Moynalty in Co Meath has been named as Ireland's tidiest town.

Meath lost one of its football legends over the weekend with the passing of Mattie Gilsenan, aged 97, who captained the Royal county in the 1939 All-Ireland senior final against Kerry.

DES McDONOGH, himself an Irish Cheltenham hero with Monksfield in the Champion Hurdles of 1978 and 1979, is well aware of how fickle horse racing can be.

More than 50,000 people are gathering in Co Offaly today for the National Livestock Show.

ENNIS, Co Clare, has emerged as the winner of the 2005 Tidy Towns competition - just two weeks after it was branded one of the State’s dirtiest places in an environmental study.

Dublin are gunning for All-Ireland glory once more after they annihilated Meath in the first round of the TG4 Ladies Leinster SFC in Moynalty yesterday, (5-14 to 1-9).

THREE people died in separate bank holiday traffic accidents, bringing the number of road victims so far this year to 122.