Gardai are very concerned for the welfare of a missing 71-year-old man in Co. Meath and are appealing for the public's help in finding him.

Only a third of the country’s network of over 560 Garda stations has experienced an increase in staffing levels in the past five years, despite almost 2,800 extra gardaí joining the force over the period.

A Kerryman who was awarded the Freedom of London this year plans to walk 100 sheep across London Bridge.

The joint operation on the house in Kells was conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Drugs Unit based in Slane, Co. Meath.

Kerry County Council has apologised to a landowner on the proposed South Kerry Greenway for “a genuine” mistake writing to his dead father and then inviting the deceased man to a consultation meeting.

Tributes have been pouring in on the sudden death of Irish athlete Craig Lynch who died in a single-vehicle crash on the Slane Road on Sunday

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene

Gardaí investigating a family-run ATM gang have arrested a man for a second time, just days after he was released.

Gardaí investigating the attempted theft of an ATM in Cavan last week have arrested three more people.

Eve Kelliher looks at the world of property and interiors.

Gardaí believe there could be a link between a foiled ATM robbery in Co Cavan overnight and several similar ATM thefts in the North East in recent months.

A Meath man who was ‘eating and drinking himself to death’ says the running fraternity saved him and gave him a new life beyond his 'wildest dreams.'

Just days after US president Donald Trump left west Clare on Friday, the sound of helicopter blades were once again in the air as legendary rock band Metallica paid an unexpected visit to the tiny village of Liscannor.

The man, who was the sole occupant of his car, died after his car collided with another vehicle at Raheenaskeagh in Oulart, Gorey at around 8.30am this morning.

The driver of the tractor, a 19-year-old man, was uninjured.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has slapped down calls by Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin to use the ESB to roll out high-speed broadband, saying this could be “illegal” and would cause delays for rural Ireland.

An island off Cork has launched a bid to become one of the world’s few officially-recognised dark sky sites - areas dedicated to stargazing.

It has emerged that Gardaí prevented an ATM digger theft in Carlingford, County Louth over St Patrick’s weekend.

The gang behind the theft of two ATMs in Kells in County Meath tried to use homemade spikes to stop gardaí pursuing them.

The incidents follow a spate of similar raids on both sides of the border in recent months.

The owner of an Irish pub in Poland has been hailed a hero by two young inter-railers who were left penniless and stranded when their bank cards were skimmed in Krakow.

The Department of Education is facing a showdown with schools subcontractors who have been left out of pocket after the collapse of the British construction giant Carrillion and the Irish group Sammon.

More than 40 years on, Dr Mary Randles is hearing the same arguments being put forward ahead of the Friday’s referendum to repeal the Eighth as she did when she was pushing to provide women with contraception.

Five schools and a college being built by a partnership involving the collapsed UK construction firm Carillion should be open by September.

They've been abandoning higher ground.

The Department of Agriculture has ruled out any link between the increasing numbers of wild deer in south Kerry and the biggest outbreak of bovine TB in living memory in the area.

There has been outrage on social media after Bus Éireann canceled a number of routes today.

It was a location for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, so it’s no surprise that Kerry has been listed as one of the best star-gazing spots on the planet.

Gardaí in Meath are investigating a cash-in-transit robbery that happened this morning.

Three popular beaches have been forced to lower their coveted Blue Flag.

A planned 32km greenway along a busy tourist route in south Kerry should be studied to ascertain its impact on the environment, due to the sensitive nature of the landscape and the scale of the project.

The rise in Star Wars-related interest in Kerry’s Skellig Coast is prompting local tourism interests to widen the choice of attractions.

Muinín, or confidence, is the theme of an international conference taking place on the Skellig coast this week.

A remarkable new film captures life in Ireland’s only boarding school for young children, writes Esther McCarthy

Gardaí and Revenue officers investigating organised crime in Co. Meath have seized around €3.2m worth of cannabis herb.

Gardaí have asked for the public’s help to find missing teenager Courtney Twomey.

It’s a cold winter’s morning in the west Tipperary countryside and a sparrow hawk makes an appearance low in the clear sky. Immediately, a few hundred turkeys take a break from their foraging to collectively rush towards the invader, shouting their warnings before the hawk has second thoughts and heads for the hills, leaving the turkeys to resume free-range life.

More than €1.6bn was paid to over 130,000 Irish farmers last year under a variety of EU agriculture schemes, writes Seán McCárthaigh.

There has been an outpouring of support for Clodagh Hawe, 39, who was killed by her husband, Alan Hawe, 40, in the Cavan murder-suicide last Monday.

Gardaí are investigating a possible confession note left by Alan Hawe, 40, at the scene of the Cavan murder-suicide.

The organiser of a cancelled music festival which was due to take place next month has insisted that ticket-buyers will be refunded, and that the event will go ahead next year.