Tributes have been paid to a retired priest who lost his life when his car plunged into the water from a pier last night.

A multi-agency search and rescue operation was mounted at around 8pm last night at The Quay area of Kinvara.

A man is reported to be in a critical condition in hospital tonight after he was pulled from the sea in Kinvara, Co Galway.

May 12 is the deadline for nominations to find Ireland’s Farming For Nature ambassadors for 2019.

Last March, Ireland joined 200 other countries when we committed to the Food Waste Charter.

Who are the farmers who manage their land and livestock in a way that benefits nature?

A man has been airlifted to hospital after he fell overboard from a boat in Co Clare this afternoon.

There are more than 3,800 property millionaires around the country, according to a new daft.ie wealth report.

There are more than 3,800 property millionaires around the country, south Co Dublin is the most expensive market in the country, and the priciest house sold so far this year was on Shrewsbury Road in the capital. It cost a cool €8.4m.

Housing Minister Simon Coveney has received a double boost in terms of declared supporters for his bid to become Fine Gael leader.

Trish Dromey gives a thumbs up to this surprisingly spacious renovated farmhouse near Bell Harbour in Co Clare.

Family, friends and politicians bade a final farewell to PJ Mara yesterday as the former government press secretary was laid to rest in Co Galway.

PJ Mara was the most famous political spin doctor in modern Irish history, having played a leading role in Fianna Fáil for more than 30 years.

THERE is much to be said for Ireland’s recent network of commuter and tourist-friendly motorways — they swish you from doorstep to doorstep in so much less time than when you had to slowly go through every town from here to there and back again. 

Manchán Magan signed up for a mountain skills course and explored the Burren with his new appreciation of map reading.

MARIE Heffernan’s twins were born 14 weeks early. They had been due on September 9.

The National Monuments Service is moving to protect a shipwreck which had been buried for a century from bounty hunters.

The Government has vowed to pursue religious orders for half the €1.46bn cost of compensating their victims.

Seventy five jobs are to be created across three multinational companies in Co Laois, Co Galway and Co Longford.

Life as we know it first began in the oceans which cover much of the earth.

A mother and her child have been rescued from waters off Kinvara in Co Galway after the dingy they were boating in drifted up onto Mulrooney island in strong winds.

CAVAN:

Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) yesterday retained his Ballycotton 10 mile road race title with a powerful display in East Cork.

Gardaí in Co. Galway are appealing for information about a fatal collision that killed two people yesterday evening.

JUST €20.6 million of the €348.5m promised by 16 of the 18 religious congregations in the wake of the Ryan Report has been paid to date.

AN elderly couple has died following a collision between their motorcycle and a car in Co Galway.

A motorcyclist and his pillion passenger were killed today when their bike and a car were in collision.

Two people have been seriously hurt in a road traffic collision in Co. Galway.

“IF it wasn’t for bad luck, we’d have no luck at all,” was the assessment of Clare’s County Board’s liaison officer with the footballers, Tommy Downes, the county’s ‘Mr Football’.

The number of Irish beaches securing coveted Blue Flag status has hit an all-time high.

IT’S a wet and miserable night and the wind is whipping around Kinvara in Dublin Hill, Cork, as Sinn Féin general election candidate Jonathan O’Brien and his team of about 10 canvassers trek around the sprawling estate knocking on doors and depositing leaflets.

Four people died in separate accidents over the weekend - two of them in accidents involving motorcycles.

A man has died in a road accident in Co Galway.

An exhumation has begun in Co Clare this morning as gardaí search for new evidence in a five-year-old murder inquiry.

THE new chairman of Galway Hurling Board last night called for an end to the internal disputes which have dogged the Tribesmen in recent years.

GALWAY hurling fans may have had to endure another season without silverware and it has not been a great year off the pitch either, with financial losses of more than €100,000.

THE CORK County Board is to proceed with development works at the Old Mon Field grounds in Knocknaheeny, according to the board secretary’s report for 2009, which also states that negotiations are ongoing regarding a centre of excellence adjacent to Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

HE has, over the last three decades, entertained an estimated one million people who dined at one of the country’s top visitor attractions.

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board is continuing its investigation into the sinking of a sailing boat in Galway Bay yesterday.