So, what a momentous week this was. Ireland qualified for the second round of the European Championships revisiting, in doing so, the heady days of the 1988 competition which heralded a new era of self-belief and may even have helped set the national psyche for the real tiger times. Oh, and Brexit. 

Brian Carroll outlines the bizarre case of Kevin McGeever, who conned his way around the world duping investors on a fictional path that lead to his conviction over a fake kidnapping

An 18-year-old man, who died following a crash in Co Leitrim, has been named as John McGovern from Swanlinbar, Co Cavan.

A man has died in a two-car collision in Co Leitrim.

An Eddie Rocket’s diner in Arklow and the delicatessen area of a Cork supermarket were among nine premises served with a closure order last month for food safety legislation breaches.

A 43-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged in connection with a major explosives haul found on a farm in the North.

A wealthy businessman found wandering a lonely border road in a barefoot and dishevelled condition last Tuesday is to face formal questioning by gardaí later this week about his mysterious disappearance.

Gardaí are desperately trying to build up a picture of the gang suspected of kidnapping businessman Kevin Michael McGeever.

The Irish Bank Officials Association said today that it is disappointed at the confirmation of Ulster Bank's plans to close 22 branches across the island of Ireland.

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

IF Jim Tobin of Meelin in North Cork was still alive today he would be having the best business week of his life. You see Jim in his day was the best lemonade maker in the locality and also made and sold boot polish!

A bus carrying 50 people has crashed in Co Cavan.

HOPES are fading that two Irish citizens missing since last Thursday’s bomb blasts in London will be found alive.

A PREGNANT teacher has been awarded €10,000 in compensation after she was found to have been the victim of discrimination while interviewing for a job at a school.

Gardai in Co Leitrim are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man's body on a road in Dromore early this morning.