If this was an All-Ireland, both Tipperary and Cork would each be celebrating three-in-a-row right now.

Security is being reviewed at An Post after an employee of the GPO, his wife and two children were held hostage on Monday night.

Gardaí have launched an investigation after a kidnapping and attempted robbery at the GPO in Dublin.

FROM a season where little went wrong, culminating with victory in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge for Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle, the current defence of their crown is proving almost the total opposite.

Gardaí in Meath are appealing for witnesses after a man in his mid-60s died in a road crash in the county yesterday.