Gardaí in Ballina are appealing for witnesses following a double fatal road traffic collision on the Killala to Ballycastle Rd, Mayo on the 18th May 2012.

THEY say that necessity is the mother of all invention.

THEY come in the early morning before first light or at dead of night, armed with trucks and animal transporters.

The family of IRA victim Danny McElhone were today hoping to finally give him a Christian burial as the last of his suspected remains were taken from a hillside.

Investigators who uncovered the partial remains of a suspected IRA victim on a remote Wicklow hillside are using their ground-breaking methods at five other potential burial sites, it was revealed tonight.

DNA TESTS on the partial remains of a man believed murdered and secretly buried by the IRA could take several weeks.

DNA tests on the partial remains of a man believed murdered and secretly buried by the IRA could take several weeks, it emerged today.

Cork captured a 49th Munster senior camogie crown as they retained their provincial title with a 2-11 to 0-12 victory against old rivals Tipperary on Saturday.

A MAN in his 20s from Tralee died yesterday in a head-on collision on the Tralee/Castleisland road.

AS the death toll on Irish roads rose to 122, the head of the new Road Safety Authority has appealed to parents to invest as much in driving lessons as they do in ballet or art classes for their children.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is to address the final Forum for Europe today.