BMW Ireland has been ordered to hand over evidence in the first batch of civil actions taken by motorists suing over an alleged serious design fault in a range of their cars with N47 engines.

Opel Ireland has said investigations are on-going into problems with the heating systems in some Zafira models made between 2005 and 2014.

ESB technicians are trying to restore power to almost 20,000 customers in Dublin this morning.

RTÉ were left red-faced last night after a technical glitch occurred during their live broadcast of PrimeTime.