The regaining of Blue Flags shows that communities are winning the battle against litter on our beaches.

PRESSURE mounted on independent TD Michael Healy-Rae to pay back the costs of thousands of phone calls made from inside Dáil Éireann that helped him win a TV reality show.

THERE were calls for an inquiry into who abused the Leinster House phone facilities to help the son of a TD win a celebrity television show.

ROSANNA Davison, Miss World 2003, one of the many top Irish models who had worked with Katy French, was last night struggling to come to terms with the sad news.