A crater that opened up on the site of an old mine in Co Monaghan was detected 10 days before a decision was taken to close the adjacent road on safety grounds.

A 70-year-old pensioner has been killed in a two-vehicle crash near Carrickmacross in Co Monaghan.

A holiday in the Canary Islands turned to tragedy when a 19-year-old Co Leitrim man drowned within 24 hours of arriving at the Playa del Ingles resort on Gran Canaria.