Cian Farrell would love another opportunity to claim a prized Cork football scalp this week.

Gardaí called the Army Bomb Disposal Team to investigate suspect devices at a premises on the Dublin Road in Edenderry just after 9pm last night.

The number of empty commercial units across the country is rising.

Neil Delamere in conversation with Richard Fitzpatrick.

Shane Lowry’s grandmother Emily Scanlon has revealed that his golfing success can be attributed to turf mould.

Bingo nights and white-collar boxing. Strictly Come Dancing and race meetings.

Gardaí are investigating an alleged sexual assault in Offaly.

The boy who was killed in the light airplane crash in Offaly on Sunday afternoon has been remembered as a “happy, smiling young boy” by the principal of his school.

Emergency services are at the scene of Sunday afternoon’s crash in Co Offaly.

Latest: A 17-year-old boy being questioned in connection with a fatal stabbing in Offaly has been released without charge.

LAtest: A 17-year-old boy is being questioned by gardai after a man was stabbed to death in Co Offaly.

The amount of vacant business premises remains “stubbornly high” despite the recovery of the economy, with Connacht vastly above the national average, a new economic report has found.

The largest pork processor in the country, Rosderra Irish Meats has cited the impact of Brexit as a reason not to give staff their first pay increase in eight years.

LATEST: The community of Portadown, Co Armagh is said to be in shock following the murder of an elderly couple.

Before starting a new tour, veteran US comedian Jerry Seinfeld tests out his material on the small club circuit, tweaking his content depending on the reaction of seasoned audiences.

Two Garda brothers and a civil servant mole illegally passed confidential information on to a private detective agency, a court heard today.

A 21-year-old man has has been released on conditional bail after he was charged over a stabbing in Birr, Co. Offaly which left a man in critical condition.

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten has today welcomed the decision to allow a power station in the midlands continue operating until 2030.

The Offaly GP, Bernadette Scully, has used her post-verdict statement to highlight the absence of services for people with disabilities and to urge those in danger of self harming to reach out for help.

The gloves are off in the supermarket planning wars involving the UK’s Tesco and German discounter Lidl.

Bord na Mona workers who fear they may lose their jobs want an urgent meeting with the Environment Minister, Denis Naughten.

The family of a 64-year-old who was murdered by three men after they broke into his home in Edenderry has spoken for the first time of their shock and horror at the brutality of his death.

Three young men have been jailed for life for the murder of Thomas Dooley who was beaten to death at his home in Edenderry, Co Offaly in 2014.

Three men in their 20s have been handed life sentences for the murder of a 64-year-old man in Co. Offaly.

A young child is in a critical condition after falling from an apartment in Co Offaly yesterday morning.

Update 10.09pm: A three-year-old boy who fell from a building in Offaly earlier today has been transferred to Temple Street Children's Hospital this evening.

A third man was today convicted of murdering a 64-year-old in his home by a unanimous jury verdict.

The evidence against a murder accused shows "morally corrupt" behaviour but not that he is guilty of murder, a defence barrister told a jury at the Central Criminal Court today.

The prosecution has finished giving evidence in the case of three men accused of murdering a 64-year-old at his home.

One of three men accused of murdering an elderly man received a text message saying the deceased was a rapist hours before he was allegedly beaten to death, a jury has heard.

Three men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of 64-year-old Thomas Dooley in Co. Offaly.

Almost 1,500 jobs in the Midlands could be threatened, if Bord na Móna fails to secure an extension of planning permission for a large power plant near Edenderry, Co Offaly.

Some guys really love their local GAA club, and then there’s Adrian Brereton.

From the Easter Rising in Dublin to the slaughter and carnage of the Battle of the Somme, 1916 was a fateful year in the minds and lives of Irish country house owners.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a crash which killed an 18-year-old on the Offaly-Kildare border yesterday.

We should be managing our resources while being aware that we share a small planet, writes Victoria White

The Unite union has said that the High Court ruling to overturn planning permission for the continued operation of Bord na Mona’s Edenderry plant has come "at a time of heightened industrial tension".

There is concern for the long term future of 180 jobs at a power plant in Edenderry, Co Offaly.