Transport Minister Shane Ross has been criticised for being pictured draped in a feather boa with former Miss Ireland, Amanda Brunker, while talks to end weeks of crippling strikes at Bus Éireann were ongoing.

Amanda Brunker is declaring an end to her TV partnership with Neil Prendeville.

RTÉ has declined to reveal if licence payers are covering the cost of a cosmetic procedure set to be performed on former model, author and columnist Amanda Brunker on tonight’s Late Late Show.