A woman was subjected to a traumatic ordeal when she was held at knifepoint and bundled into the back of her car by two men before being driven away at high speed.

Health and safety officials were last night trying to establish what may have caused a 12m wall to collapse at a DIY and garden centre in Longford on Tuesday, killing two men and injuring four others.

Four people remain in hospital this morning following the collapse of a wall in a Longford DIY centre which killed two others.

Gardaí investigating a Co Longford crash, in which a man died and two others were seriously injured, want witnesses of the accident to come forward.

A man has died in a three car crash in Co. Longford.

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 number of restaurants are bucking the trend and thriving during the economic slowdown.

A man has been killed in a road crash in Co. Roscommon.

TWO businessmen said to have insufficient funds to complete a e3.57 million contract to buy a shareholding in a company have been ordered by the Commercial Court to pay the €2.15m balance of the amount due under the contract.

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

Around 5,000 homes in Co Roscommon have had their water supplies cut off as a result of pollution in a local lake.

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