An untiring commitment to voluntary community work for more than a quarter of a century was recognised with the awarding of the Paddy Fitzgerald Memorial Award to a County Limerick woman.

One person has been killed in a two-car crash in Co Waterford. The man, who was a driver of one of the cars, was in his 70s.

About 70 rounds of ammunition and components which could be used in a bomb were found today dumped in a field in north Donegal.

The Commercial Court will rule later tomorrow if Allied Irish Bank is entitled to summary judgment orders for some €6.28m against four businessmen, including a son of well-known hotelier Jim Mansfield, over their alleged failure to repay loans advanced to develop lands in Co Meath.

Gardaí have named the man who died in a road accident in Co Tipperary on Thursday.

THE whole community of Dunmore East is sharing in the pain and grief of the families of the five fishermen who lost their lives when their trawler sank on Thursday evening, parish priest Fr Brian Power said yesterday.

FAMILY members from two fishing tragedies along the south coast were united yesterday in their grief.

NAMED Samas, after the Irish word for tranquility, this property at Killea, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford has a lot going for it, from seaside setting and views over the Hook Peninsula to a marina amount of wood decking and top-notch internal specification.