Two men remain in Garda custody this morning following an attempted robbery targeting a leading businessman in Co Galway on Sunday night.

A quick-thinking mother helped foil a violent kidnap plot as a traumatised businessman and his family were held hostage at gunpoint during a raid at their rural home.

Gardaí in Galway are searching for a dark-coloured BMW car with an 05 registration which they believe may be linked to an armed raid on a family home in Turloughmore last night.

Two men are in Garda custody this morning following an incident in which a couple and their four children were held at gunpoint in their Galway home last night.

Gardaí have arrested three men following incident in which a woman and four children were held at gunpoint in their Galway home last night.

GER LOUGHNANE has always been good for a quote but even he knew he was heading into difficulty when remarking that Fergal Moore’s hamstring injury was his ‘Achilles heel’.

This coming Sunday the TG4 Underdogs side, managed by former Offaly boss Pat Fleury, will take on the might of Kilkenny's senior hurlers on the hallowed turf of Nowlan Park (throw-in 1.45pm).

NUI Galway's footballers picked up their second inter-county scalp in seven days at Kiltoom today, as Michael Meehan and Brendan O Callarain inspired them to a 1-14 to 0-12 FBD Connacht Football League win over Roscommon.

THE Tipperary county board are bidding to overturn a decision by the GAA not to issue them a share of the All-Ireland SFC qualifier revenues.