Marc O'Driscoll

North East Correspondent

Members taking part in the Fitness Inclusion Project

Fitness Inclusion Games to take place in Dublin

Ireland's first Fitness Inclusion Games, inspired by the popular CrossFit and Hyrox fitness competitions, will take place in Dublin.

Dublin • 27 Jun

The funeral took place at St Patrick's Church of Ireland in Slane

Lord Henry Mount Charles remembered as a 'people person'

Lord Henry Mount Charles has been remembered as someone who lived his life with the "conviction" that music is a universal language that can bring people together.

Ireland • 25 Jun

Gardaí created a space between the groups as the anti-immigration demonstration approach O'Connell Bridge

Thousands take part in separate protests in Dublin

Thousands of people have taken part in an anti-immigration protest in Dublin, with a counter-demonstration also staged in the city centre this afternoon.

Dublin • 22 Jun

The body was of the teenage boy was recovered from the River Nanny last night

Tributes paid after teenager dies while swimming in Meath

Tributes have been paid to a teenager who died while swimming in Laytown, Co Meath. The boy has been named locally as 15-year-old Kofi Owusu who had been living in the Blackrock area of Dundalk, Co Louth.

Ireland • 21 Jun

It is understood that a group of teenage boys had been swimming in the water near Laytown Beach before one of them was reported missing by a member of the public shortly before 6.15pm

Teenager dies while swimming in River Nanny in Meath

A body has been recovered after a swimmer was reported missing in Laytown, Co Meath, this evening.

Leinster • 20 Jun

Beaches across the country are expected to be busy this weekend

Hottest day for 3 years as 29.6C recorded in Roscommon

Today has been the hottest day of the year so far and hottest day in Ireland for three years, with Met Éireann recording a temperature of 29.6C in Co Roscommon this afternoon.

Weather • 20 Jun

Lord Henry Mount Charles became a household name in the 1980s as some of the world's biggest rock 'n' roll stars took to the stage at his picturesque Meath venue for era-defining concerts.

Lord Henry Mount Charles of Slane Castle dies aged 74

Lord Henry Mount Charles, best known for staging iconic rock concerts at his ancestral home of Slane Castle in Co Meath, has died at the age of 74.

Music • 19 Jun

A garda named both brothers during a sentence hearing for three women who have pleaded guilty to money laundering offences for the organised crime group

Brothers named in court as alleged leaders of crime group

Two brothers have for the first time been named in court as the alleged leaders of one faction of the Drogheda feud.

Courts • 19 Jun

Cross-border entrepreneur awards to launch in Monaghan

A new initiative will be launched in Co Monaghan today, aimed at promoting cross-border entrepreneurship on the island of Ireland.

Ulster • 18 Jun

Tommy Reilly lost his seat on Meath County Council in the local elections last year (file image)

Ex-FF cllr says he had nothing to do with rezoned land

Former councillor Tommy Reilly has told the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) that he had "nothing whatsoever" to do with a plot of land that was ultimately owned by his son and which increased eightfold in value after being rezoned by Meath County Council.

Leinster • 16 Jun