The first four months of this year saw the worst over-crowding in our hospitals since records began.

It has emerged that thousands of families will miss out on up to €12 a week, possibly for months over problems with the government's new childcare subsidy scheme.

The average house price in Ireland has risen 10.9% over the past year with increases of 7.9% and 12.8% in Cork and Dublin respectively.

Comedian Rory McGrath has admitted stalking a married woman for 14 months.

It will take rescuers many weeks, if not months to reach the bodies of three people trapped under the collapsed Didcot Power Station, police said.