Tributes have been paid to Ireland's three Hurricane Ophelia victims as the family of Michael Pyke attended his funeral today.

People have been paying tribute to the three people who died during storm Ophelia yesterday.

It was a one-day event, with lifelong consequences for the families of its three victims, and ongoing ramifications for households, schools, transport, businesses, the health service, forestry, and farming.

The scale of Ophelia’s devastation was particularly felt in Waterford, Tipperary, and Dundalk, where three people lost their lives as a result of the storm.

Shellfish farmers selling tonnes of oysters in Europe have said post-Brexit customs and border ideas are "utterly deluded" and could wipe out their businesses.

When Ford opened a UK plant in Dagenham in 1931, so many men from Leeside got work in the Essex town that it became known as ’Little Cork’. Cork balladeer Jimmy Crowley remembers his family links to it.

Two men had their teeth knocked out by a young man in the course of unprovoked assaults in Mahon and Passage West.

A 99-year-old man died after suffering fatal burns when he was scalded after falling into a bath, an inquest has heard.

An investigation is underway following the discovery of a skull in a ditch in a large field off the Swords road in Dublin yesterday afternoon.

Shane Breen was taking a lead from his horse’s name yesterday as he prepared for the first Chinese leg of the Global Champions Tour.

Gardaí in Co Louth have seized a large quantity of tobacco and un-distilled alcohol in Dundalk.

A 31-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with the murder of a former rugby player in Dublin at the weekend.

A Dublin man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a man in the capital on Saturday night.

Poor weather conditions have caused major traffic problems around the country in the past 24 hours as a two-car collision in Co Mayo claimed the first road fatalities of 2014.

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Show jumper Shane Sweetnam has no intention of just making up the numbers when he contests his first World Cup final next April in Sweden.

In Dundalk Garda Station, the one and only station he served in, his colleagues and friends, many of whom worked during the worst of the Troubles, are still coming to terms with the death of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.

Linda Stewart, creative director and owner of beauty salon Mizu of Riverlane, Dundalk, talks to Vincent Ryan about her busy working day

Gardaí believe that two men whose charred remains were found on top of one another in a burnt-out car were murdered in a gangland row over drugs.

Detectives were tonight investigating if two men were shot dead before their bodies were found in a burning car close to the border.

Missing persons records were being examined tonight after two unidentified people were found burnt to death in a car close to the border.

Gardaí are investigating after the bodies of two people were found in a burning car in Co Louth.

JAYNE DOHERTY declared herself on “cloud 10” yesterday, after finishing fourth and best of the Irish with The Only One in the feature class at Tattersalls International Horse Trials.

A 4,000 tonne delivery of salt for treating roads is due to arrive in Cork this evening.

Both Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus have said some routes are facing curtailments and diversions because of the continuing hazards of compacted snow and ice.

Most transport services are running normally this morning, despite another night of sub-zero conditions.

Dublin Airport Authority says the airport is fully operational this morning, despite another night of freezing conditions.

Treacherous road conditions are being reported right around the country again this morning following a night of sub-zero conditions.

A man is due in court in Co Louth later today in connection with the discovery of a JCB - which had been allegedly stolen.

IT’S hard to sum up the attractiveness of Ravensdale, it’s just that when you see it, you go, Aaaah. There’s a kind of chocolate box charm about this Douglas village house, even though it’s obvious it needs work.

Legal history was made at the Special Criminal Court sitting in Dublin today when the court heard evidence from a witness by videolink from London in the trial of Colm Murphy who is accused of conspiracy in relation to the 1998 Omagh bomb.

The retrial of a building contractor charged over the Omagh bomb atrocity today heard he provided two mobile phones used by terrorists plotting the Real IRA massacre.

The majority of schools served by Bus Éireann school bus services have decided to close for today and tomorrow.

The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in an appeal brought on the behalf of 54 year-old building contractor Colm Murphy aimed at stopping his re-trial on a conspiracy charge connected with the Real IRA Omagh bombing in which 29 people died.

The M Donnelly-sponsored All-Ireland Poc Fada final, which takes place next Saturday on Annaverna Mountain in Ravensdale, County Louth, boasts a high quality range of hurlers and 2007 champion Brendan Cummins will have quite a job to hold onto his title.

Police investigating the murder of SAS officer Captain Robert Nairac in the North more than 30 years ago arrested a man in South Armagh today.

Transcripts and books of evidence used in the trials of five men at the Special Criminal Court are "intensely relevant" to a civil action being brought against them in the North by victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing, the Supreme Court heard today.

Judgment has been reserved in a High Court action brought by the families of some victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing aimed at securing documents from five persons to be used in proceedings for damages against the five in the Northern Ireland courts.

Colm Murphy has launched a new legal challenge to his retrial on a conspiracy charge connected with the 1998 Real IRA bombing in Omagh in which 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died.

The All-Ireland Poc Fada hurling event will take place on Saturday, August 4, at 12.30pm, it was announced today.

State prosecutors will today insist the only man jailed in connection with the Omagh bomb massacre must stand retrial.

The only man jailed in connection with the Omagh bombing in the North claimed today that his short-term memory loss would interfere with his right to a fair hearing in a retrial.

Two detectives lied under oath while giving evidence at the trial of a man accused of being involved in the Omagh bombings, a court heard today.