Sinéad Hussey

Midlands Correspondent

Garda forces begin clearing the blockade

Oil tanker docks at Port of Galway after blockade lifted

The oil tanker Thun Gemini has docked at the Port of Galway after being stuck since Friday morning due to the blockade that was in place, Fuels for Ireland have confirmed.

Ireland • 12 Apr

Tractors and trucks are pictured leaving Dublin’s O’Connell Street after a Garda operation

Blockades cleared after major garda operations

Hundreds of gardaí were involved in operations in Dublin and Galway to remove blockades on O'Connell Street in the capital and at Galway port earlier today.

Ireland • 12 Apr

Food has been arriving all afternoon for demonstrators, many of whom have been here since Tuesday.

Garda Public Order Unit at Galway docks protest

The Garda Public Order Unit are at the Galway docks tonight amid an ongoing protest.

Ireland • 11 Apr

Easter Parade in a County Roscommon is marking its close association with the puppet Bosco today

Roscommon town paying tribute to Bosco in Easter parade

An Easter Parade in a County Roscommon town is marking its close association with the puppet Bosco today.

Connacht • 05 Apr

Donna Price holding a framed photo of her son

Mother recalls day her son killed on roads - 20 years on

Donna Price said she remembers every minute of the day her son Darren was killed on the roads, 20 years on from his death.

Analysis and Comment • 07 Apr

Investigation after inmate dies in Midlands Prison

An investigation is under way after the death of a prisoner at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise.

Leinster • 02 Apr

lego container - pic - sinead hussey - RTE

€20k reward for recovery of missing lego container

A €20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the recovery of a stolen shipping container packed with five tonnes of lego and school books destined for children in Malawi.

Leinster • 01 Apr

Project aims to set guidelines for postpartum exercise

A project led by researchers at the Technological University of the Shannon in Athlone aims to contribute to Ireland's first evidence-based guidelines for returning to exercise postpartum.

Leinster • 31 Mar

Man found dead after Edenderry fire named locally

A man who died following a fire at a house in Edenderry, Co Offaly this morning has been named locally as Christopher 'Crunchie' Holt, the brother of a woman who was killed in the same property last year.

Leinster • 25 Mar

Four men in court over plot to attack Galway mosque

Four men have appeared in court in the midlands, charged over an alleged plot by a violent right-wing extremist group to attack a mosque in Galway.

Courts • 19 Mar