Difficult choices and an eclectic mix of genres didn’t stop Kieran Bohane from enjoying the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

Lady Gregory: An Irish Life

Mother-of-four Vera McGrath has been convicted of murdering her husband at their Westmeath home 23 years ago.

EVEN in a drenching summer in Ireland, there’s no shortage of things to do if you wish to enjoy our natural heritage.

A woman accused of murdering her husband 23 years ago was told by gardaí in 1996 that she would not be prosecuted, when the 'missing jigsaw piece' was DNA identification.

A woman who claims she saw her father beaten to death 23 years ago says she used to have trouble sleeping because she could see his head on the hayfork.

Veronica McGrath has denied implicating her mother in her father’s killing to disguise her own guilt at the Central Criminal Court.

Gardaí in Co Westmeath have arrested a woman in her 60s in connection with the murder of Brian McGrath more than 20 years ago.

A MAN arrested at Dublin airport last night will appear in court this morning charged with a murder in Co Westmeath 21 years ago.

A woman being questioned by Gardaí in connection with the suspected murder of a man in Co Westmeath 21 years ago has been released without charge.

GARDAÍ are to prepare a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions after questioned a woman in connection with the murder of a man more than 20 years ago.

Gardaí in Co Westmeath have arrested a woman in connection with the murder of Brian McGrath 21 years ago.

THE work of a bone specialist will form a key part of the Garda investigation into the suspected murder of a man who vanished more than 20 years ago.

GARDAÍ are hoping new DNA evidence may lead to a prosecution in the suspected murder of a man who suddenly disappeared more than 20 years ago.

Gardaí investigating the disappearance and death of a 43-year-old man in 1987 have exhumed his remains from a cemetery in Co Westmeath today.

SPRING may be here, and no real need to feed the birds, but the sight of a new species at the bird table sends me to buy another bag of peanuts, whatever the expense. Long-tailed tits are almost unheard of at bird feeders and so pretty and entertaining that I want to keep them coming. There’s a possessiveness to it — people with garden bird tables will know what I mean.

FOR the weekend birder, the peripatetic birder (the travelling salesman, say) or the twitcher, Finding Birds in Ireland, The Complete Guide, by Dempsey and O’Clery is the book to buy.

A man in his fifties has died following an accident on a farm in the Coole area, near Ardee in County Louth.

THE death toll on Irish roads climbed to 98 yesterday after a two-car accident left a woman dead and two people in hospital.

Oysters with cognac dressing - from Irish Oyster Cuisine.

A YOUNG non-national woman was one of two people who died in separate road accidents yesterday.

WAS anybody left in Kildare town around lunchtime yesterday? Just a handful. Everyone else had rushed over to Newbridge Silverware Showrooms for the return of their latest celebrity.

THE last doctor to see John Carthy alive found him eager to return to work and get on with his life after coming through a renewed bout of manic depression.

A SUPERB city family home has an inside and an outside that will see its new owners end up in tiers.