Independent Republicans in Laois will gather for a 1916 Easter Rising Commemoration on Easter Sunday 20 April. Those attending are asked to assemble at The Heath National School at 11. 30am and parade to the nearby Republican Monument.

Gar Fennelly of Rutland Terrace, Bennekerry was involved in a collision with a car at Knocknagee, close to Carlow town, just over the county border, shortly before 11.30am.