One person has died and two have been injured in a crash between a van and a lorry in Co Laois.

THE proposed closure of a section of the N8 to Rathcormac village, Co Cork, will subject unsuspecting motorists to “highway robbery”, MEP Kathy Sinnott said yesterday.

Tommy Barker visits a spectacular Georgian property that sits on 20 acres and includes a tennis court, stables and private stretch of river.

GARDAÍ last night launched a public appeal to help identify an amnesiac woman.

CASHEL in Co Tipperary has two €1 million-plus Georgian home options, one a town centre villa-style house on land with development scope; the other a true country living retreat on over 20 acres of land.

WELCOME to period home lite, and history heavy. Reduced in size, this North Cork house up for sale has historical resonances as far away as Down Under.