Under a new plan, every local authority in Ireland will have 90% of their services available online in the next six years under a multi-million euro transformation of local authorities

The latest security alert in Innisfree Gardens led to a number of people having to leave their homes on Monday evening.

Security alerts in Derry and Belfast have closed a school and a medical centre. On Monday morning, St Columb’s College in Derry was evacuated following the discovery of a suspicious object in the Buncrana Road area.

Ireland’s passport control system is not linked to state-of-the-art EU database that sends out immediate alerts about suspected terrorists, criminals, or paedophiles who may be are entering the country.