Police in the North are appealing for witnesses after confirming that a device found in Derry last night was a viable pipe bomb.

An investigation is underway after five masked men armed with handguns broke into a house in Co. Louth.

A security operation is underway in Derry this morning, following the discovery of a suspicious object on Racecourse Road in Shantallow.

THE Employment Appeals Tribunal is to notify the Revenue Commissioners about evidence from a recent hearing which alleged a businessman created bogus expense records to avoid paying tax and PRSI.

Police in the North have released a man who was being questioned in connection with a fatal crash in Derry yesterday.

A man was knocked down and killed in a hit-and-run road accident in the North today.

A pedestrian has been killed in a car crash in Co Derry in the early hours of this morning.

A man has died in a collision between his car and a lorry on the Kilbeggan to Mullingar road in Co Westmeath today.

AS a local resident I feel I must express my disgust and shame at the state of Tramore beach on the Tuesday and Wednesday evenings following last week’s bank holiday.

AN 18-year-old student died yesterday and his life-long friend, also 18, is in intensive care, following what is believed to have been a gas leak in a house in Tralee, Co Kerry.