Cork County Council has invited tenders from voluntary and community organisations to support the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the county over the next two years.

When one of the red lights on a car dashboard starts flashing, any sensible person will stop and check the owner’s manual.

The Government has been accused of backing down “in the face of racist arson attacks” by shelving plans for a direct provision centre in Rooskey in Leitrim.

Societies differentiate themselves through cultural practices. Many insist on long-established protocols that others find amusing, incomprehensible, reckless, or even barbaric. Some traditions are driven by religious beliefs; the origin of others are lost in time.

Plans have been dropped to move 80 asylum seekers into a disused hotel in Rooskey, Co Leitrim.

Two recent fires at The Shannon Key West Hotel have caused significant upset to parishioners on both sides of the River Shannon in Rooskey.

Gardaí are still investigating the attack at the Shannon Key West Hotel on Thursday night.

It must take a galling amount of ignorant hatred to find it justifiable to set fire to a hotel earmarked for a group of people who have risked their lives, left behind their worldly possessions and their families to flee violence, war, or persecution, writes Elaine Loughlin.

A hotel which has been at the centre of a High Court dispute is expected to open as accommodation for asylum seekers in the new year.

Direct Provision has been described as "legalised people trafficking" by Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy.

A county councillor who appeared in an RTÉ Prime Time Investigates programme has been ordered to pay a compensation order after a court heard how he dined in expensive Dublin restaurants and spent lavishly on clothing.

A county councillor has told a court he is facing bankruptcy as a result of failed business dealings.

More than 66,000 motorists had their speed checked by gardaí in under 10 hours as Operation Slowdown delivered on its promise of an intensive nationwide scrutiny of driving habits.

Politicians of all hues paid their respects to Albert the peacemaker as thousands gathered to say their final goodbye to the former taoiseach.

Fondly remembered by the people of his native Rooskey, Albert Reynolds has been described as a "kind gentleman and the pride of the village" by those who knew him.

Long before entering the political stage, Albert Reynolds had already forged a successful career by changing the Irish showbusiness landscape.

A man who was married with three children; was engaged separately to two other partners; and had a girlfriend in Poland with another child was in prison last night after admitting fraud.

125 new jobs have come on stream at an Irish medical devices company.

A 36-strong syndicate from the midlands collected their €2m jackpot from Lotto Headquarters in Dublin this afternoon.

TO THE passing eye, the IRD building in Kiltimagh is forgettable, but in reality it has a few stories to tell, of an eagerly anticipated future and of a dream that has been and gone.

Rural bus stops operating in some parts of the country are to be shut from today.

A MEDICAL devices firm is to create 79 jobs in Co Leitrim, as it almost doubles its workforce.

A medical devices firm is to create 79 jobs in Leitrim as it almost doubles its workforce.

Up to 600 people have manned the bridges across the River Shannon in Roscommon in protest at the closure of the county Hospital's A&E unit.

A BRANCH of the Shannon Protection Alliance has been established in Limerick in an effort to prevent millions of litres of water being extracted from the Shannon river to boost dwindling supplies in the greater Dublin area.

LEITRIM is the newest playground for holiday home buyers and retirees — even President McAleese has a house there.

Semple Stadium in Thurles has been chosen as the venue for next weekend's GAA All-Ireland senior hurling quarter-finals, following a meeting of the GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) at Croke Park today.

Louth 1-16 Donegal 0-11

GLANBIA announced yesterday that it had completed the sale of its pigmeat business to a management team for €35 million.

The former Glanbia plant at Rooskey, Co Roscommon will become a €40m worth Business Park if plans for the site are approved.

FOOD group Glanbia hit out at the high cost of doing business in Ireland when it announced results for 2006 yesterday.

A NEW hotel, spa and now a golf course designed by Nick Faldo coming along in the area, yes indeed, the living at this rustic Roscommon log cabin is getting more and more high end.

A LEADING motorcycle racer was one of five people killed on the country’s roads over the weekend.

A man in his 20s was killed in a two car crash in Co Donegal today.

FAMILIES who have lost loved ones through Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) could soon be screened for the condition at the country’s first one-stop heart clinic.

JUSTICE MINISTER Michael McDowell seriously needs to revisit the drawing board as far as his reserve garda force is concerned, because it istotally impractical.

Up to 8,000 households in County Roscommon have been left without water following a diesel oil spill at a reservoir.

Former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds tonight said his family would do everything they could to secure the 500 jobs at risk following a fire at a pet food factory in Longford.

THE husband of a mother of two missing for more than a week has appealed to her to get in touch.

THE Revenue Commissioners’ latest crackdown on tax defaulters has yielded over €100 million in unpaid tax, interest and penalties in the first three months of the year.

SHOTGUN owners in three counties are likely to be visited by gardaí investigating an attack on Justice Minister Michael McDowell's holiday home.

An incident in which a shot was fired at the holiday home of Justice Minister Michael McDowell was condemned as “scandalous” by the Opposition today.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell was yesterday granted leave to seek a judicial review of a planning decision by Roscommon County Council involving his luxury holiday home.

A very pertinent question was asked by Fr Peter McVerry, one of the leading activists on homelessness in this country, when he was in Cork this week.