Victim tells court he is learning not to feel shame as perpetrator is jailed

Offaly’s Bon Chocolatiers and Tipperary’s Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers take top honours

Fitzpatrick & Heavey Homes development will consist of 150 homes when complete

Breastfeeding rates for three-month-old babies in Offaly have moved from being one of the lowest in the country to one of the highest

Tullamore event ends with total visitor numbers hitting 225,000

Seasonal workers are the backbone of operations at festivities like the National Ploughing Championships

More than 78,000 attend day one of event in Co Offaly on Tuesday

Some 78,500 people attended the opening day of the event, up 3,000 on last year

Met Éireann has yellow status rain warning in place for three counties on Monday

Company generated €78m in turnover from two sites in the Republic

Stephen Mooney was ‘hardworking, a gentleman and great friend’

Another driver has been hospitalised with injuries not thought to be life-threatening

All the action at the country’s largest one-day show

Dealers and potential buyers from Ireland and further afield were in Birr this week for the Fine Arts and Antiques Fair

Regional fairs like the one held at Birr Vintage Week are enjoying a resurgence of interest

Gardaí appeal for witnesses to incidents in Clondalkin and Tullamore

Teenage cyclist (19) struck while cycling in west Dublin dies in hospital

There’s something for everybody in our guide to the many events being held around Ireland this month

Joseph Grogan (75) married a day before death at home, inquest hears

Broadcaster on his famous friends, future of media, ‘pathetic’ Kneecap and why his Offaly roots don’t make him a Biffo