Gardaí have named the woman pedestrian who was killed when she was struck by a lorry in Ranelagh, Dublin, yesterday morning.
She was Ms Maureen Whelan (73), of Woodstown Crescent, Ranelagh.
Held in Surrey over NI murder
A Northern Ireland man was arrested in Surrey yesterday for questioning about a murder in the North more than four years ago. The 35-year-old from Downpatrick, Co Down, was detained at a flat in Staines during a joint operation by the PSNI and Surrey and Dorset police.
He was expected to be returned to Northern Ireland for questioning over the murder of Mr Patrick Crane (38) in March 2000.
Mr Crane's body was found by a caretaker in the grounds of St Colmcille's Primary School, Downpatrick. He had 17 stab wounds, a smashed head and a slashed throat.
Earlier this year the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman confirmed that she was investigating the murder following complaints by the victim's family of a "totally inadequate" investigation.
Polish women victims of robbery
Interpreters were brought in yesterday as detectives interviewed two Polish women attacked during an armed robbery in Co Armagh.
The victims were tied up by a gang who demanded money before ransacking their house near Loughgall. Three men in yesterday's raid were armed with handguns and spoke in Russian, police said.
Efforts to track down the thieves, who are believed to have escaped in a car with Republic number plates, have been hampered because the women speak little English.
The car was later found burnt out in the Loughgall area.
Lake disaster to be recalled
The Republic's worst inland waterways disaster is to be commemorated this weekend in Co Cavan after 126 years. Seventeen people, including 14 schoolgirls, lost their lives when their boat sank on Lough Sillan, one of the county's largest lakes, in 1878. There were no survivors.
A local historian, Mr Eugene Markey, said: "There has always been a mystique about it. There were many ballads and poems written about it, but nothing ever positive was done to commemorate it until now."
The plaque will be unveiled at Lough Sillan on the Cootehill-Shercock road.
Mayor wants local policing bodies
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr Michael Conaghan, is to meet the Assistant Garda Commissioner, Mr Al McHugh, to discuss the mayor's proposals for the introduction of community policing boards.
According to the Lord Mayor, the issue of Garda accountability was one of the largest single issues encountered by politicians in their recent canvas as part of the local elections.
Homeless soccer squad fly out
An all-Ireland soccer team flew to Sweden yesterday for the Homeless World Cup.
The organiser, Mr Sean Kavanagh, said the team had been training hard and were buoyant as they gathered at Dublin Airport.
The competition aims to highlight the issue of homelessness and poverty worldwide. The Ireland squad comprises 20 players, aged from 19 to 32, from Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Belfast, all of whom are homeless or living in hostels.
Mr Kavanagh said the idea was to use sport to build up confidence and self-esteem.
Some 28 countries will take part in this year's event in Gothenburg, which begins tomorrow and runs until August 1st.