this afternoon.

Two men have been arrested in Co Louth in connection with a series of burglaries overnight in the Ardee and Collon areas.

A second lorry, believed to be connected to yesterday's multi-million pound cigarette raid in the North has been located in Co Louth.