ESB Networks has said only a few customers will remain without electricity following storm Darwin this evening and all remaining faults should be fixed by tomorrow.

After the country was slammed by one of the most violent and destructive storms, the ESB has warned that a number of the more than 150,000 homes and businesses that still have no electricity this morning could be without power “for a number of days”.

THE man who discovered DNA fingerprinting has underlined the importance of allowing academics to conduct “curiosity-driven” research.

A PENSIONER and a predator have between them established what could be an Irish record.