Several teenagers have been brought to hospital after at least one aerosol exploded in a house in Drogheda, Co. Louth this afternoon.

Budding journalist Elayna Keller showed the power of the written word yesterday when she won a national competition that encourages students to read newspapers.

Gardaí are continuing a question a 40-year-old woman over the murder of a man in Drogheda, Co. Louth.

Two women and five children escaped uninjured after shots were fired at their house in Drogheda, Co. Louth.

Gardaí are investigating a shooting incident in Drogheda, Co. Louth, yesterday.

A retired consultant surgeon accused of indecently assaulting young males over a 26-year period faces charges in relation to six new complainants.

Almost 400 people are waiting on trolleys to be admitted to hospitals nationwide today.

A 16-year-old boy has been stabbed in Drogheda, Co. Louth.

The State has been given extra time to complete a book of evidence in the case of a retired consultant surgeon who denies indecently assaulting 16 young males over a 26-year period.

Gardaí at Glanmire, Co Cork are today seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of Shannon Cunningham, 16.

Gardaí have recovered a burned out car they believe may have been used during the abduction of a post office worker, his partner and their child in Drogheda, Co. Louth overnight.

Some 329 patients were this morning on trolleys in the country's hospitals, according to lateset 'trolley watch' figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

A number of Jewish students are sitting the Leaving Cert English Paper Two this morning.

Two men have been arrested in connection with a fire at an apartment complex in Drogheda, Co. Louth.

The body of a woman has been pulled from the River Boyne in Drogheda, Co. Louth.