The media reported the attendance at the IFA-organised Day of Action protest in Dublin to be 20,000, a magnificent turn-out.

Workers across Ireland are embarking on a mass protest today to fight pay and spending cuts.

A man and a woman are being questioned at Belmullet Garda station charged with public order offences at the Corrib gas terminal in Mayo this morning.

Sinn Féin today called on the public to join up to 50 nationwide protest marches over the crisis in health care.