A motorcyclist has been killed in a road crash in Co Westmeath.

Nearly 3,000 homes in counties Donegal, Meath and Dublin are without power due to high winds and stormy conditions.

A woman who sued her partner’s parents after she lost an eye in a horrific domestic accident has had her action dismissed by a High Court judge.

The High Court has ruled against a 27 year-old woman who sued her boyfriend's parents after losing an eye in an accident at their home.

THE SON of one of Ireland’s most notorious terrorists was among six dissident republicans arrested after they stole €60,000 worth of alcohol and two articulated trucks, valued at €240,000.

Gardaí are questioning six men in connection with dissident activity.

The N4 Mullingar bypass has reopened eastbound between J17 Mullingar West/Castlepollard and the Delvin slip road following an earlier crash.

The N4 Mullingar bypass was blocked eastbound between J17 Mullingar West/Castlepollard and the Delvin slip road this evening due to a crash.

Dublin Airport Authority says the airport is fully operational this morning, despite another night of freezing conditions.

The Garda Air Support unit has joined the hunt for four people believed to be behind a foiled burglary in Co Westmeath.

A woman in her 20s has been taken to hospital following a road accident in Co Westmeath.

Dubliners will be asked tomorrow to help draw up a plan to keep the city’s waterways clean.

A man has died after two vehicles were in collision on a road in Co Westmeath this morning.

BUS ÉIREANN are investigating the case of a teenage boy who was injured when he fell out of the emergency exit of a moving bus as it carried youngsters home from school in Co Monaghan, it was confirmed yesterday.

More than 30 teenagers have escaped injury following a fire on board their school bus near Athboy in Co Meath this morning.

Three men arrested in connection with the hijacking of a lorry carrying €300,000 worth of vodka were today remanded in custody with consent to bail.

Three men accused of hijacking a lorry carrying €300,000 worth of vodka in Co Meath are to appear at Longford District Court this morning.

THE arrest of a former IRA prisoner freed early under the Good Friday Agreement in connection with an audacious €300,000 vodka truck hijacking yesterday dealt a further blow to the peace process yesterday.

Irish Justice Minister Michael McDowell tonight warned trust was being eroded after two former IRA men were arrested with another man following the hijacking of a lorry load of vodka in Co Meath.

Three men were arrested today after a lorry carrying €300,000 euro worth of vodka was hijacked in Co Meath.

Two women have been killed on Irish roads today in separate accidents.

The Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) has begun a work-to-rule at St Mary's Hospital in Delvin, Co Westmeath.