A footballer from the North has been named locally as one of the weekend’s seven road-crash victims.

A man in his early 20s has died following a collision in Monaghan.

WHEN eight British soldiers were arrested by the gardaí in the middle of the night in May 1976, it was one of the most embarrassing diplomatic incidents of the Troubles.

The man accused of the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was on bail and under curfew at the time of the fatal shooting, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Three people have been arrested in connection with burglaries in the Blackrock area of Dublin.

A teenage boy is still being questioned tonight after an alleged attack on a teenager in County Louth earlier today.

Two men are still in Garda custody after a drug seizure in Co Louth.

Two men, aged 57 and 42, from the UK and Northern Ireland were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.

Garda fraud experts have made a third arrest as part of a major investigation into a fraudulent operation worth an estimated €29m run by an organised crime gang.

A suspect has been arrested in Co Louth as part of an investigation into alleged money-laundering of €29m.

A Garda was taken to hospital after being struck in the face near his eye in what sources say was an unprovoked attack.

An Garda Síochána have commenced a search for Saoirse Smyth, disappeared in April 2017, in a forested area in Omeath, Co. Louth.

A man has been refused bail after he was charged with “viciously attacking” a 93-year-old pensioner who suffered knife wounds at his Co. Louth home at the weekend.

A man has been arrested in connection with the serious assault of a pensioner in County Louth.

A man is due to appear in court this morning in connection with an incident at a graveyard in Co Louth.

A man has been injured after reportedly being hit by a car at a graveyard in Co Louth this afternoon, according to local media reports.

'Close family friend' Niall Power has become the second man sentenced to life in prison, after admitting to the murder of mother-of-three Irene White in her Co Louth home.

Irish Rail is describing an incident of alleged racial-abuse on a train as "shocking" and "upsetting".

Gardaí are seeking the public's help in an investigation of alleged racial abuse on a train.

A woman has been seriously assaulted while out walking in Dundalk yesterday.

Gardaí investigating the ongoing feud in Drogheda as part of 'Operation Stratus', have arrested three men.

Gardaí from the Dundalk Drugs Unit have recovered €150,000 worth of cannabis at a house on the outskirts of the Co Louth town.

As he prepares to swear allegiance to the Irish State and take over as Garda commissioner, are there conflicts of interest surrounding former PSNI deputy chief Drew Harris, asks Security Correspondent, Cormac O’Keeffe

Drugs worth an estimated €90,000 have been seized by revenue officers in Co. Louth.

An illicit commercial cigarette factory in Jenkinstown, Co Louth was shut down by Gardaí this morning.

The acting Garda Commissioner has met with representatives from US Homeland Security today in connection with the investigation into the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.

Gardaí have arrested a man in connection with the 2013 murder of detective garda Adrian Donohoe.

Detectives say that an examination of phone and online communications of the Egyptian teenager arrested in relation to the stabbing spree in Dundalk, Co Louth, which left one man dead, would be critical in establishing the motive for the attack.

Latest: Detectives investigating the murder of a Japanese man during a series of random attacks in Dundalk, Co Louth have said terrorism is one line of inquiry.

Sergeant Dwayne Conlon was awarded a Bronze Scott Medal for risking his life while apprehending a man who had entered the grounds of the Dáil, having armed himself with a sword and knives.

The Garda Ombudsman has confirmed that it is investigating the death of a man in Dundalk Garda station last night.

Here's your lunchtime news bulletin.

Gardaí who dealt with Adrian Crevan Mackin in the months before he murdered Garda Tony Golden are to be investigated on their knowledge of the risk he presented and whether they shielded him from prosecution.

The programme examined events in the months leading up to the murder of the garda and the maiming of Ms Phillips in October 2015.

Authorities in the Baltic state want to prosecute Liam Campbell over alleged terrorism offences and trafficking of weapons to Ireland.

A reward of €50,000 has been offered for information that will lead to an arrest or prosecution in relation to the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.

Gardaí in Dundalk have seized 200 cannabis plants worth an estimated €160,000.

Two men have been arrested after a pair of garda vehicles were rammed in Co Louth last night.

Update August 24: Austin has been found safe and well.

A Dublin man arrested in Spain has been charged with the murders of two men in county Louth in 2012.

Two men have been arrested during evictions from an illegal halting site in Dundalk.

A Pakistani man has been jailed for nine years at the Central Criminal Court for killing a man he suspected of having an affair with his wife.