The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has welcomed the restrictions applied to the Ward Union Hunt Club licence issued in Co Meath for the hunting of deer.

SIXTY-YEAR-OLD TJ Reilly is bucking the trend of player burn-out.

Animal rights activists are renewing their calls for a ban on stag-hunting following an incident last week at a schoolyard in Co Meath.

THE scenes of terror and cruelty witnessed in the Co Meath village of Kildalkey should leave no fair-minded person in any doubt as to what stag-hunting is about. It is a throwback to the dark ages.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy died yesterday in a road accident in Co Kerry, bringing the number of people killed on the roads to 235 this year.

Gardaí have identified the mother of the baby found dead in a disused shed in Co Meath last week.

A post mortem on the body of a baby found in a disused shed in Co Meath earlier this week has produced inconclusive results.

A post mortem is due to be carried out today on the body of a baby that was found in Co Meath yesterday afternoon.

Gardaí tonight sealed off a farm shed in Co Meath after the body of a baby was discovered.

HUNDREDS of young people were among the mourners at yesterday’s funeral for tragic Meath teenager Rebecca Fagan.