A scuffle during by-election campaigning has led to an allegation of an assault by Fine Gael TD Frank Feighan being made to gardaí.

Gardaí have arrested a man in connection with a post office robbery in county Roscommon.

Gardaí in Co Roscommon have arrested two men in connection with a post office robbery in Strokestown this morning.

Up to €280,000 worth of cannabis plants have been seized by Gardaí in Roscommon.

A man is due to appear in court in Roscommon today, in connection with the false imprisonment of a man in strokestown on Tuesday.

Around a million Euro worth of drugs have been seized as part of a planned Garda Operation in Longford town and South Roscommon.

Detectives were tonight continuing to question man over the fatal stabbing of a 47-year-old woman.

A MAN appeared before Carrick-on-Shannon District Court late last night in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Brazilian woman in Roscommon town.

Detectives were tonight examining a knife found close to where a young Brazilian woman was stabbed to death.

Gardaí have launched a formal murder inquiry following the death of a 47-year-old man in Co Roscommon yesterday morning.

Gardaí are today investigating the discovery of the body of a 47-year-old man in the garden of a house.

Five youths were arrested this afternoon after a major Garda manhunt in the west.

GARDAÍ in Roscommon are baffled over the reason why a local farmer shot his wife dead before committing suicide on Sunday evening.