Laura Hogan

A teenage boy is in a critical condition in hospital after getting into difficulty in water in a Co Monaghan lake.

Residents of a Co Meath village have been left without water for several days during the hottest week of the year.

The Corrs will be celebrated for their global musical success at an event in their hometown of Dundalk today.

A former garda who admitted dangerous driving causing the death of a 45-year-old man in Drogheda two years ago has been jailed for six years.

Three men involved in the extortion of a Drogheda businessman following the breakdown of a business partnership have been jailed for between three-and-a-half and six-and-a-half years.

The chair of a public inquiry set up to investigate the abuse of vulnerable adults at Muckamore Abbey Hospital has said what happened there cannot be allowed to happen again.

A celebration of contemporary music will take place in Dundalk with a series of intimate concerts this weekend.

Two men who ran an "online drugs supermarket" for one of the gangs at the centre of the Drogheda feud have been jailed.

The Health Service Executive has clarified that the Cottage Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth, will remain open, but confirmed it was carrying out a review of the "nurse led transitional care service" at the facility.

Shared Island funding has been allocated to developing tourism around Carlingford Lough.