A foreign national in his 30s has died following a road crash in Co Meath last night.

Gardaí in Louth are holding four teenagers in connection with an attack on two couples in the Townley Hall in the early hours of this morning.

An oil tanker has gone off the road in Co Meath causing traffic diversions on the N2.

GARDAÍ are forensically examining a car seized as part of an investigation into one of two grenade attacks in Dublin last week.

GARDAÍ in Dublin are fearful of further attacks involving lethal explosives, following an incident in Crumlin shortly after 11pm last night in which a live grenade was thrown at a house.

Two men are being sought in connection with last night's grenade attack on the southside of Dublin city.

The Gardaí are investigating a link between a grenade attack in south Dublin last night and the death of a prisoner in Mountjoy jail earlier this week.

Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a suspected grenade attack on a house in the south of the city overnight.

MORE than 20,000 homes were left without electricity yesterday as storms battered the country disrupting road, air and sea travel.

A woman who was discovered unconscious on a roadside on the Louth-Meath border more than a week ago has died.

A 34-year-old man has been killed following a road accident in Co Meath this morning.

Gardai at Navan have named the 34-year-old man who died following a hit-and-run accident on the Navan to Slane Road last night.

A pedestrian has died following a road traffic accident in County Meath.