The N4 Dublin/Longford Road is closed this afternoon due to security alert.

The first 12 carriages in a new €400m eco-friendly fleet of trains arrived at Dublin Port today.

FEARS have increased of a fresh round of violence in a long-running Traveller feud in the midlands after two men were shot in their car when they were ambushed on a public road.

A new €14m bypass in Co Longford will be a vital step in ending tailbacks and bottlenecks spoiling journeys to the West, it was claimed today.

This has been a remarkable championship campaign for the minors of Longford. Their progress to the Leinster title and through the All-Ireland series has captivated the entire county. Mark Gallagher reports.