Sinead Hussey

Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman, has confirmed that it is investigating the death of a man in garda custody yesterday evening.

A man in his 60s has been seriously injured in an assault in Portarlington, Co Laois in the early hours of this morning.

Gardaí have renewed their appeal for information about a public order incident which happened at a Sunday mass in St Peter and Paul's Cemetery in Portlaoise last month.

A man, who has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to threatening to kill Taoiseach Micheál Martin, said he acted "like a keyboard warrior without a second thought for real world impact".

An event to mark 60 years of Cuan Mhuire, which provides residential addiction treatment and rehabilitation, will take place today.

The Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, is experiencing increasing numbers of people requiring admission and have opened additional beds to cope with this increased demand on capacity and resources.

Gardaí are investigating a suspected arson attack on a house in Longford town.

Gardaí have renewed an appeal for witnesses to a serious assault in Portarlington, Co Laois, earlier this month.

A Teaching Council inquiry which will consider allegations of professional misconduct against Enoch Burke has been delayed.

"It was soul destroying, horrible, I felt a sense that justice wasn't done".