The scene of a rear-ending collision on a minor Co Limerick road resembled a scene from “an emergency Isis attack” with three fire tenders, two ambulances, and gardaí called out, a judge said.

Five men arrested this week in France were planning a terror attack as early as next week and were receiving their orders from an Islamic State group member based in Iraq or Syria, prosecutors have said.

In Syria, at least 71 people have died in blasts near a key shrine close to the capital Damascus.

Morrissey has been announced as headliner of this year's Hop Farm Festival in the UK.