Dublin city councillor Mannix Flynn has been given permission by the High Court to seek to quash a decision to develop a family hub for the homeless off Aungier Street.

Dublin Bus has announced it is to stop refunding customers who overpay in cash.

Latest: An Oireachtas committee has thrown out a petition to remove a statue of Prince Albert from the grounds of Leinster House.

Dublin City councillor Mannix Flynn says that the Apollo House occupation was a 'complete and absolute failure.'

'Chuggers' (or 'charity muggers') are now banned from 100 towns in England, with Croydon in south London the latest area to curtail street fundraising.