A woman molested by her brother as a child finally reported the abuse when the Jimmy Savile cases came to light.

With its Irish name meaning fort, and named after Dingle in Kerry, this house called Daingean is in as good an old, suburban setting as you’ll find in Cork.

A man who was shot dead on a country lane was worried about men hanging out near his home, a witness at a murder trial told the Central Criminal Court yesterday.

A bog area used by Bord na Móna in the Midlands has been converted into a €115m wind farm with enough power to generate electricity for 45,000 houses.

IN Hollywood it would have cost millions of dollars and taken months to shoot, but the burning passion of two film-makers and the support of a community created a powerful period drama in three weeks — and on a shoestring budget.

A failure by An Bord Pleanála to consider the needs of cyclists and pedestrians when it refused permission for a major road-widening scheme extending 28km between Tralee and Daingean in Co Kerry has led to a High Court order overturning that refusal.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of killing Offaly publican Matthew Farrell during a burglary has begun to deliberate on a verdict.

The trial of a man accused of killing Offaly publican Matthew Farrell has heard the victim died from a heart attack as a result of blunt force trauma to the head and face.

The trial of a man accused of the manslaughter of an Offaly publican has today heard that none of the DNA profiles found at the scene matched that of the accused.

The trial of a man accused of the manslaughter of an Offaly publican two years ago has heard how a witness walked into a garda station and told gardaí he knew who the killer was.

A ROUTINE patrol through a rural village became a matter of life and death when gardaí found themselves helping a distressed mum give birth to her baby girl.

SOLICITOR Jeremy Doyle has denied confirming he was to be paid €150,000 for entering into “dummy” contracts, never to be performed, for the onward sale of lands in Co Offaly at the centre of a land deal “scam” allegedly driven by former FF Cllr Gerard Killally.

An investor suing Brian Cowen’s former running mate for making more than €5m in secret profits on a land deal says he only learned what happened months later.

Customs officers have uncovered a large oil laundering plant in Co Offaly.

A 29-year-old man charged with killing a pensioner last year has been refused bail.

Gardaí in Offaly are still detaining a man in connection with the murder of Offaly publican Matt Farrell.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested over the murder of Offaly publican Matt Farrell.

Around a thousand people have taken to the streets of Tullamore, Co. Offaly to demand the Taoiseach step in to save local fire services.

Firefighters with the trade union SIPTU are beginning an immediate ballot for industrial action over the closure of three fire stations in Co Offaly.

TWO men arrested in connection with a number of burglaries on rural pubs are being questioned at Tullamore Garda Station about a burglary which resulted in the death of an Offaly publican.

A PRIEST married his own son in Galway yesterday.

The family of the Offaly publican killed a year ago today is offering a €20,000 reward for information.

Gardaí have carried out interviews abroad in relation to the murder of Matt Farrell, it has emerged.

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

A €10,000 reward is being offered for information about the death of Offaly publican Matt Farrell.

I repeat that I witnessed assaults regularly. I saw some boys get pretty serious beatings, although not enough to require hospitalisation, thankfully. Sometimes it happened for the most trivial of offences, such as speaking out of turn, being late for class or for being unable to answer a question correctly

Victims of the horrific child abuse inflicted in State-run institutions feel empty and cheated by the nine-year inquiry, they said today.

The Christian Brothers in Ireland is apologising to all those who were sexually abused and hurt by its brothers.

A 28-year-old Laois man remains in Garda custody this morning in connection with the death of publican Matthew Farrell in Offaly earlier this month.

A second man remains in custody in connection with the killing of Offaly publican Matt Farrell.

Gardaí in Offaly are questioning a man in connection with the murder of a publican in Daingean last week.

The Co Offaly publican found dead following a suspected robbery at his premises in Daingean last week has been laid to rest.

Large crowds are expected today at the funeral of the Co Offaly publican found dead following a suspected robbery at his premises in Daingean last week.

The removal of the Co. Offaly publican who was murdered in Daingean last week is due to take place this evening.

THE Garda investigation into the death of publican Matt Farrell in Co Offaly is likely to be a “long haul”, Garda sources have indicated.

MURDER squad detectives have been called in to investigate the death of publican Matt Farrell after a postmortem confirmed he lost his life as a direct result of a series of blows across his head during a late-night attack at his home.

A publican murdered during a robbery at his rural bar died after being beaten about the head, it emerged today.

GARDAÍ investigating the death of a publican in a “burglary gone wrong” are hopeful they will glean clues about the killers from a forensic examination of the scene.

A massive manhunt was launched tonight after a popular publican died when he was tied up during a violent robbery.

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found in a pub in Co Offaly this morning.

ONLY an 11th-hour reprieve will mean nine-year- old Casey Naughton starts school with every other primary pupil in the country next week, despite assurances from the Taoiseach that he would find a school place.

A NEW book on the life of murdered crime boss Martin Cahill sensationally claims that The General once prevented the kidnapping of one of Bono’s children.

A woman died in a traffic accident last night.