Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has ordered the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) and an extra 27 uniformed gardaí into north Louth in response to the murder of Garda Tony Golden.

Dundalk 6 Drogheda Utd 0: Dundalk took another huge step towards retaining the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division title with a crushing victory of neighbours Drogheda Utd in last night’s Louth derby at Oriel Park.

Gardaí in Dundalk have seized a quantity of cash and a number of vehicles following searches of two premises in North Louth today.

Gardaí from Dundalk assisted by the Garda National Units have arrested two men and recovered a number of stolen vehicles including car parts and other property.

Up to 60 people in Co Louth could be out of work following reports that Heinz food company are to make changes to their operations.

Det Gda Adrian Donohoe may have recognised his killer and that was why the gunman opened fire, gardaí suspect.

More than 20,000 people have signed books of condolences for murdered Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.

The businessman Hugh Morgan has admitted in a statement that he gave presidential candidate Sean Gallagher a €5,000 cheque for Fianna Fáil in June 2008, a few days before a party fundraiser.

Gardaí and the PSNI are investigating possible links between a bomb blast in south Armagh yesterday and an on-going investigation into dissident republican activity in Co Louth.

The Minister for Justice has congratulated the Gardaí on their latest operation targetting dissident republicans.

TEN years after the IRA handed over a list of sites where gardaí would find the remains of the so-called “disappeared”, a new site — not on the original list — has been identified.

The dissident republican terrorists suspected of planting a bomb at the home of millionaire tycoon Lord Ballyedmond near the Irish border in Co Louth were today branded cowards by a Northern Ireland Office Minister.

RTÉ is to seek a licence to begin broadcasting a digital radio service along the east coast, later this year.

Nearly €1m seized by police during dawn raids on the home of former IRA chief-of-staff Thomas “Slab” Murphy in north Co Louth. Ireland has been frozen, it emerged tonight.

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams yesterday defended alleged former IRA chief of staff Thomas "Slab" Murphy, whose farm is at the centre of a probe into a multi-million-euro smuggling operation.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams today stood by alleged former IRA chief Thomas “Slab” Murphy.

THE home of top republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy was searched yesterday as part of a massive security operation to smash a multi-million euro smuggling racket on both sides of the Border.

The home of top republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy was searched today as part of a massive security operation to smash a multimillion-pound smuggling racket on both sides of the Irish border.

SUSPECTED dissident Republicans were in custody last night after a millionaire businessman was tied up and pistol-whipped, while his pregnant wife was held at gunpoint in what gardaí believe was an extortion bid attempt.

The British government today refused to align fuel duty in Northern Ireland with tax rates in the Republic in a bid to tackle petrol smuggling across the border.

Gardaí have arrested a man and a woman today during an ongoing crackdown on smuggling and other criminal activities around the border.

The inquest on Belfast mother of 10 Jean McConville has found that her death was a case of unlawful killing.

Remains discovered in a shallow grace in Carlingford in August have been positively identified as those of IRA murder victim Jean McConville.

Gardaí and customs officers, working in conjunction with Dutch police, have cracked an international smuggling operation following two seizures of contraband cigarettes.

The British government is understood to have commissioned plans for removing some British army watchtowers from the south Armagh skyline.

A further arrest has been made in connection with a raid on a Dundalk cash and carry.

A 36-year-old man has been arrested in Dundalk under suspicion of being involved with an illegal organisation.

A SUSPENDED garda was last night being questioned in connection with a series of armed robberies in the north Louth area.

THREE people have been questioned under anti-terrorism legislation about a series of armed raids in the north Louth area.

The exclusion zone around north Co Louth is to be lifted at midnight tonight.

Social welfare requirements for the north Louth area should be kept under constant review to meet any needs emerging as a result of the foot-and-mouth crisis, according to the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs.

The government's foot-and-mouth expert group is to meet today.

Antibodies to foot-and-mouth disease have been discovered in a total of four samples from animals culled in north Louth.

Foot-and-mouth disease tests carried out on animals at Piedmont in North Co Louth, have returned fully clear.

The Taoiseach has confirmed that the Cooley peninsula in north Louth is to benefit from a government initiative to help disadvantaged areas in rural Ireland.

The Taoiseach has arrived in north Co Louth, where he is due to meet farmers and people involved in the tourism industry.