Kilmacurragh’s gardeners champion native meadow and hedgerow in one of our most important repositories. Michèle Browne reports.

Two store detectives who were fired for allegedly using too much force in two arrests have been awarded over €70,000 in total for unfair dismissal.

A 47-year-old man whose body was found in Co Offaly yesterday suffered a number of gunshot wounds, gardaí have said.

Gardaí probing the death of 47-year-old Christy Daly, who was found dead in a drain in Co Offaly yesterday, have upgraded their investigation to a murder enquiry.

The body of a man found in a drain near a burnt out caravan in Offaly may have been there since Dec 29.

It is understood the man whose body was found in Co Offaly this morning was only released from prison last month.

Gardaí are investigating after a man's body was discovered in Co Offaly today.

Gardaí have called off a search of the land where the dismembered remains of a Dublin criminal were found and have formally declared a murder investigation.

Detectives probing the murder of a convicted criminal whose body was chopped up and dumped in a stream have issued a fresh appeal for information.

Four people have made settlements of more than a million euro with Revenue for defaulting on tax.

Family and friends of an off-duty garda who died as he helped motorists made an emotional return to the scene today as a bridge was named in his honour.

A garda who died while warning motorists about dangerous flooding last October has been honoured today.

A BUILDING materials provider has claimed it is losing €40,000 a day due to “an unlawful” blockade of a of number its premises by subcontractors who claim they are owed money.

THE Irishman who led the operation to capture dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003 has landed a senior role with the controversial US private security firm formerly known as Blackwater.

COMMUNITY leaders in west Wicklow are setting up a crime text alert system linking several towns and involving gardaí in the wake of the release of local convicted sex offender Larry Murphy.

A woman in her late 20's has been killed in a road crash in Co Carlow.

SOLDIERS representatives said yesterday they had been left in the dark about a hazardous operation to destroy batches of hydrogen cyanide in the Wicklow mountains on an army firing range.

FAMILIES have reacted with fear and anger over plans to destroy batches of the deadly chemical hydrogen cyanide by explosion on Wicklow lands later this month.

NEIGHBOURING counties Waterford and Wexford were connected by “tragic thoughts and conversation” in recent days following the deaths of six people in the region, a funeral mass heard on Saturday.

The driver of a navy blue car is being sought by gardaí investigating a serious collision in Co Carlow, it emerged tonight.

ARAN CONCERTO can provide the answer to the Grade 1 Barry and Sandra Kelly Memorial Novice Hurdle at Navan tomorrow.

THEY were called ‘the Mayos’ on the farms around Youghal, Co Cork, in the 1950s.

WORK will begin today to complete an aviation landmark in the port village of Foynes.

IT is amusing to see Fine Gael fighting a rearguard action because the proposal to ditch Irish in schools is unpopular among the Irish. Surely that party knows by now that we are proud of our language and culture.

A 22-YEAR-OLD student from Co Tipperary, representing Clonakilty Agricultural College in West Cork, is the 2006 Teagasc FBD National Student of the Year.

A Wicklow man has been jailed for 11 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court for raping a young female neighbour over a long period of time.

THE talented David Casey has real prospects of enjoying a treble at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

A 17-year-old boy has been killed in a head-on crash in Meath.

A FARM that sold for a fraction of the cost of the one purchased by the Government for a prison complex would not have been a suitable alternative, the Department of Justice said yesterday.

Thorntons Recycling plans to invest €25 million in a new integrated waste management facility at Calf Field, Ballynadrummy, Co Kildare.

Gardaí have seized a container load of drugs in Co Meath.

A young girl has died following a fatal road accident in County Kildare.

Up to 88 jobs are to go at the Rennicks plastic factory at Kilbride in Co Meath.

Two men have been arrested in connection with a cocaine seizure that was found in Co Wicklow.

Samples from a suspect foot-and-mouth case in Co Carlow are being sent to England for tests today.