Sinéad Hussey

Midlands Correspondent

Emma Fogarty, from Abbeyleix in Co Laois, celebrates her 41st birthday on Wednesday

Emma Fogarty gets 2,000 messages ahead of 41st birthday

Ireland's longest-surviving person battling the most severe type of the skin condition epidermolysis bullosa, also known as Butterfly Skin, has received 2,000 birthday messages ahead of her birthday this week.

Ireland • 5 hrs

How Athlone may look in 2050 as depicted by RTÉ programme Futureville Ireland

€5bn plan to turn Athlone into a green city unveiled

A €5bn master plan has been unveiled for a new green sustainable city in Athlone as a solution to Ireland's future population growth.

Leinster • 22 Jun

The world-record attempt took place at Mullingar Rugby Club

Records for longest games of men and women's rugby broken

The Guinness World Records for the longest game of both men and women's rugby have been broken. In 'The Longest Game', the men's record stood at 30 hours 29 minutes while the women's record was 24 hours and 5 minutes.

Leinster • 19 Jun

The project was developed in collaboration with communities across Offaly, Louth, and Meath

Project highlighting rural peatland link opened in Offaly

A new project that aims to reimagines Ireland's relationship with its peatlands through architecture, community and creativity has been launched in Co Offaly.

Leinster • 19 Jun

Emergency services at the scene in Frenchpark, Roscommon

Man dies in house fire in Co Roscommon

A man has died in a fire at a house in Frenchpark, Co Roscommon.

Connacht • 19 Jun

An investigation into the fire is under way

Emergency services at scene of Roscommon house fire

Emergency services are at the scene of a fire in Frenchpark in Co Roscommon.

Connacht • 18 Jun

Rian Sheridan was on his way home from football training when he died

Court told death of young man in road crash 'avoidable'

The family of a young man killed in a road crash in Co Roscommon last year have said that his death would have been "completely avoidable" if the owner and driver of the articulated truck that his car collided with acted responsibly as a road user.

Connacht • 19 Jun

Longford County Council said the 1.3km of cycle track will benefit people living, working and going to school in the area

'Blueprint' for rural sustainable travel open in Longford

A transport project in Longford town described as "a blueprint for sustainable transport across rural Ireland" is to be officially opened.

Leinster • 17 Jun

A water conservation order prohibits the use of garden hosepipes

Hosepipe ban extended until August in three areas

The hosepipe ban which has been in place in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, Milford in Co Donegal and the Kells and Oldcastle areas of Co Meath since early May has been extended by another seven weeks.

Ireland • 12 Jun

Gardaí are asking anyone who was in the area in Newtown Lawns between 12.15am and 1.15am last night to contact them

Gardaí investigate arson attack on house in Mullingar

Gardaí are investigating an arson attack on a house in Mullingar in Co Westmeath.

Leinster • 12 Jun