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Leitrim · April 10, 2026

Confidence flows through Garrity & Leitrim ahead of Lidl LGFA NFL Division 4 Final

Jonny Garrity believes if his get their performance right in next Sunday's Lidl LGFA NFL Division 4 Final in Birr, Leitrim can come home with the title Never...

Sligo · April 10, 2026

Sligo's Sloyan expects tough battle against Leitrim as league positions mean nothing in championship derbies

Connacht SFC preview: Sligo host Leitrim in Markievicz Park on Sunday April 12, at 3pm Dessie Sloyan has experienced too many battles with Leitrim to expect...

Sligo · April 10, 2026

Good people as important as good footballers if Leitrim are to reach new heights - Poacher

Connacht SFC preview: Leitrim manager stresses importance of work done away from pitch in progressing players You don’t have to spend too long in the company...

Sligo · April 10, 2026

Poacher hands out four debuts as Leitrim name team to face Sligo in Connacht SFC

Connacht SFC: U20 contingent who played against Mayo on Wednesday named on bench for clash in Markievicz Park on Sunday (3 pm throw-in) Leitrim manager has...

Leitrim · April 09, 2026

Leitrim Minor team announcement – Rd 4

Team Announcement The Leitrim Minor Football team has been named by managers Danny Beck and Ciarán Kennedy for round 4 of the Electric Ireland Connacht Minor...

Leitrim · April 09, 2026

Lyons frustrated by Leitrim turnovers but agrees Mayo are a class act

Dalata Hotels Connacht U20 FC reaction: Green & Gold boss laments turnovers and stresses Leitrim have work to do to compete with the likes of Mayo at U20...

Leitrim · April 08, 2026

Awesome Mayo brush aside outclassed Leitrim in Dalata Hotels Connacht U20 FC

DALATA HOTELS CONNACHT U20 FC: LEITRIM 1-12 MAYO 3-21 An impressive Mayo ended Leitrim’s slim hopes of making the playoff stages of this year’s Dalata Hotels...

Leitrim · April 07, 2026

U20 Team Announcement – Connacht Championship Rd 4

Team Announcement The Leitrim U20 Football team has been named by manager Enda Lyons for round 4 of the Connacht U20 Championship. Best of luck to the team,...

Dublin · March 31, 2026

'A gentleman in every sense' remembered in Leitrim and Dublin

Gerry O’Rourke, formerly of Tarmon in Co. Leitrim, is remembered following his passing last week The death has occurred of Gerry O’Rourke of Santry, Dublin...

Glenties · March 30, 2026

Extradited man charged with murder of Denis Donaldson

A 49-year-old man has been charged at the Special Criminal Court with the murder of Denis Donaldson, a former Provisional IRA member and senior Sinn Féin...

Leitrim · March 30, 2026

Leitrim community remembers‘ One sound man,’ following passing

William Joseph Joesph Higgins (Liam) was remembered as a great friend by those who knew him following his passing last week The death has occurred of William...

Mohill · March 30, 2026

Mohill Parish Holy Week ceremonies and Easter Sunday mass times announced

Holy Week begins Monday March 30 with extended masses and adoration across Mohill, Fenagh and Eslin. Easter Sunday masses are April 5 at 9am (Eslin), 10am...

Letterkenny · March 27, 2026 Also covered in Gweedore, Milford

Native Irish speaker found not guilty of murdering grandfather by reason of insanity

A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in County Donegal has been found not guilty of murdering his grandfather by reason of insanity following a majority jury...

Gweedore · March 26, 2026

'Just and humane society' seeks not to punish those who are unwell, defence reminds murder trial jury

A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in County Donegal was found not guilty of murdering his grandfather by reason of insanity following a jury verdict at the...

Donegal · March 26, 2026

'I don’t care if he was running from here to Donegal': judge remands athlete in custody over €80k drugs haul

A 24-year-old Galway athlete has been remanded in custody following his guilty plea to drug possession charges at Galway Circuit Criminal Court. Richard...

Letterkenny · March 25, 2026 Also covered in Gweedore

Murder accused told doctors that release of abuser Michael Ferry caused him to 'spiral'

A 39-year-old man from Carrickcoyle in County Donegal's Gaeltacht has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity following a jury verdict at the...

Gweedore · March 24, 2026 Also covered in Letterkenny, Milford

Native Irish speaker described how he 'smacked' grandfather's head with granite stone, cement block

A 39-year-old man from Derrybeg in County Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 78-year-old grandfather at Carrickcoyle on...

Mayo · March 24, 2026

Accountant jailed for stealing €1.4m from KPMG

A qualified accountant from Shrule, County Mayo, has been sentenced to two years in custody at Galway Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to stealing...

Letterkenny · March 23, 2026 Also covered in Gweedore, Milford

Man pleads not guilty to murdering grandfather in Donegal Gaeltacht

A 39-year-old man from Carrickcoyle, Derrybeg in County Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his grandfather, Derek Burns,...

Donegal · March 23, 2026

Cancer patient who claimed employer no longer wanter her as 'face of business' wins €20k

A woman who worked at a marina in Fahan, County Donegal for over two decades has been awarded €20,000 for disability discrimination by the Workplace Relations...

Castlerea · March 19, 2026 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murderer claims psychiatric evidence contradicted legal test for insanity

Stephen Silver, a motorbike mechanic from Foxford in County Mayo, has appealed his April 2023 conviction for the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan at...

Cavan · March 19, 2026

Carpenter had 'glassy eyes' when gardai pulled him over

A 39-year-old self-employed carpenter from Cavan has been disqualified from driving for two years following a conviction for drink driving. Eduard Hupalov was...

Edgeworthstown · March 18, 2026

'A very dangerous man': convicted murderer Rea sentenced for raping cousin

Patrick Rea, aged 55 and currently serving a life sentence for murder, has been convicted and sentenced at the Central Criminal Court for the rape and...

Ballina · March 18, 2026

'Unfortunate situation' sees jury dismissed in trial of man accused of 'indescribably savage' murder

A jury has been discharged in the trial of a 33-year-old man accused of murdering a 58-year-old at a housing unit on Tone Street in Ballina, County Mayo in...

Letterkenny · March 16, 2026

Fugitives have 'no legitimate expectation of permanent immunity', court finds in upholding extradition over 1975 murder of RUC officer

The Court of Appeal has upheld extradition orders against two men wanted in Northern Ireland for offences connected to the 1975 murder of an RUC officer. John...

Ballina · March 13, 2026 Also covered in Castlebar

Man admits Mayo claw hammer attack

A 23-year-old man from Ballina has pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following a violent incident outside St Mary's Secondary School in April 2021....

Ballina · March 13, 2026 Also covered in Claremorris

Murder accused said he gouged flatmate's eye out when he came at him with knife

A man has pleaded not guilty to murder at the Central Criminal Court following the death of his flatmate at an apartment on Tone Street, Ballina, County Mayo...

Castlebar · March 13, 2026

West of Ireland couple sentenced after children found living in squalor

A couple at Castlebar Circuit Court has been sentenced for child neglect after their two young autistic children were discovered living in severely unsanitary...

Ballina · March 12, 2026

Witness denies seeing deceased 'beating the s**t out' of murder accused

A witness has denied observing the deceased wielding a metal pole against the man accused of his murder during an altercation at a Ballina apartment. Declan...

Ballina · March 11, 2026 Also covered in Knock

Witness tells trial of moment she and son 'fled for their lives' after murder accused barged into home

A woman residing at a Peter McVerry Trust housing unit on Tone Street, Ballina, has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court describing how she and her...

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