A garda sergeant died yesterday after crashing his car on his way home from work on a dual carriageway in Co Wicklow.

The emerald illuminations that transformed world landmarks over the St Patrick’s weekend weren’t the only kind of green light in evidence as the occasion gave the country the go-ahead to forget current crises and get the craic back for a while.

A man in his 30s has died in a crash in Co. Sligo.

JAMES CONWAY will learn later this week if he will be part of the Derry senior football panel for the All-Ireland qualifiers, after his controversial eight-week suspension was lifted at an appeals meeting.

SIPTU has claimed a west Sligo construction company is paying up to 70 Eastern European workers as little as €5 per hour for work.

A nine-year-old boy and a windsurfer are recovering this morning after being airlifted from the sea off the coast of Co Sligo yesterday.

Martin McDonagh thanked his Irish parents when collecting his Oscar for best live action short today.

Around 30 job losses have been announced today in County Sligo.

A man has died after the car he was travelling in collided with another vehicle in Co Sligo yesterday evening.