Broken-hearted Sinead Clinton posted a sad Valentine’s Day farewell to her boyfriend Cathal Reilly, who fell to his death on a midweek break away.

Around 1,200 homes are still without power this morning after overnight storms.

Mary Pakenham is one of the 35 women left out of a redress scheme for former patients damaged by disgraced obstetrician Michael Neary.

Women left out of a redress scheme for former patients of disgraced surgeon Michael Neary have urged Health Minister James Reilly to keep his promise that he would look after them.

Met Eireann has said temperatures will plummet again tonight to as low as -9C in parts of the country leading to a severe frost and freezing fog.

TWO youths used a chainsaw to try and cut through a post office in a terrifying attempted robbery yesterday.

Gardaí have named the woman killed in this morning's crash on the N3 in Cavan.

THEY’RE in neighbouring counties, but the best and worst of the Tidy Towns entrants are poles apart when it comes to impressing the judges.

Tougher laws are needed to move on members of the Travelling community who camp unlawfully in towns and villages across Ireland, it was claimed tonight.

The man killed in yesterday's crash between two lorries in Co Westmeath has been named.

CompiledJanuary 2005: Paul Buckley, aged 32, of Baker’s Road, Gurranabraher, was given a four-year sentence by Mr Justice Paul Butler for the rape and assault causing harm of a 25-year-old woman in the garden of a house in April 2002.

IN AUTUMN 2004 I donned my wellies and visited the Ploughing Championships for the first time. I was impressed by the sheer scale and organisation of the event, but baffled by the absence of a food pavilion to showcase Irish food.

A FAMILY homecoming ended in tragedy when a six-year-old boy died in his aunt’s garden after he was struck and killed by a car driven by his teenage sister.

LIFE was good for William Monaghan in late 2002.