Gardai are are appealing for the publics help as they try to establish what caused the blaze at a house in Gurth south Roscommon in the early hours of this morning where a middle aged couple died

Groups are expressing worries that the country will not be in a position to host large scale events until after Christmas.

Leitrim county council believes that closing part of the town centre streets off to traffic would make for a better visiting and shopping experience for people

Gardaí have identified a suspect and are pursuing a definite line of inquiry over the incident.

Examinations are continuing this afternoon at the scene of the fatal house fire at Gurth in south Roscommon in an effort to determine the cause of the blaze

The deaths of two people in a house fire at Gurth in south Roscommon have caused widespread shock in the local community

The planning permission for the new houses to be built at Priors Point in Carrick on Shannon comes with 18 conditions attached

A man and a woman have died in a house fire in the Moore area of south Roscommon