Tullamore Show: More than 70,000 flock to agricultural spectacular as it celebrates 35 years
Prize livestock, baking stalls, best-dressed farmers and hundreds of commercial stands among attractions
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Brief brush with the moon’s shadow will bring sun’s secrets to light
What to expect from next week’s partial solar eclipse, and how to watch it safely
‘Thousands of special viewing glasses’ sold for most prominent solar eclipse in 27 years
Almost all the sun is expected to blocked out in Ireland next Wednesday evening
Christian Brothers says it settles most claims ‘without the stress of a court appearance’
Congregation adopted controversial legal strategy in response to man’s allegation he was sexually abused by former member
‘He smelled of chalk and sweat’: Pattern of school-to-school abuse uncovered in Garda search of pupil rolls
Former pupil says he told principal of sexual abuse by Christian Brother Liam Coughlan in 1970s – Coughlan later became principal of another school
Former Christian Brother ‘likely to die in prison’ after being jailed for five years
Christian Brothers’ ‘morally bankrupt and totally unfair’ approach to victims criticised by judge in case of Liam Coughlan (90)
Edenderry Garda station remains closed after gardaí got ‘very ill’ handling seized vapes
Members of force were involved in processing products seized from a commercial premises
Edenderry Garda station closed after gardaí become unwell while processing seized vapes
Specialist deep cleaning to take place on Thursday while policing services in area are being provided from Tullamore
Yoghurt-maker Glenisk returns to profit five years after ‘devastating’ factory fire
Glenisk has named former minister of state Pippa Hackett and ex Deloitte Ireland CEO Brendan Jennings to its board
Ireland narrowly misses record-matching heatwave
Longest hot spell occurred 50 years ago and was almost beaten in Co Cork this week
The developers ready to build thousands of new homes
Firms are cutting large land deals and securing finance that could propel them up the country’s home-building ranks
High temperature warning extended to Tuesday in some counties with low 30s expected
Uisce Éireann has also called on the public to reduce hosepipe and power-hose use
Former Christian Brother convicted of sexual abuse of boys in Offaly school in 1980s
Liam Coughlan (90) is currently in prison for sexually abusing former pupils in Kilkenny in the 1970s
Met Éireann issues heat warning for 12 counties with temperatures set to soar
Ireland is likely to see hot and humid weather for the next week at least
Scope of Jozef Puska’s appeal against conviction for murdering Ashling Murphy may change, court hears
He is serving life for killing teacher on canal towpath more than four years ago
Guilty plea over manslaughter of Co Offaly man who died during stag party in Athlone
Seán Munnelly (37) to be sentenced in October after pleading guilty to unlawful killing of Paul ‘Babs’ Connolly (48) in August 2022
How the current heatwave compares to the scorching summers of 1976 and 1995
August 1995 brought a deluge of angry wasps to the west of Ireland and dangerous jellyfish to the east coast
Highest temperature in Ireland 27.9 degrees in Co Cork as Britain records hottest ever June day
Status yellow high temperature warning is in force in Ireland until Friday morning
Meet the Irish fashion designer behind Zara Larsson’s new look
Sorcha O’Raghallaigh from Co Offaly talks finding herself through fashion, features in Vogue and being scouted by Lady Gaga’s stylist
Irish house price inflation weakens to slowest rate in more than two years
Purchasers paid median price of €394,980 for a residential property in 12 months to April, CSO data shows
Retailer accused of possessing ‘very realistic’ imitation firearms
Ali Raza (29), owner of Fone Geek shop in Edenderry, Co Offaly, charged with holding eight imitation firearms
Woman whose pregnancy deception included ‘false bump’ walks free from custody
A garda search of accused’s residence found no evidence of children or husband
Ireland’s oldest person, Eileen Hynes, dies aged 109
Mother-of-10 from Co Offaly has more than 100 direct descendants
EU is taking Ireland to court over failure to stop illegal peat extraction
Clear evidence of illegality is not being acted on, says Brussels
Co Down bookmakers’ art collection, ‘one of the finest in Ireland’, on sale at Adam’s
Private collection of Reeta and Frank Hughes, featuring works by Gerard Dillon and Frank McKelvey, to go under the hammer
Commuter towns – Portarlington: Why move there, and where to buy?
Town on the Laois-Offaly border offers commuters to Dublin city accessibility and affordability, says local agent
We have an asylum of cuckoos here in west Clare
Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world
Jury sworn in for trial of two brothers charged with attempted murder at halting site
Patrick Ward (38) and John Pio Ward (42) of Kilcruttin, Tullamore, Co Offaly, were charged at the Central Criminal Court
Gardaí release man (20s) arrested over Edenderry fatal fire
He was the fifth to be detained last week over suspected petrol bomb attack
Man (22) charged with two offences over fatal Edenderry house fire
Tadgh Farrell (4) and his great-aunt Mary Holt were killed in the blaze last December
Gardaí ‘identify main figures’ behind Edenderry arson attack that killed boy (4) and aunt
Tadhg Farrell and Mary Holt perished after house was firebombed following prison fight
Fifth arrest over Edenderry house fire that killed boy (4) and woman (60)
Tadhg Farrell and Mary Holt died in a suspected petrol bomb attack on December 6th
Four arrested over Edenderry house fire that killed Tadhg Farrell (4) and Mary Holt (60)
Three men – two aged in their 20s and one in his 30s – and teenage boy detained at Garda stations in midlands
IDA Ireland bought nine sites for foreign companies for €32.9m in 2025
Agency in charge of foreign direct investment bought seven sites across Leinster and two in Cork last year
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