Gardaí have arrested two men in connection with the investigation into the murder of two Dublin men whose bodies were found on an island in Co Meath last month.

Gardaí have confirmed that two bodies found on the Co Meath side of Lough Sheelin yesterday are those of missing Dublin men Eoin O'Connor and Anthony Keegan.

Gardaí investigating the disappearance of two Dublin men have appealed to the public for information.

Two bodies have been found in the search for two men missing for over a month.

The bodies of two men have been found on an island on Lough Sheelin in Co Meath.

A VICTIM of paedophile Brendan Smyth has backed calls for Cardinal Seán Brady to resign over revelations that he knew about the priest’s abuse of children for almost 20 years before Smyth was arrested.

IRISH zinc and lead exploration company, Connemara Mining — which recorded a widening in its full-year losses in 2007 from €3,137 to €624,398 — yesterday announced its intention to extend its drilling programmes at its main two zinc sites in Limerick and Meath.

Connemara Mining extended a drilling programme at Lough Sheelin following initial positive results.

CONNEMARA MINING, the Irish zinc mining company, has commenced drilling at its Lough Sheelin mining site 25km west of the Navan zinc deposit mined by Tara.

IF present trends continue, there could be an extra million people living in Ireland by 2021.

A YOUNG Cavan woman was killed on Christmas Day after she was accidentally shot with a loaded firearm by her brother.

A sewage treatment plant in Co Meath is in the spotlight after one of the biggest fish kills in the region, it emerged tonight.

Up to 4,000 trout are believed to have been killed on the River Inny between Oldcastle in Co Meath and Lough Sheelin in Co Cavan.

Gardaí searching a Co Cavan lake for a missing fisherman have recovered a body, it was confirmed today.

A fisherman who went missing off Dugort, on Achill Island was found late last night.