Sweltering heat may not be the best time to be thinking about raingear, but a Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture arts project has issued an open call for people to do just that.

Members of the 'No' campaign have conceded defeat following the release of unofficial figures in the Nice Treaty referendum.

Fine Gael’s health spokesman has called on the tobacco industry to mark No Tobacco Day by attending a Dail sub-committee inquiry on smoking.