Residential property prices rose by 2% in the year to June compared to 2.6% in May, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

A 25-year-old man will appear in court this evening, charged in connection with a robbery in County Monaghan.

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A stretch of the N2 in County Monaghan will remain closed this morning at Taplagh near Carrickmacross after a fatal collision yesterday evening.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital, following an assault in County Monaghan this morning.

Gardaí targeting dissident republicans have uncovered a major cache of guns and bomb-making equipment in a search near the border.

The Menu’s most recent visit to Kinsale was for the purpose of first broadening mind before waistband, at the newly opened Kinsale Gourmet Academy, in Ballinacurra House. 

A group of families from the Republic are in Stormont Castle in Belfast today to raise awareness of their plight into alleged garda wrong doing.

Colourful trainer Oliver Brady died peacefully in his sleep on Monday evening following a long battle with cancer. He was 75.

A Police Ombudsman investigation into the Omagh bombing which killed 29 people will be published imminently, it was revealed.

A small explosive device has been defused in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan.

A man in his 20s is being questioned by detectives investigating the murder of a man in County Monaghan six years ago.

A man in his 40s remains in garda custody this morning in connection with the disappearance of a dog breeder in Cavan almost two years ago.

A murder inquiry has been launched following the death of a teenager in Co. Tyrone.

Two men are still in garda custody this morning, being held for questioning over two illegal oil laundering plants uncovered in counties Louth and Monaghan.

A young man has been killed in a crash in County Monaghan.

Imperial Shabra received the loudest cheer of the afternoon at Stratford after claiming the Alice’s Noodle Bar Novices’ Handicap Chase – but the decibel level would have been considerably higher had Oliver Brady been present.

A jury has been ordered by a Central Criminal Court judge to acquit a man accused of taking part in the gang rape of a pregnant woman in County Monaghan.

The man shot dead in a taxi in Dundalk, County Louth this morning, has been named locally as James Hughes from Crossmaglen in South Armagh.

THE Irish crew of Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle (MINI WRC) begins today’s second leg of Rally GB, the final round of the World Rally Championship, in fifth place following a solid run through yesterday’s opening three stages.

One person has been killed in a crash in County Monaghan overnight.

A man who saved his wife from the New Zealand earthquake has been hailed a hero.

Three men have been arrested after a Garda chase in County Monaghan.

Tony Blair faced a barrage of abuse today as he was confronted by anti-war protesters at his first book signing.

A father-of-five accused of possessing a firearm and of IRA membership was refused bail today.

Forensic results are expected later today on the badly decomposed body of a man in County Monaghan.

The badly decomposed remains of a man have been discovered in County Monaghan.

Motorists are being urged to drive with care given the frosty conditions in many areas with patches of freezing fog.

EBADIYAN is to make a quick reappearance at Punchestown on Saturday following his facile success at Naas.

The family of one of 'The Disappeared' is appealing to IRA members who know anything about the victims to come forward.

The son of a veteran republican campaigning to prove the IRA was responsible for the murder of a man nearly a year ago appeared in a Newry court today on terror charges.

A health and safety inspector has revealed at the trial of a construction company charged with breaching safety regulations that three safety groups operated on a site where a drainage pipe layer died five years ago.

New plans to issue death certificates to families of people missing for more than seven years will not bring closure to relatives of the so-called Disappeared, it was claimed today.

A man in his 20s has been arrested in connection with a major drugs seizure in County Monaghan this afternoon.

The home of one of the men publicly linked to the murder of south Armagh man Paul Quinn has been attacked four times, the local MP said today.

Gardaí in County Monaghan have launched a murder investigation following a fatal assault on a man near Castleblaney last night.

More than one-hundred new jobs are being created in County Monaghan.

Paris Hilton is travelling to Ireland in a bid find out if she is a distant relative of British pop star Lily Allen.

The N2 has been reopened between Castleblaney and Carrickmacross in County Monaghan following an accident this afternoon.

The N2 is closed between Castleblaney and Carrickmacross in County Monaghan because of an accident.

DAVID Ryan, who trains outside Tuam in Co. Galway, took the honours at Down Royal yesterday when recording a double with Mr Big and Foretto.

KERRY has the dubious honour of having more of its territory designated as special areas of conservation than any other county.

Detectives were tonight given an extra 48 hours to question an unsuccessful candidate in the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections about the attempted murder of a soldier more than 25 years ago.

THE Medical Council has refused to comment on its plans for a number of doctors criticised following the death of a man who bled to death at Monaghan General Hospital after no bed could be found to allow him have emergency surgery.