The Federation of Irish Salmon and Sea Trout Anglers (FISSTA) has protested and lodged complaints to both Inland Fisheries Ireland and Mayo County Council at the damming of a river on Clare Island.

Gardaí say it will be later today before they know the cause of death of a mother-of-three who was found dead in her apartment.

Five trappers are to be deployed across the country from Monday to hunt down predators, including feral mink, that are ravaging trout and endangered birds.

Just 120 homes were still without electricity today after storm-force winds battered the country.

FIRE chiefs and forestry agents warned last night that raging fires could continue today and possibly even further into the week as the sun continued to blaze across the north-west.

The funerals take place today of two of the victims of Monday's crash in Co Monaghan.

THE north and west bore the brunt of gales yesterday, with flash floods, trees brought down and forecasters warning of hurricane- force gusts battering inland.

THE six winning photographs in a competition to show off some of the country’s most stunning coastlines will be put on display across the country.

Planners have given the green light for the country’s first natural graveyard banning marble headstones and varnished, hardwood coffins, it was revealed today.

A man killed in a crash in the Donegal International Car Rally has been named by race organisers as Thomas Maguire.

SENAN O’REILLY was the first of six babies born in Erinville and St Finbarr’s maternity hospitals in Cork on Christmas Day.

SENIOR Fianna Fáil sources yesterday firmly dismissed suggestions that the party wants former junior minister Jim McDaid to stand as a candidate in Donegal North East.

MARINE HARVEST, the Donegal-based fish farming company, has announced that it plans to invest €2 million in its salmon processing plant.

A PRIEST whose sister was shot in an IRA ambush called on the gardaí yesterday to apologise for doing nothing to catch the killers.

A priest whose sister was shot in an IRA ambush called on gardaí today to apologise for failing to catch the killers.

RTÉ’s recent Prime Time programme finally exposed what really goes on in the murky world of salmon farming.