Wednesday, 3 pm, Gort. We are driving up to visit my sister in Sligo, and in keeping with time-honoured tradition, the sky suddenly drops out of its customary high position and lands on the bonnet.

There is sadness in the world of music following the death of an artist in a hit-and-run incident in Florida. Martin O’Connor, 41, was a drummer with a variety of country and Irish performers.

Tributes have poured in for an Irish musician killed in a hit-and-run incident on a Florida highway.

Reigning All-Ireland club football champions St Brigid’s booked a place in the quarter-finals of the Roscommon SFC with an easy 2-12 to 0-4 win against Kilbride.

The Criminal Assets Bureau will take ownership of a helicopter, a Ferrari, a Range Rover, and a bank account containing over €26,000 from a Roscommon car dealer who faced contempt of court proceedings yesterday.

A teenager has been killed in a road accident in Roscommon.

The owner of a helicopter and a number of cars including a red Ferrari F355, which the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) claims are the proceeds of crime, faces being jailed for contempt of court.

No county for young men — a headline that might illustrate the job predicament in the West of Ireland at the moment.

Two people have been injured in a road accident in County Roscommon.

ONE man was killed and three others were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Roscommon last night.

A man died this evening following a crash involving two vehicles in Co Roscommon.

Motorists are being urged to take extreme care on the roads this morning with icy conditions reported in many areas.

Light heavyweight prospect Tommy McCarthy is two bouts away from claiming an Irish title at the National Youth Championships just a few weeks after going all the way in the Ulster Senior Championships.

IRISH AMATEUR boxing president Dominic O’Rourke believes the future stars of Irish boxing will be on display at the National Intermediate Championships which glove off at the National Stadium tonight.

TURF cutting may be banned several years before an anticipated ban comes into force. The turf-cutting season is well underway, but it could be one of the last.

The National Boy 1,2 & 3 Championships commenced at the National Stadium in Dublin yesterday with thirty seven preliminary round and quarter final bouts in the Boy 1& 2 categories.

Roscommon have been boosted by the return of team captain Stephen Lohan to their side for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Meath (Pairc Tailteann, throw-in 7pm).

Gardaí in Co Roscommon have arrested two men in connection with an armed robbery which took place at Frenchpark on Sunday December 14.

A man in his late forties died in a road traffic accident in Co Roscommon this morning.

A 43-year-old motorcyclist has died after colliding with a car in Co Roscommon last night.

Gardaí in Co Roscommon have arrested two men following a high-speed car chase in the county this morning.