THE worst flooding in two decades has destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses and devastated thousands of acres of farmland throughout the country, mostly in the south and west.

IN THE immediate wake of an advertising campaign being launched to urge drivers to be more careful, six more lives were lost in traffic accidents.

A motorcyclist has been killed following a collision in Gort, Co Galway.

THE Garda Ombudsman yesterday confirmed it could review the internal garda investigation into the shooting of an armed man by officers in Gort, Co Galway.

JUSTICE MINISTER Michael McDowell yesterday gave his “full backing” to gardaí at the siege in Gort, Co Galway.

BRAZILIANS living in Gort, Co Galway, partied into the night last night, doing the Samba into the early hours, after they made it to knock-out stages of the World Cup.

GOVERNMENTS may fall and stock markets may fluctuate, but those events will be eclipsed by the global epidemic of football fever set to dominate the planet for the next month — following yesterday’s opening of the 18th World Cup in Germany.

A huge fire has caused major damage to parts of the Duffy’s meat factory in Gort, Co Galway.

OPPOSITION parties yesterday blamed a badly negotiated Government contract for doctors' massive earnings under the medical card scheme.