An 80-year-old pedestrian was killed in a collision with a car, gardaí said tonight.

The last residents were today moving out of a historic nursing home in County Mayo which dates back more than 300 years.

A man was killed and two others injured after a collision between a car and a truck in Co Sligo.

IT will be political suicide for the Government if the Western Rail Corridor is not reopened, the West On Track group has warned.