Gardaí in Carlow have seized cocaine with an estimated street value of up to €120,000 and made two arrests as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and distribution of illegal drugs throughout the South East.

FIONNUALA O’Reilly, one of four mothers who founded Parents for Justice, a support group for families who discovered that their deceased children’s organs had been retained without their knowledge, died yesterday.

RISING oil costs have pushed petrol prices up by more than 12% and diesel by more than 15% in the last year, a survey found yesterday.