A Garda has been hospitalised after an early-morning attack by two men in County Roscommon.

London is expected to be painted green tomorrow.

The relationship between sport and the media changed in Ireland on Christmas week in 1880.

A man who knocked down and killed a pedestrian in County Roscommon is urging people to wear hi-vis vests on the roads.

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A man in his 70s has died following a fire at a house in County Roscommon.

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten has today welcomed the decision to allow a power station in the midlands continue operating until 2030.

A woman in her late 80s has died from her injuries following a car crash in County Roscommon.

The roar of the Irish could be heard on the streets of Paris as a top diplomat was cheered on for dancing a jig before declaring: "Allez les verts!"

Roscommon native Jennifer Hough looks at why her home county was the only one with a no majority in the marriage referendum — and the implications of this

It has been a month of personal rewards for Connacht prop Denis Buckley, but none will come bigger than a Connacht victory over Gloucester in the vital first-leg Champions Cup play-off on Sunday.

At a BirdLife Malta nature reserve last week, I watched three black-necked grebes swimming and diving in glorious Mediterranean sunshine.

The Health and Safety Authority has begun an investigation into the death of a woman on her family farm in County Roscommon.

Housing lists around the country have grown an average of 42% in the past year.

Majestic Timeline has put County Roscommon handler Adrian Joyce on the map in his first season as a trainer.

Two men are due to appear in court this morning in relation to the seizure of more than €2m worth of cannabis plants.

A 51-year-old man who raped a young girl on several occasions in County Roscommon and who told gardaí it was “just a compulsion” has been jailed for eight years.

Dubliners have the highest disposable income per person in the state, according to the Central Statistics Office.

A Roscommon GAA club will lodge a complaint after the contents of a visiting team bus toilet were emptied outside their grounds following a weekend intercounty game.

A man has died after being knocked down in County Roscommon yesterday evening.

Gardaí have uncovered a cannabis growhouse in County Roscommon.

Channel 4's Grand Designs show will have a very Irish flavour tomorrow night.

A search is underway for two inmates of Castlerea Prison in County Roscommon who are unaccounted for.

A 65-year-old woman has died following a collision in County Roscommon earlier.

Two people have been injured in a road accident in County Roscommon.

The Accident and Emergency Department at Roscommon County Hospital will be replaced with an urgent care unit from today.

A woman has died in a road accident in County Roscommon.

The Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup is back on track after the GAA's Higher Education Council tonight fixed the remaining games in the competition.

Eighty jobs are being lost at the Dawn Meats plant in County Roscommon.

A Westmeath man who sexually assaulted three young girls in Roscommon and north Dublin has been given a two years prison sentence by Judge Joseph Matthews.

Seventy eight jobs are to go at a fish factory in County Roscommon, it was revealed this afternoon.

A Sligo parish priest said he was looking forward to resuming his duties after being tareted by what he claimed was an untrue allegation of abuse.

A prison officer has been seriously injured in a knife attack at Castlerea Prison in County Roscommon.

Gardaí have named a man killed in road accident in Dundalk last Sunday.

Gardaí in the midlands have been involved in a high-speed car chase following what is understood to be a bungled raid in County Roscommon.

Up to 8,000 households in County Roscommon have been left without water following a diesel oil spill at a reservoir.

A new charity, the 'Children of Africa', is being launched in County Roscommon this weekend with the aim of helping street kids in South Africa.

Gardaí have named the first of the four people killed on the roads this weekend as 54-year-old Maura Daffey from Lismugh.

Finance Minister Brian Cowen sat drinking a pint of Guinness today inside the door of MJ Henry’s pub, where Sean Doherty and his Fianna Fáil cumann had plotted so many of their election victories.

Connacht Rugby have officially luanched their new academy with the contracting of six players to the elite player development programme where it is hoped over the next three years they will develop into full time professionals with Connacht Rugby.

THE GOVERNMENT faces a legal action against plans to split Co Leitrim for electoral purposes, as locals believe it will deprive the county of a TD.

The most senior police officer in Derry told a businessman that the British army decided to shoot civilians to lure the IRA into a gun battle on Bloody Sunday, it was claimed today.

THE miraculous escape of a woman who was accidentally shot in County Roscommon recently should again focus attention on the dangers posed by lethal weapons in the hands of so-called sportsmen.