Meath Chronicle

Étáin & Máire pipped another set of sisters, Iva agus Lea Breskovac from Dublin, for the top spot after a hotly contested final episode.

Forty-six-year-old James Kilroy with an address at Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, was brought before Judge Fiona Lydon at a special sitting of Castlebar District Court.

Rural traditions of yesteryear will be celebrated in Trim on Sunday as the Scurlogstown Olympiad hosts its annual traditional Haymaking Festival in the Porchfields.

The couple say they are desperate and the council owned house has been vacant for some time.

It's less than a year since wildfires ravaged through Frayne Bog, fires that were accelerated in part by illegally dumped material and saw fire crews from Meath Fire Service battling for five days to get under control.