They found a bunch of papers on fire inside the letterbox, but they managed to put the fire out with an extinguisher

The court heard the motorcyclist's behaviour that day was “a moment of madness”

The defendant said “it’s 50/50, lad, it’s 50/50" then drove off

The search uncovered some stolen property, including a trailer and a range of tools

The passenger is adamant that he had absolutely nothing to do with the alleged offence and has no idea why the driver took off while pursued by gardaí

The defendant was  so intoxicated that he got sick on the street in Carlow and told the gardaí to f**k off

The incredibly brave actions of the award-winning gardaí included running into a burning building to save an elderly man, chasing down two armed robbers and rescuing a woman from the River Barrow

The well-known and popular garda is retiring in the coming weeks after three decades with the force

The five-day garda sweep covered outstanding crimes in the county

Four Gardaí were taken to St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny

Superintendent Anthony Farrell was responding to a spate of incidents that occurred across the county last week

Detectives in Carlow are appealing for information following a number of burglaries across the county last Tuesday morning

Both incidents, involving the use of accelerants, happened in the early hours of Monday morning

The woman was being carried quickly downstream by a strong current

'It’s hard to believe but I had the song Staying Alive running through my head'

The N80 has now reopened