Coast Guard, Gardaí and members of the local community have held a candle-lit vigil for the crew of Rescue 116 at the Sundial in Blackrock, Co Louth, this evening.

It was the “Southie Selfie” that showed just how important the day of Irish celebration is to the most powerful in Boston politics.

A priest from Co Cork helped has lead the St Patrick’s Day celebrations on a tiny Caribbean island — the only country in the world apart from Ireland that marks the event with a public holiday.

CARDINAL Seán Brady has vowed to reflect on the views of child abuse victims, amid continuing calls for his resignation over allegations that he was involved in a cover-up of abuse by the notorious paedophile priest, Fr Brendan Smyth, 35 years ago.