Martin was of one of the two men who died in the Christmas Day accident in Co Mayo.

One of the men who died after the car he was travelling in was swept along a river on Christmas morning had already lost a sister in a drowning accident a number of years ago.

Just south of Clew Bay and sandwiched between Clare Island and Inishbofin is the roughly equally-sized island of Inishturk.

An Irish author who wrote an entire book in a single, novel-length sentence has praised his publisher for being willing to take a risk after it scooped a £10,000 (€11,480) prize.

Seamie McGeown, the Crossmaglen trainer, and myself run five or six days a week in Markethill. Seamie would be regularly on the phone with Tony McEntee, whom he worked alongside when the club won the All-Irelands in 2011 and ‘12. Tony and myself? We’d always talk when we see each other but I wouldn’t be bothering him on the blower and he wouldn’t be bothering me.

Richard Fitzpatrick selects an eclectic mix of summer reading options

After being dropped by Cape, Mike McCormack, once described as Ireland’s most underrated writer, has returned with an original novel of ideas, writes Sue Leonard.

When Claire Egan’s tendon ripped cleanly off her right patella, things changed. Perspective did for a start.

With summer almost upon us, it’s a great time to get out and about. This weekend sees the annual Afri famine walk take place in Co. Mayo, an experience that is always uplifting and memorable, writes Rob Fairmichael.

A body has been found following a search for a missing hillwalker in Co. Mayo.

The Coastguard has had to abandon the search for a missing 38-year-old man for the time being - as the windy conditions are too dangerous.

The search will resume at first light tomorrow morning for a man missing on a mountain in Co. Mayo.

Caher Island is reputed to have been visited by St Patrick. Dan MacCarthy visits on a special day

Detectives in two counties are investigating the deaths of two children found dead in a car driven by their father.

As immigration reform meanders through Washington DC, activist Ciarán Staunton spoke to John Riordan

Ireland duo Andrew Trimble and Stephen Ferris have been included in Ulster’s 28 man squad to face Ospreys in the RaboDirect PRO12 on Saturday (Liberty Stadium, 6.30pm).

Julia Roberts is enjoying a family vacation in the West of Ireland.

ONE in four motorists are considering reducing their motor insurance coverage due to financial pressures, according to a survey.

A 52-year-old man has died after a crash in Co Mayo.

Saturday

THE prestigious Limerick Lady title was won last weekend by John McLoughlin, Falduff, Louisburgh, Co Mayo, with his home-bred qualifier at Westport Show, by Grosvenor Lad out of Falduff Lady.

BLUE flags were awarded to 76 beaches and marinas yesterday – the lowest number since 2002.

THERE were five people killed in separate traffic accidents in Cork, Offaly, Clare, Kerry and Mayo over the Christmas holiday period.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road crash in Co Mayo.

A 52-YEAR-OLD woman cyclist was killed in a road accident in Cabra in Dublin yesterday when she was struck by a lorry.

A 12-year-old girl died after the car in which she was a back seat passenger collided with an SUV, gardaí said today.

Cyclists are gearing up today for the Tour of Ireland cycle race.

THE world’s leading cyclists contest the five day Tour of Ireland next August.

AS the carnage on our roads continues, a number of relevant points occurred to me on a recent journey from Dublin to Louisburgh in Co Mayo.

The Munster pair of Rory Wyley and Eugene Moriarty of the Cycleways.Com had to settle for the minor placings in both the Classic League and the Sheefrey Grand Prix in Westport.

THE Gaelic glitterati’s favourite glossy has never been short of a reason to party but it has new excuse for champagne and air kisses today.

IT was all smiles and hand-shakes in Bank of Ireland centre yesterday. John Maughan and Tommy Carr have a friendship stretching back over two decades, and it shows.

KERRY has been crowned the bathing capital of Ireland following the publication of the prestigious Blue Flag awards.

Drugs with a street value of almost IR£75,000 were discovered by Mayo gardai in a weekend raid on two rural houses a few miles form the seaside village of Louisburgh.