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Gardaí believe a woman killed in an assault in Co Laois on Sunday was attacked by a man known to her. A suspect has been arrested and gardaí can question him for up to 24 hours before he must be ...

Adina Constantin, who was 49 and died after the alleged assault in Portlaoise on Sunday, (Image: Facebook) This is the first photograph of the woman who died after an alleged weekend assault. Romanian ...

A man (72) has been charged with the murder of his wife in Portlaoise on Sunday. Eugen Constantin from Church Street, Portlaoise, appeared at the town’s District Court this morning charged with the ...

A 72-year-old man has been charged with the murder of his wife in Co Laois on Sunday. Adina Raluca Constantin, who was in her 50s, died after she was assaulted in their apartment in Portlaoise on ...

England's Dan Brown and his Korean playing partner Im Sung-jae are tied second after Thursday's first round at The Open The 154th Open Championship first-round leaderboard: -5 J Suber (US), -4 D Brown ...

English hopes for a first Open winner for 34 years were boosted with eight players under par after the first round - but Masters champion Rory McIlroy ended the day seven shots off the lead. McIlroy ...

The emergency services were called to the home on Church Street in the town shortly after 12.30pm on Sunday A man in his 70s has been arrested after a woman was found dead following an alleged assault ...

A woman has died following a fatal assault in Portlaoise this afternoon. Gardaí in Laois are investigating the assault which occurred at a domestic residence at Church Street shortly after 12.30pm. A ...

A woman aged in her 50s has been found dead following an assault in Co Laois. The incident happened at a house at Church Street, near Main Street, in Portlaoise at around 12.30pm yesterday afternoon.

A judge has branded as “disgraceful” the fact that a man accused of murder did not have access to legal representation while in garda custody due to an ongoing solicitors’ dispute over legal aid fees.