Gardaí have seized more than a quarter of a million euro worth of Cannabis herb at a checkpoint in Co. Laois.

Members of a community-owned farm are “gutted” after a gang stole some €8,000 worth of farming equipment.

On day three of our special report on rural Ireland, Michael Clifford visits Borris-in-Ossory.

Anti-racism organisations in Ireland are naturally concerned for the welfare of Walli Ullah, an asylum seeker seriously injured in Wednesday’s riot at Cloverhill prison in Dublin.

Three men have been arrested in connection with an aggravated burglary at a hotel in Athy, Co Kildare, early this morning.

A 30-year-old woman has been charged with the attempted murder of her newborn son who was allegedly abandoned in a roadside drain for five days before passers-by heard his cries.

Police in Australia have questioned but not charged a 30-year-old woman whose newborn baby boy was found abandoned in a drain near a Sydney motorway.

A 30-year-old woman whose newborn baby was found abandoned in a drain near a Sydney motorway is being questioned by Australian police.

Investigators from both the Garda Ombudsman and An Garda Síochána are waiting to interview a group of five youths — including three teenagers, one as young as 13 — in relation to a horrific car crash which left an innocent woman dead.

Welcome to your Wednesday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

James Slattery will forever be known amongst his family and friends as "The Quad Father".

A garda transport van has caught fire on the M7 motorway between Monasterevin and Kildare.

A man being questioned over the murder of missing nanny Aoife Phelan has been released without charge.

A man being questioned over the murder of missing nanny Aoife Phelan has been released without charge.

Detectives searching for the body of missing pregnant woman Aoife Phelan have now launched a major search at the side of the M7 motorway.

A lorry has jack-knifed and shed its load on the M7 motorway in Co. Laois.

A truck driver who was sacked after pulling in on a motorway to take a call from The Gerry Ryan Show has been awarded €32,000 by an Employment Appeals Tribunal.

A truck driver who lost his job after pulling in on a motorway to take a call from The Gerry Ryan Show has apologised to his former employers for any “problems” he caused them.

IARNRÓD Éireann is expected to seek permission to close all rail services between Limerick and Ballybrophy in the near future because of falling passengers numbers on the route.

Five people have been arrested after gardaí seized cash, ammunition and a sawn-off shot gun in Co Tipperary.

A GROUP committed to keeping open a railway that many believe was under imminent threat of closure has now identified tourism as key to the line’s survival.

Motorists are being warned to expect major traffic restrictions in Dublin city on Monday afternoon, during an address by the US President Barack Obama.

The final section of the M7 motorway opened to motorists today.

The final stretch of the M7 motorway from Dublin to Limerick is due to open at midday, but the official ceremony has been postponed because of the weather.

Workers on the M7 motorway are staging a protest outside the offices of Laois County Council over claims of unpaid wages.

DISGRUNTLED residents in the Croke Park vicinity are planning a protest convoy on the main Dublin-Cork road on the morning of tomorrow week’s All-Ireland SFC final which could cause serious delays for fans travelling to the game.

Gardaí have named the woman who died after being involved in one of several serious car accidents on the M7 motorway in dense fog yesterday morning.

A woman who was critically injured in yesterday's traffic chaos on the M7 motorway in Co Kildare has died at Naas General Hospital overnight.

MOTORISTS who failed to slow down in heavy fog have been blamed for up to 40 crashes.

A string of car crashes have caused major traffic disruption on the M7 motorway in Kildare this morning.

The M7 motorway in Co Kildare re-opened shortly before 3pm this afternoon following a serious accident early this morning.

PEOPLE living in the rural Co Laois parish of Cullahill have expressed outrage that the National Roads Authority is pressing ahead with its plan to relocate 500 skeletons uncovered by archaeologists working on the route of the proposed new M7 motorway.

The man who was killed in a traffic accident near Kildare town this morning has been named.