Mining company Gyproc has been accused of dividing a Co Monaghan community by linking a promise of new modern GAA facilities with a planning application for a new mine.

More than 40,200 residential sales were recorded in 2014 — the highest level of property sales since the register was introduced in 2010, writes Seán McCárthaigh.

A 47-year-old man has died after the car he was driving crashed into a ditch in Co Carlow last night.