Daire McDonnell's Family Thank Dermot Kennedy For Video Message

More from Midlands News

• Ticket Prices Set To Rise For National Ploughing Championships

  A quarter of a million people attended this year's Ploughing Championship.

• Taoiseach Warns Of Threats To Energy And Communication Cables

  Micheál Martin is calling for stronger protections for key undersea infrastructure.

• Irish Farmers To Join EU-Wide Protest In Brussels

  The IFA President will set off from the Irish Farm Centre this morning.

• Four Men Released Without Charge After Midlands Prison Assault Arrests

  They have returned to Midlands Prison.

• Community Mourns Mary Holt As Colleagues Lead Funeral Procession In Edenderry

  Her colleagues formed a guard of honour.

• Calls Grow For 24 Hour Garda Station In Edenderry After Arson Attack

  An online petition has been set up.

• Appeal Date Set For Jozef Puska Over Murder Of Ashling Murphy

  His appeal is scheduled to begin on 23rd April.

• Offaly Town Demands Meeting With Garda Commissioner And Justice Minister

  A petition to make Edenderry Garda Station open 24 hours a day is nearing its goal.

• Ireland’s First Kidney Pancreas Transplant Recipient Dies Aged 68

  Westmeath's Mairead Ward received the procedure in 1991.

• Quality Of Life To Drive Offaly’s Appeal For Foreign Investment - Anna Marie Delaney

  IDA Ireland plans to develop a new business park in Tullamore.

• Hundreds Of Mourners Gather For Tadgh Farrell's Funeral

  The funeral was held in St Mary's Church this afternoon.

• Dancing With The Stars ‘A Once In A Lifetime Opportunity’ - Rose Of Tralee

  The hit series makes its comeback on our screens in January.

• Uisce Éireann To Submit €6b Water Project Plan

  The project is designed to safeguard the drinking water supply for nearly half of Ireland’s population.

• Pedestrian Killed In Midlands Crash

  Gardaí and emergency services are currently at the scene of the incident.

• Gardai Arrest Four Men Over Laois Prison Assault

  It's alleged to have taken place in Midlands Prison last Saturday.

• Maura Higgins Set For Traitors US

  The Midlands celeb wants to be a traitor.

• Man Taken To Hospital Following Alleged Westmeath Assault

  The incident occurred in Kinnegad.

• Osteoarthritis Programme Launched At Midlands Hospital

  It was developed in Denmark and is now implemented in over 10 countries.

• Laois County Fire And Rescue Service Welcomes Two New Fire Appliances

  The two appliances will soon be operational in Portlaoise and Mountmellick.

• Offaly TD Welcomes New IDA Ireland Investment

  Fianna Fail's Tony McCormack says it's needed to keep commuters closer to home.