Locals in Stepaside in South Dublin will today form a human chain around their local garda station in protest of its closure.

NEW laws will strengthen the powers of local authorities to refuse planning permission to rogue developers.

IN addition to the local and European elections on June 5, two Dáil vacancies will be filled.

I FEEL I must respond to Fine Gael TD Michael Ring’s comments (Morning Ireland, August 14) in relation to Aer Lingus’s decision to cut its Shannon-Heathrow route.