A man was being questioned by gardaí in Co Tipperary last night over the suspected hit-and-run death of a pedestrian at the weekend.

An ambulance paramedic was left stranded at a filling station in Co Laois after a ‘disagreement’ with a colleague who drove off and left him 100kms from his base, writes Patrick Flynn.

Gardaí and Customs have made the biggest seizure of cannabis in 20 years and suspect the under-pressure Kinahan cartel were behind the shipment.

Gardaí mounted a massive assault on criminal activity in the Carlow/Kilkenny region yesterday, with a total of 64 people arrested during a “day of action” as part of Operation Thor.

Thirty-five people have been arrested as part of a Garda crackdown on crime in the Kilkenny/Carlow Division.

The Wednesday or Thursday after the 2014 All-Ireland final replay an old stalwart from near Urlingford decided to go for a spin on the far side of the border. Eternal vigilance and all of that, dontcha know.

Nestled neatly between Urlingford and Two-Mile-Borris lies the sleepy village of Gortnahoe.

With more than 1,200 acres of land in total and an impressive Georgian pile in the middle of it, Kilcooley Estate in South Tipperary is a property of multiple aspects which will attract a lot of very different interested parties.

Sixteen new fire stations will be built and another 10 refurbished over the next five years.

Their graph was expected to dip. After successive All-Ireland final defeats, managerial resignations and the departure of two of their most experienced players, Kilkenny camogie was set to return to the chasing pack in 2015.

For natives of Mullinavat, Waterford is town, 11 miles away. For natives of Ballyhale, seven miles north, Kilkenny is town, 13 miles away. 

Your correspondent Bob Quinn (Letters, January 1) has highlighted the nonsensical “system” of speed limit signage on Ireland’s roads. 

Derek O’Connor will be making a bold bid to regain his point-to-point title if yesterday’s well-attended Kilworth & Araglen Harriers fixture at Kilworth is anything to go by for he partnered a sparkling three-timer.

Mrs Walsh can Tommy come out and play?

And… Breathe. The neutrals may welcome another shot at an All-Ireland hurling final after that stunning draw but can the locals in Kilkenny and Tipperary bear it? Will their hearts be able for that sort of tension again?

Graffiti on a new limestone monument in Johnstown ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland final has been condemned as the work of "unsporting people".

Blarney Golf Resort’s new owner was also the buyer of Co Tipperary’s 1,200 acre Kilcooley estate, the Irish Examiner has learned.

A 19-year-old man died yesterday when the van he was driving hit a tree.

DO you know Ballydehob? It’s a beautiful village, way down in the south west of our country.

As a result of the exceptionally stormy conditions, some flights have been diverted, delayed or cancelled as a result of severe gusty winds at Dublin Airport.

Motorists travelling to the three-day National Ploughing Championships, which start in Ratheniska, Co Laois, tomorrow, have been urged by the gardaí not to use their satnavs.

A father is to embark on a gruelling countrywide cycle to the Dáil this Friday in a desperate bid to force the Government to return the medical card of his daughter, who has Down’s syndrome.

Campion Insurance has acquired part of Aviva Direct Life and Pensions as part of a three-year expansion plan that will see the company become an established nationwide insurance brand.

“We are 91 days from the end of this decade and there’s gonna be a lot of refugees... If you’re hanging onto a rising balloon, you are presented with a difficult decision. Let go before it’s too late or hang on and keep getting higher, posing the question: how long can you keep a grip on the rope? They’re selling hippie wigs in Woolworths, man. The greatest era in the history of mankind is over. And as Presuming Ed here has so consistently pointed out, we have failed to paint it black.”

With just two stages remaining in the An Post Rás, Belfast man Connor McConvey remains in second place overall, tied on time with race leader Marcin Bialoblocki of the UK Youth professional team.

The wife of a mine worker killed in an underground rockfall wept yesterday as she thanked the emergency services for ensuring her husband’s remains were recovered from the mine.

A lead and zinc mine due to close by 2015 has been hit by tragedy for the second time in two years following the death of a worker in an undergroundaccident.

Derry showed that they are getting to grips with life in the top tier of the National Camogie League with a 4-13 to 2-10 victory over Tipperary at Hawkfield.

MIDWAY through every 12-week certificate course at the Ballymaloe Cookery School, we all pile onto a bus and go on a foodie tour.

Kerry football pundit Pat Spillane has confirmed he was assaulted by a number of Donegal fans after he left Croke Park following Donegal’s All-Ireland semi-final victory over Cork two weeks ago.

The IHFA Open Day takes place on Wednesday June 20 on the farm of Tom and Maura Murphy at Swiftsheath, Jenkinstown, Co. Kilkenny.

IS there gold in the fields?

Gardaí have busted three cannabis factories, worth over €600,000, in the South-East in three days.

A man in his 20s, arrested in connection with a drugs seizure in Co Killkenny, has been charged and will appear in court this morning.

Gardaí are continuing to question a man in his 20s in relation to the discovery of a cannabis grow house in Co Kilkenny.

A man has been arrested after a cannabis grow house was discovered in County Kilkenny.

Derek Lyng won six All-Ireland medals and national acclaim in service of Kilkenny. But the path to becoming one of the greatest midfielders of his generation was an arduous one.

THE auction offering of 65 discounted Irish properties was as damp a squib as the day outside was a washout.

REBELS were few and far between in Cork as thousands turned out in glorious sunshine to greet the woman of the week, Queen Elizabeth II.

A ZINC mine which is about to be taken over by an Indian multi-national has become the scene of tragedy following an underground explosion which killed one man and left another injured.