She replaces Bernard Gloster, who is to retire from the public service after working in the sector for almost 38 years.

PROCEEDS of the recent Portlaoise Indoor Motor Show were presented to Laois Hospice on 9 December by members of Ballinakill ...

It comes after ‘serious and significant failings’ were found in central safeguarding functions from 2009 to 2022.

A woman has told a Central Criminal Court that she was sexually abused by her younger brother on several occasions. The woman ...

Ross O'Rourke, with a previous address in Tullow, Carlow, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering his ...

Portlaoise wasted no time in cancelling out that lead. Two minutes into the new half Croke delivered an inch-perfect kick for ...

A LAOIS community is in deep shock following the death of a local man in a tragic accident. Sean Geoghegan of Coolbally, ...

Judge Cody noted the distance from Cork to Dublin is 250km. He said if Mr Florian had kept driving at a speed of 263km/ph, he ...

A local garda told Diana Stuart SC, prosecuting, at an earlier hearing last October, that the accused was a good friend of ...

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal!” from Home Alone 2 was also voted by 61 per cent of respondents as the most iconic ...

A teenage boy is to stand trial accused of sexual abuse, including 19 counts of rape of another child, in Dublin for over ...

A driver has been caught going 201km/h in Kinvara, Co. Galway, as An Garda Síochána continues its Christmas road traffic ...