The body of a 70-year-old man has been recovered from the scene of a house fire in The Heath, Co Laois. He was the sole occupant of the thatched cottage, which is 6km outside of Portlaoise.

A Co Laois man and his 10-year-old son have died in a crash while holidaying in Turkey. Eoin Fitzpatrick, a 36-year-old father of two, and his youngest son Dylan, died after a moped they were ...

The car the family were travelling in crashed near Cashel less than 24 hours before Rosaleen McDonagh died in Co Laois. Mourners were today asked to pray for the McDonagh and McCarthy families ...