Mike Pence loves Ireland and why wouldn’t he? Back home, nobody pays him a blind bit of notice as he cowers in the shadow of Donald Trump. He drops in here for a flying visit and he’s a big deal with everybody.

The Government has been urged to set a date for next year's planned referendum on marriage equality.

Irish ‘Big Brother’ housemate Noirín moaned this morning that the housemates are being treated like children, before saying she’d like a bouncy castle – most commonly associated with children’s parties – to play on.