Offaly

A just transition must support people who have lost thousands of jobs and faced an energy transition, say local advocates, who are sceptical about how funding has been spent

The actor and his wife show us around Emmel Castle, where they have lived for 35 years

Ban will be lifted elsewhere from midnight on Wednesday following ‘improvement in water availability’

Insp Alan Kerin said the investigation is ‘very much ongoing’

Middle East conflict leaves Government in ‘very uncertain, uncharted territory again’, Minister says

The company owned by Eoin Garry acquired Dooly’s Hotel in Offaly in 2025

Prize livestock, baking stalls, best-dressed farmers and hundreds of commercial stands among attractions

What to expect from next week’s partial solar eclipse, and how to watch it safely

Almost all the sun is expected to blocked out in Ireland next Wednesday evening

Congregation adopted controversial legal strategy in response to man’s allegation he was sexually abused by former member

Former pupil says he told principal of sexual abuse by Christian Brother Liam Coughlan in 1970s – Coughlan later became principal of another school

Christian Brothers’ ‘morally bankrupt and totally unfair’ approach to victims criticised by judge in case of Liam Coughlan (90)

Members of force were involved in processing products seized from a commercial premises

Specialist deep cleaning to take place on Thursday while policing services in area are being provided from Tullamore

Glenisk has named former minister of state Pippa Hackett and ex Deloitte Ireland CEO Brendan Jennings to its board

Longest hot spell occurred 50 years ago and was almost beaten in Co Cork this week

Firms are cutting large land deals and securing finance that could propel them up the country’s home-building ranks

Uisce Éireann has also called on the public to reduce hosepipe and power-hose use

Liam Coughlan (90) is currently in prison for sexually abusing former pupils in Kilkenny in the 1970s

Ireland is likely to see hot and humid weather for the next week at least

He is serving life for killing teacher on canal towpath more than four years ago

Seán Munnelly (37) to be sentenced in October after pleading guilty to unlawful killing of Paul ‘Babs’ Connolly (48) in August 2022

August 1995 brought a deluge of angry wasps to the west of Ireland and dangerous jellyfish to the east coast

Status yellow high temperature warning is in force in Ireland until Friday morning

Sorcha O’Raghallaigh from Co Offaly talks finding herself through fashion, features in Vogue and being scouted by Lady Gaga’s stylist

Purchasers paid median price of €394,980 for a residential property in 12 months to April, CSO data shows

Ali Raza (29), owner of Fone Geek shop in Edenderry, Co Offaly, charged with holding eight imitation firearms

A garda search of accused’s residence found no evidence of children or husband

Mother-of-10 from Co Offaly has more than 100 direct descendants

Clear evidence of illegality is not being acted on, says Brussels

Private collection of Reeta and Frank Hughes, featuring works by Gerard Dillon and Frank McKelvey, to go under the hammer

Town on the Laois-Offaly border offers commuters to Dublin city accessibility and affordability, says local agent

Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna responds to readers’ queries and observations on the natural world

Patrick Ward (38) and John Pio Ward (42) of Kilcruttin, Tullamore, Co Offaly, were charged at the Central Criminal Court

He was the fifth to be detained last week over suspected petrol bomb attack

Tadgh Farrell (4) and his great-aunt Mary Holt were killed in the blaze last December

Tadhg Farrell and Mary Holt perished after house was firebombed following prison fight

Tadhg Farrell and Mary Holt died in a suspected petrol bomb attack on December 6th

Three men – two aged in their 20s and one in his 30s – and teenage boy detained at Garda stations in midlands

Agency in charge of foreign direct investment bought seven sites across Leinster and two in Cork last year