Tullow Oil, the Irish-founded driller, will acquire Norway’s Spring Energy AS for $372m (€286m) to add prospects in the North, Norwegian, and Barents Seas.

An Irish metal exploring company has stated that it has found evidence of gold in the Wicklow/Wexford area.

Irish mineral exploration firm Connemara Mining has said there is a good prospect of recoverable gold deposits at its licences on the border of counties Wicklow and Wexford, adding that it could start drilling in the coming months.

Gardai are trying to identify a person who was killed in a single car accident in Co Wexford early today.