One of the men seriously injured in an car crash in Mullingar today has lost his fight for life.

A man in his twenties has died after he was struck by a lorry in Co. Westmeath.

A number of shots were fired during an incident in County Westmeath last night.

Cormac O’Keeffe and Louise Hogan

A woman who was questioned in connection with a series of telephone calls that sparked a major search for a non-existent baby was in a serious condition in hospital tonight.