A company director, his construction company and the biggest co-op in the west are all to stand trial after an internal wall at a DIY store collapsed, killing two men.

A Garda car was rammed three times and officers had to avoid a petrol drum that exploded after being thrown onto the road during a high-speed chase through the midlands.

Motorsport: Losing time off the start line of last night’s opening stage of Rally Sweden, round two of the World Rally Championship, the Irish crew of Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle (Citroen D3 WRC) are outside the top 10 but still only 2.6 seconds off the lead after the completion of the Super Special at Karlstad. Meeke was very relaxed at the stage finish and was looking forward to today’s nine stages.

A suspect device discovered in Co Longford earlier this evening was viable.

A district court judge said that he had been threatened with judicial review in an attempt to influence a case’s outcome.

A judge says Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan is “taking turf from the poor of Longford”.

Health and safety officials were last night trying to establish what may have caused a 12m wall to collapse at a DIY and garden centre in Longford on Tuesday, killing two men and injuring four others.

Four people remain in hospital this morning following the collapse of a wall in a Longford DIY centre which killed two others.

Meath and Longford could be in the unique position of having no managers on the line for their Leinster Minor FC opener in Pearse Park on Saturday.

The Special Criminal Court has set a date in December for the trial of a Longford man charged with having an explosive device on the eve of the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain last year.

A Brazilian man who was sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing his flatmate more than 40 times after an argument over her relationships with other men has failed in an appeal against his conviction.

A Co Longford man charged with having an explosive device on the eve of the State visit of Britain's Queen Elizabeth earlier this year faced further charges at the Special Criminal Court today.

THE DONEGAL Mini Stage Rally in Glenties fell victim to the weather conditions despite the heroic work of the organisers who salted the roads over which the event was to traverse.

A pedestrian has been killed in a crash in Co Longford.

A teenage boy has died as a result of a farm accident in Co Longford yesterday evening.

CONTAMINATED oil as a generator of heat for drying was never a problem in the EU feed business before Ireland’s December pork dioxin scare.

LEITRIM is the newest playground for holiday home buyers and retirees — even President McAleese has a house there.

Three people remain in garda custody this morning following yesterday's raids on three large-scale cannabis growing operations in Longford and Roscommon.

GARDAÍ arrested two men and one woman yesterday when they swooped on three sophisticated cannabis factories in Roscommon and Longford.

Gardaí have arrested three people following raids on a number of houses in Longford and Roscommon where cannabis was being grown.

The roads at the scenes of two car crashes in Dublin and Longford have reopened to traffic.

Four people have been injured in an early morning crash in Co Longford.

UP TO 20 jobs are under threat after a fire gutted a recycling plant in north Co Longford.

Up to 20 jobs are under threat after a fire gutted a recycling plant in north Co Longford.

The emergency services have brought a major fire at a recycling plant in Longford under control.

A man in his 30s has died after losing control of his vehicle on a road in Co Longford this morning.

PARENTS of a seven-year-old school boy last night held a vigil at his bedside in Beaumont Hospital where he was being treated for serious head injuries after falling from the emergency exit door of a schoolbus.

A 16-year-old boy has become the fifth person to die from accidents on the country’s roads this weekend.

ALL-IRELAND Ladies Football champions Galway started the year brightly with a six points win over Monaghan (2-14 to 0-14) on the opening weekend of the Suzuki National Football League.

An elderly cyclist has died after being struck by a car in Co Longford yesterday evening.

A young man died in a road accident in Co Longford yesterday evening.

Gardai in Longford are appealing for information in relation to the attempted kidnapping of a child yesterday evening.

Gardai in Longford are investigating an attempted child abduction in the county yesterday evening.