Another life has been lost on the country's roads this weekend.

Part of the Dundrum road in Co. Tipperary is closed after a single-vehicle crash this morning.

A man in his 80s has died after being hit by a car in Newcastle, Co Down, last night.

Two men were arrested today during an attempted cash-in-transit robbery.

A man who had been given a suspended sentence after he attempted to block a fire engine during the 2006 "Love Ulster" riots has now been jailed after he committed seven new offences.

Gardaí tonight re-classified a suspected hit-and-run as a fatal road traffic investigation.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a fatal hit-and-run on the Dundrum road in the south of the city this morning.

Firefighters had to be decontaminated today after dealing with a major blaze near a filling station in Co Down.

Police in the North are investigating an assault on a shop assistant who was struck on the head with a claw hammer during an attempted robbery in Co Down overnight.

A priest has been killed in a car accident in Dublin last night.