Meath

Billionaire football-club owner Tony Bloom quietly bankrolls an Irish property fund’s four-year buying spree

Premier League club owner backed Meath-based Star Stone Property Group’s recent €600k deal to buy Drogheda shopping centre

Ireland’s football pitches have turned to ‘barren, dusty ground’ in the summer heat

GAA and soccer grounds have taken ‘real hammering’ over the prolonged hot and dry spell

Man in critical condition after third vehicle hit him at scene of earlier two-car crash in Co Meath

Motorcyclist died in separate single-vehicle crash in Co Galway on Friday night

GP jailed for sexually assaulting women during examinations after road crashes

Muhammad Iqbal denied the offences but was convicted following a trial

Who are BMC: the low profile Meath business that landed a €900m pay day?

Founder Brendan Meehan the dominant shareholder in engineering company transformed by demand for data

How animals behave in a solar eclipse is extraordinary

Wednesday evening will bring millions of people together to gaze in silent awe at a rare celestial phenomenon

‘Significant’ Co Meath fish kill exceeds 500

Aftermath observed over 9km stretch but ‘definite line of inquiry’ being followed

Forty Shades of Black? Frank McNally on our new agricultural crop, sun-harvesting

This dramatic change in the landscape around Dublin had somehow passed me by

Fire service brings large blaze at Dublin car dismantlers under control

Residents near site of blaze at Wimbletown had been warned to close windows

Two men remanded in custody after drugs worth €8.7 million seized in Meath and Louth

Cannabis, heroin and cocaine found in searches at three locations

July among ‘hottest, driest and sunniest months on record’, Met Éireann says

All monthly rainfall totals across country were below 1991-2020 average

Drugs valued at €8.5m owned by man with ties to Kinahan cartel, gardaí believe

Suspects detained for questioning after seizure of cocaine and cannabis in Meath and Louth

‘I want this fixed and to get back to work’: Solicitors split on criminal legal aid reform

Most unhappy at single flat-fee payments, but adjustments to address concerns have pleased others

Trainee pilot who raped sleeping student in his home jailed for six years

Chris Brady (31) of Ashbourne, Co Meath, falsely claimed the victim initiated sex with him while he was sleeping

Child disability centre had brown faecal matter on ceilings and furniture, inspection finds

Hiqa identified ‘significant concerns over the quality and safety of care provided for young residents’

E-scooter driver, teenager and passenger killed in three separate incidents on roads

Fatal incidents occurred in Meath and Tipperary in early hours of Sunday morning

Law student (25) granted bail and man (40) charged over car bomb seized in Co Monaghan

Isobella Perrie Sullivan, with an address in Clane, Co Kildare, was granted bail despite garda objection

GP shortages are most acute in rural and commuter belt areas, data shows

Causes include population growth outstripping rate of increases in provision of family doctors

Traitors Ireland refused permission to film new series at ‘archaeologically sensitive’ sites in Meath

‘Misrepresenting the monument for entertainment risks undermining our educational remit’, says OPW

Hospitality entrepreneur denies alleged €270,000 debt over hotel lease agreement

Counterclaim to bankruptcy petition will say he is owed money from sale of premises, High Court hears

Thirty-seven Irish film locations to visit, from Gene Wilder’s Dublin to Sean Connery’s Wicklow

The Ireland behind the movies, including Stanley Kubrick’s country estates and Steven Spielberg’s Wexford beach

‘Perfect atmosphere for country music’: Fans flock to Slane Castle for Luke Combs concerts

From far and wide, 160,000 people are coming to see the Nashville star perform this weekend

Ireland’s big builders: Who are the new construction heavyweights?

A profile of 10 Irish home builders who are scaling up to deliver thousands of new homes in the coming years

Male teenager dies following serious assault in Navan last month

Man (36) charged with assault causing harm set to appear at Trim District Court

Luke Combs at Slane Castle: Set list, ticket information, how to get there and more

Everything you need to know about the country-music star’s gigs this weekend

Slane Castle memories: Did you rock out to David Bowie, R.E.M. or Harry Styles?

Share your story: What are your best memories of the Co Meath venue?

‘My mother and father had plain food, and we were well reared’: Walburga Monaghan as sharp as ever at 107

Walburga Monaghan’s mind remains as sharp as ever despite being one of Ireland’s oldest people

‘The standard is off the scale’: World’s largest dance competition comes to Dublin

11,500 dancers gather at Convention Centre for annual Dance World Cup

‘We’re aiming for 90,000 bottles by 2029’: Meet the Dutchman betting €4m on Slane vineyard

Paulus Willem Heemskerk has planted 36,000 vines in recent weeks on his estate at Fennor House in Meath

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

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

Road Safety Authority officials criticised for ‘lack of visibility’ after spate of deaths

Minister of State Seán Canney to bring proposed RSA reforms to Government

Met Éireann forecasts temperatures to increase from Friday as some areas face water restrictions

Uisce Éireann places night-time restrictions on water supplies affecting Kilkenny, Tipperary, Donegal, Cork and Meath

Preventive healthcare and ‘upscaling’ of free contraception part of latest Women’s Health Action Plan

Government extends scheme for remediation of homes damaged by defective concrete to parts of Meath and all of Carlow

Minister gets Supreme Court appeal over finding she erred in redress scheme

High Court found error in decision to exclude two institutions from mother and baby home compensation programme

Gardaí inspect 166 brothels and interview more than 250 sex workers in trafficking crackdown

Man (50s) arrested at ‘massage parlour’ as part of global anti-trafficking operation

Challenge to Slane bypass permission can go to Court of Appeal, judge rules

John Rogers of Crewbane, Slane, has argued the proposed bypass would impact his lands

Irish doctor who faked burglary faces possible sanction after fitness-to-practise finding

Dr Anthony McGrath was given an eight-year prison sentence in 2019 after staging a burglary at his home to pay debts

Look inside: Substantial north Kildare estate seeks €12m at auction

Newbury Hall, Carbury, is magnificent three-storey-over-basement residence on more than 450 acres

Irish doctor faces possible removal from register in UK fitness-to-practise hearing

Dr Anthony McGrath was jailed for eight years over an insurance scam in 2019

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